Articles about ski touring and splitboarding in Iceland

Over the years Bergmenn ehf. has been host to a number of writers on a quest to discover what makes the Troll Peninsula of Iceland such a special place to ski. Below are a handful of these articles to get you excited about discovering skiing in Iceland.

In 2019 Gijs Hardeman joined us for a few days at Klængshóll and Karlsá for some ski touring and heli skiing. We were lucky to enjoy great weather and conditions during his stay and he captured some great moments for this piece in HighLife magazine. For those of you who speak Dutch, enjoy, and if you don´t the pictures are worth a look!
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We have had the pleasure of hosting Karin Kirk on a couple of occasions. An avid skier who lives in the U.S., she seems to find her way back to Iceland during the spring skiing season. She documented her last visit in this piece for Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal. We look forward to skiing with her again soon!
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Check out this great article in Skiing Magazine by Pieter Van Noordennen who visited the Troll Peninsula in the spring of 2008 in search of Elves and Trolls with the assistance of Bergmenn Mountain Guides.
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Writer Pete Coombs and photographer Zak Emerson joined us for a touring program based out of Karlsá lodge. They enjoyed the full range of Icelandic weather and wrote about their experience in SnowMagazine.
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Pro skier Fredrik Ericsson with friends and photographer Fredrik Schenholm visited the Troll Peninsula in 2008 for some great powder skiing all the way down to the ocean. Norwegian Mt Everest skier Tormod Granheim wrote this informative article about their adventure in NZ Adventure magazine accompanied by some amazing images from Fredrik Schenholm.
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Swedish Ski Magazine Brant covers the amazing potential for backcountry skiing on the Troll Peninsula in another article by Tormod Granheim. This time we got the cover shot and no wonder, its another one of photographer Fredrik Schenholm´s great shots.
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Backcountry Magazine is by many considered the written law and truth about ski touring and ski mountaineering. In the January 2009 issue, journalist and photographer Brian Mohr covers the Troll Peninsula and Glacier Fjords. Click on the cover to see one great shot from the Glacier Fjords.
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Luksus is a Danish outdoor and lifestyle magazine. The December 2008 issue is one more testament to the great potential for ski touring on the Troll Peninsula. This article is also written by Norwegian Tormod Granheim and sports some amazing images from Fredrik Schenholm. The skiers include pro rider Fredrik Ericsson on the cover ripping down Snæfellsjökull Glacier.
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Åka Skidor, Scandinavia's biggest ski magazine featured a 10 page article on Ski touring on the Troll Peninsula in December 2010. The team led by Swedish photographer Gösta Fries spent a week at our lodge and had some great skiing mixed with some early season storms. Even if you can't read Swedish you will enjoy the awesome images for sure.
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