Everyone lined up and waiting for the signal from Tor to start the day's journey.


And into the whiteness as the dogs race ahead at full speed!


It was easy to just stare in the distance at the surreal and otherworldy landscape as we sped across the snow.


Following a trail marked by tree branches that the Sámi use for their snowmobiles.


And starting to head uphill as we rise up through the mountain valley.


The going got pretty tough as the incline increased and I had to help the dogs and push the sled for the first time. The snow was quite deep too which made it all the more harder.

After about an hour of hard climbing we made it to the top however and paused to catch our breath.


And for another trip selfie. It was quite bewildering to seeing nothing but white in all directions, both above, below and all around us.


Snacking on some protein bars and nuts for lunch.


My dogs taking a well earned rest.


We then made the final push west for our destination Lake Devddesjávri in the distance.


Continuing our descent as the lake comes into view.


My brake turned into a mini snowplough with all the downhill mushing.


As we approached the lake we managed to come across a ~2 metre cliff in the snow! My dogs disappeared over the edge but made it down ok but I was too nervous to follow them with the sled.


After mustering the courage I launched myself and the sled off the edge and promptly went flying off into the snow for my third and final crash of the trip! I wasn't the only one to crash though and it took a while before we were able to get going again.

We then had to negotiate some narrow gaps in the trees which resulted in a few tangled ganglines amongst us when one dog decided to go right around the tree and the others went left!


We finally made it to our camp just after 6pm. Tove promptly pulled a bottle of Jägermeister to give us each a shot of 'medicine' after the hard day of mushing.


The snow was quite deep in some places and even up to my waist but I finally managed to get the dogs tied away.