March 2026

March 12th

Guests / Country: 6 guests from Austria, Australia and USA. 10 seats available !
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Aurora activity: /10.
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March 9th

Guests / Country: 5 guests from Indonesia, China and USA.
Weather Tromsø: Cloudy / rain.
Destination / weather: Skibotndalen valley / the Swedish- Finnish border river ice / Kilpis Custom / Part clear / haze / snow / clear.
Aurora activity: 7/10.
Aurora show: All over and far south, curls, spikes and little dancing curtains.
Visible for the naked eyes: Green and little pink.
Tour km: 370.
Tour hrs: 8,5.
Wildlife: One white rabbit (hare) and one reindeer.

An new tricky weather night, where I partly trusted the weather forecast ... and the first part was right ...

On the way out we got little clear sky with haze in the valley up to the Finnish border, with 10-15 stars and a couple of stripes of Aurora, but it was too faint, so we contiuned into Finnish Lapland, where I got reports of better sky ...

We arrived the Swedish- Finnish border when the sky was partly clear with several stripes of across, but it was faint ... but, we went out in the darkness on the frozen river ice and shot some pics from the Swedish side of the border ...

But, it didn`t last long, so I did a quick camp fire and served my guests hot drinks and snacks ... and then we left in search of some better sky ... and on our way towards the border we got reports that the coast had best clear sky and good Aurora ...

We was too far away for an return to the coast, so I was thinking about the 2nd best location; to middle part of the Lyngen Alps, where a couple of the sky cameras showed partly clear sky ... but, we didn`t came so far before we had to stop ...

Just before the border, at the custom station, the sky was perfect clear with good Auroras, so I called my colleague; Knut in Tromsø Friluftsenter, which was just behind me, so we both stopped at a good parking with the only light pollution from the station ... but that`s no matter, since this was towards the north, and the activity was towards west, south and later to east.

We got our cool Aurora pics, also of my guests which climbed a snowhill ... and I got very happy to got this, since the long drive we was planned should be a hazzle ...

Happy we went back to the city with a late return, as one of the last Aurora Chasers ;)

March 6th - Private Aurora Chase

Guests / Country: 4 guests from Germany.
Weather Tromsø: Part clear.
Destination / weather: Dåfjord / part clear / cloudy / clear.
Aurora activity: 8/10.
Aurora show: All over and far south, curls, spikes and curtains. And one moment of great coronas, but no dancing.
Visible for the naked eyes: Green.
Tour km: 150.
Tour hrs: 6.

Tonight I was first thinking about a long drive into Finnish Lapland, but cause of high risk of avalanches which could close so of the main roads, we had to stay on the coast for being more safe ...

So, we headed NW on my island, Ringvassøya ... an option was to stay at my own beach, 40 km north of the city, but the sky wasn`t clear when we stopped there, so with contact with my colleague Dan, in ArcticX which was standing close to my house, I decided to drive out on the coast on the north west side of the island, where out private sky cams showed good clear sky ...

When we arrived the best locations was already taken, so we drove further, but there the wind was too strong, so we backtrack little and I found me a new beach where I never have been standing before ... made a new parking at the side of the road, and bring my guests down on the beach, but the path down had be made carefully, cause all the rain had made the snow very poor and I sunk down in some really deep holes 3-4 times, but with wet snow then it`s easy to make the snow path safe.

It was a lovely location, but the wind gust was really strong, but cause the warm wind it wasn`t too bad ... or nice and warm for me, but my guests think it still was quite chilly ...

After reports from my colleagues, that the sky wasn`t better at my home I decided to stay, so I set camp fire, and then we stayed there until 10.30 pm.

My guests was happy for what they have seen, but I warned them about that we probably had to stop on the return, since Lady Aurora went on the south sky, but when we left it got totally overcast at our location, so fingers crossed that the sky was cleared up again on the return.

We didn`t had to drive too far, since after 5 km the sky was better, and. the good activity on the south sky was already started ... but, with too many buses who has taken all the spots we missed the beginning ...

Finally I found a small spot to stop, and since it was no traffic on the road except all the buses who already had stopped, we also was standing in middle of the road, and my guests got a nice corona view on the sky.

We could stay longer since it was coming more of activity, and later it was also dancing little, but then between the clouds, so I decided to return to the city as one of the first buses ...

My guests was more than happy with a lovely corona show and a good 8/10 in my Aurora Blog.

March 4th - Chase night no. 2,190 !

Guests / Country: 5 guests from Australia and USA.
Weather Tromsø: Cloudy and rain.
Destination / weather: Skibotndalen valley / gaps in the clouds.
Aurora activity: 3/10.
Aurora show: Couple of stripes across the sky, curls and spikes.
Visible for the naked eyes: Faint white.
Tour km: 345.
Tour hrs: 8.
Wildlife: Two foxes, three white rabbits (hare) and three moose.

Tonight we drove the wrong way !

The weather forecast showed clear sky later in the evening, both in Finland and at Sommarøy west of the city, but since I don´t like to stay outdoor in the rain and sleet for waiting for the clear sky in several hours, I decided to drive east and headed for Finnish Lapland, where the temperatures was minus degrees and with snow in the terrain, which is nicer ...

We had to stop down in the valley before the border, since there was a huge gap in the clouds and Aurora on the sky ... and when we contiuned and just before we arrived the border we got reports about too cloudy in Finnish Lapland ... and of course, clear on the coast with good Aurora ...

So, among couple of colleagues we decided to do a back drive ... but, while the 9-seaters without driving- and resting rules drove straight back, I had to take a 30 mins break ... but, it was a good planned stop, since we got a huge clear gap and got to see some good Auroras ...

At the same moment we got a road warning; The main road E6 got closed cause a rock slide, so then we couldn`t continue after the break, so I set camp fire and served my guests some hot drinks and snacks, and we stayed there in 1,5 hour before we contiuned and the road was cleared for the rocks ...

The sky was still clear on the coast, so I decided to do a longer return back to the city so we got closer to the clear area ... of course, it was too far to drive the whole way to Sommarøy, but we could reach a point about 20 km away ...

But, at 00.30 am the sky got overcast there too, so we could just return back ... but, this country side road was quite icy so the drive went slow ... and along the route we got some more clear sky, but no Aurora visible, and little later we met three moose along the road, which also was a highlight for my guests ;)

March 2nd

Guests / Country: 6 guests from Germany.
Weather Tromsø: Clear.
Destination / weather: Skogsfjord / clear / incoming haze.
Aurora activity: 4/10.
Aurora show: Several stripes across, spikes, curls and little dancing curtains. Faint cause incoming haze.
Visible for the naked eyes: White, little green and pink.
Tour km: 165.
Tour hrs: 7.
Wildlife: One mouse, one wiezel and two moose.
Space show: One droppinng fireball while we was driving.

With incoming haze from the south it was only one thing to do; head as far north we could come ... so, I decided to drive to the same location we was at February 26th, by the fjord in Skogsfjord, where I already had made a small parking spot ...

It was more buses this way tonight, so I got afraid that someone had already had taken this lovely location ... but, we was lucky ... it was available ;)

While I made the parking spot better, my guests was relaxed on the beach ... where I had to learn them this game rule no. 1; Patience, since I didn`t thought we should got to see so much this night, since the solar speed was very low, which also the Bz minus was ...

But, Lady Aurora is a tricky Lady and after a good long wait around the camp fire, where I serve my guests some local snacks and hot drinks ... and after taken several pics of the coastal environment for more content in all my pics, then she suddenly waked up from NE and gave us a good show ...

Even when the haze had arrived and covered most of the sky, The Lady never gave up and gave us even more to be happy for ... but, just before midnight the cloudy sky won ... so, then we returned to the city, but just after a few km drive we had to stop, since two moose was relaxed in the snow a few meters from the road ...