Svalbard East to West
About the expedition
The Svalbard East to West will be challenging, exciting, and beautiful. It offers an unique route focusing on places with stunning views and few other people. You will experience glaciers, mountains, sea ice, and all types of weather and wildlife. The route offers exciting challenges and experiences.
Guide: Gaute Meli will guide this expedition, you can read more about Gaute here.
Whats included:
All emergency equipment
Glacier equipment
All foods and drinks - regardless of special diet. We take pride in providing good meals and snacks for everyone.
Transport to the starting point
All common equipment such as tents, stoves, pulkas.
Administrative costs for applications with Sysselmesteren på Svalbard
Obligatory search and rescue insurance
Whats not included:
Personal equipment
Transport to and from Svalbard
Accommodation and food and drinks in Longyearbyen before and after the expedition
Travel insurance with special coverage for Svalbard expeditions
Info
Dates 2026:
Arrival in Longyearbyen: 28th March
Trip Start: 29th March
Trip end: 7th April
Departure from Longyearbyen: 8th April
Price: NOK 30.500,-
Available spots: 7
Blog: Follow the 2026 team here
Who can join?
The Svalbard crossing is made to be a trip with beautiful nature, mountains and glacier in focus. therefore, it's the perfect trip wether this is your first arctic ski trip or if you have done multiple expeditions before.
Training
We suggest you pull tires and get used to walking with a heavy backpack. The days will be long, so make sure your stamina is up for it.
The Route
After many years of guiding on Svalbard we wanted to make our own take on the traditional East to West. This is the route we came up with. It includes what we consider the most spectacular glacier front, mountain pass, ice cave, valley and riverbed of Spitsbergen. Giving you the full experience of the arctic archipelago in one smal expedition.
Day 1-2 Preperations
After everyone has checked into their hotels and gotten sorted, we will meet and begin packing! We will spend this entire day on our preparations. On the second day we load our gear onto the beltwagon and drive to our starting point for this adventure!
Day 3-10 Skiing
Our route starts close to the East coast, and thats our first goal, Reaching the Bay of Dunér (Dunérbukta) we'll ski out on the sea ice, past the glacier front and turn West. through smal glacier plateous, mountain passes and valleys we'll navigate westwards.
Day 11-12 Back to civilization
Arriving back to Longyearbyen on day 11, all will get the rest of the day of yo dry out your gear and take a shower, The guide taking care of all the common equipment. Earliest departure is the 8th of April
Photogallery Svalbard East to West 2025
