Skating 100+ km Distance on Lohjanjarvi

Nordic skating tour in March 2021 on Lohjanjärvi, Finland. The traveled distance was 111 km and the trip lasted 8.5 hours, including all breaks. One guy in the group did 125 km in the same time, skating extra runs. It started snowing suddenly at 90 km. The snowfall closed the window of good conditions on this lake for the rest of the season. The best time window on this lake was probably just under a day long for this season, as the ice was supposed to be too soft due to the high temperature in the previous days. Finding good ice for skating is not that easy. The most perfect black ice is usually formed at the time of year when it snows a lot. It is challenging to find strong enough ice that is not yet covered by snow. Skating on such ice as shown in this video is often preceded by a rigorous community effort in making and sharing ice observations. Each winter offers different ice and snow conditions, making it impossible to predict the optimal time window several weeks in advance. Most of the tim