Overview

Landkite

Plataberget is a snowkite spot located on a mountain plateau at 471 m altitude near Longyearbyen, Svalbard. This site offers vast expanses of snow and ice ideal for landkiting and snowkiting in an exceptional Arctic setting.West and northwest winds are dominant, often strong and consistent on this exposed plateau. Extreme conditions reserved for experts: intense cold, sometimes reduced visibility, isolated terrain. Risk of polar bears. Mainly practiced in winter and spring when snow covers the plateau.

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Spot forecast for Plataberget

Sunrise 10:18 · Sunset 15:07

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Plataberget: when to go?

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Season · peak

67h

in May · 7 rideable days

The season runs from March to July, peaking in May: 4 rideable days a month and 67 hours of usable wind, at -4 °C. The low point is January, at 0 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 100%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 100% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is March, at -15 °C. The wettest month is August, with 77 mm. Snow depth peaks in May, at 227 cm.

Monthly averages: Plataberget

Monthly averages — Plataberget — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	0.0	0 h	0 °C	50 mm
February	1.0	4 h	-10 °C	45 mm
March	3.5	25 h	-15 °C	35 mm
April	3.0	21 h	-10 °C	19 mm
May	7.0	67 h	-3 °C	34 mm
June	3.0	23 h	3 °C	43 mm
July	2.5	17 h	7 °C	58 mm
August	2.0	22 h	10 °C	77 mm
September	1.0	4 h	2 °C	71 mm
October	1.5	12 h	-3 °C	71 mm
November	0.0	0 h	0 °C	52 mm
December	0.0	0 h	0 °C	32 mm

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Technical details of Plataberget spot

The spot works with winds from WSW, W, WNW, NW.

Depending on conditions: N, SW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Spot type: Freeride (Ski touring access)
Altitude: 471 m

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