We believe in the power of a great team and in unforgettable shared moments on skis and tools.
Our objective is to bring the adventure to you! Winter runs through our veins and we are stoked to share the passion for snow and ice.
Tor Lyngmo and Matthias Scherer are the driving forces behind Arctic Mountain Adventures.
Tor is the owner and runner of the Fjellkysten. A true Troms local since generations he loves the long winters in the far north filled with snow and ice and his enthusiasm and drive for the outdoors is infectious. He loves to share his knowledge and experience of the region with every traveler and climber passing by. He is the creator and main organizer of the “Arctic Ice Festival”.
Matthias dedicates his life to his great passion ice climbing since twenty years. He is a professional sponsored athlete for top outdoor brands of the industry and organizer of winter mountaineering events such as the “Cogne Ice Opening” and “Arctic Ice Festival”. He loves to share his experience and stoke in workshops, lectures and on festivals.
Our Guides
Heike Schmitt
UIAGM Guide
Heike is a passionate ice climber and enthusiastic skier since more than 20 years. In addition to working with the outdoor industries she has made the mountains her workplace and became a fully certified UIAGM Guide. She loves being outdoors and sharing her passion with others. She is currently based on the Italian side of Mt. Blanc and likes to call the Aosta valley her home, although she has climbed and lived in many places like Canada and South Africa. The high North and Norway has taken a special place for her with its exceptional skiing possibilities, polar-lights and nordic culture.
Tommy Cardelli
UIAGM GUIDE
Tommy was born in San Marino, a small republic in Italy. Since he was a child he started to go to the mountains with his family and skiing was his first passion. After several years of competitions, he moved his attention to freeride and ski mountaineering and finally to climbing. Becoming an Alpine Guide was the next step and since 2010 he has been working full time exploring the most beautiful mountains on earth! He lives in the Dolomites where he splits his time between teaching climbing, skiing and giving courses for the future Alpine Guides. He is in love with Norway where, every year, he spends a few weeks of his winter hunting for good snow.
Tanja Schmitt
Pro Ice Climber
Tanja is a professional ice climber, mountaineer and winter fanatic. She has climbed more than 1000 ice climbs all around the globe, including many extreme ice lines together with her long term life and climbing partner Matthias Scherer. In the last eight years she has spend increasingly more time in Norway due to its incredible potential for ice climbing and ski mountaineering.
Tanja has always a camera handy: even with lowest temperatures, snow swirls, winds beating and full on climbing or skiing action, she always finds some time to get the shots.
As one of the designers of this website many visuals are done by her.
She is the co-organizer of the Arctic Ice Festival and one of the founders of Arctic Mountain Adventure.
She loves to share her passion for the mountains, snow and ice through clinics, talks, and festivals.
She is currently living in Aosta Valley/Italy and Germany.
Get to know her better on her website
Matthias Scherer
Pro Ice Climber
Matthias Scherer is a professional ice climber and mountaineer.
Since over twenty years Matthias life is centered around ice climbing and mountains. Over all those years he collected outstanding ascents of ice and mixed climbs all around the globe.
Ski Mountaineering has been always one of his big passions, too. He did twice the Tour del Gran Paradiso (60k's and 5500 Vertical Ascent) in less than 24 hours with holding the fastest known time for this route in 19hours and 6minutes together with Tanja Schmitt and Heike Schmitt in 2017.
He works with different top brands of the outdoor industry. He creates and produces video and still imagery with deep dedication.
As an organizer of international ice climbing and winter mountaineering events such as the ‘Cogne Ice Opening’ and the ‘Arctic Ice Festival’ Matthias shares his stoke for the action in the cold in workshops, talks and on festivals.
In Arctic Mountain Adventures he takes the role as the head of marketing and design. He is also one of the founders.
He lives together with his climbing and life partner Tanja Schmitt in Cogne on the south side of the Mont Blanc, but Norway sees him every year for some months…
Learn more about Matthias and his #eternalquest on
