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Finally!
An opening in the never ending rains in southern
Norway the summer of 2011. Then you have to cease the
moment! The picture is taken from the
parking place in
Leirvassbu, 1400m. Here is the the ridge up to the first top,
Midtre Tverrbottinden S. You enter the ridge on the left
side, and follow it
to the top.
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I
have to do some scrambling on the way towards the
ridge, since it is
fairly steep (at least my route). But if you
then follow the markings
that are on the ridge, the ascent
will be smooth, no big problems. Here
is Leirvassbu from
1940m. |
Kyrkja,
2032m, with its caracteristic top. taken from 2040m altitude. I climbed
it two years ago, with conciderably more snow than there is now.
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Just
a few weeks ago there was a lot of snow here, but
the extreme raining
in june has melted it away. I believe
the norwegians would have
preferred the snow... Here is
the final, flatter part towards the first
summit, seen from
point 2084m. |
Jotunheimenfeeling 1! On the way to the
first peak. |
At
Midtre Terrbottind S, 2106m, after 2h. Now it gets a bit easier to
walk, since the major climb is done. Here is the route towards Midtre
Tverrbottind N.
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Jotunheimenfeeling 2! A look south from
Midtre
Tverrbottind N, 2151m. To the left is Visbretinden, 2234m. |
To
the north is the route towards Store Tverrbottinden. |
The
trail between the two peaks goes along the steep cliffs down to the
glacier Søre Illåbrean below.
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| High point on
Store
Tverrbottinden, 2161m. |
To
the northeast is Galdhøpiggen,
here in the middle of
the picture. I was choosing between climbing that one or
the Tverrbott traverse today. Now
I can
see that
Galdhøpiggen
would have been perfect too, in this weather. But I have no regrets.
There is more to Jotunheimen than Galdhøpiggen..
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A look back towards Midtre
Tverrbottinden N.
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Zooming
in Storebjørn, 2222m. |
Jotunheimenfeeling
3! A last look down towards Leirvassbu before starting the long, fairly
steep, on small moving stones, descent from Store
Tverrbottind.
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