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I
have never, ever, seen so much snow in Jotunheimen!
And this is late
June! Western Norway has recieved a lot
of snow this winter, and
we havent seen much summer
heat yet. However, we are still having
excellent weather,
as you can see. |
This
time we are camping, and we set our basecamp near
Spiterstulen in Visdalen, at 1070m altitude. This is final
rehearsal,
we need to test our equipment before going to
the Himalayas in two
weeks. |
Spiterstulen
is a good
starting point for many high peaks in Jotunheimen. We
can follow
the track leading towards Glittertind, up to 1430m altitude.
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| From here it's time for snowshoes. |
We
choose a path that's fairly steep, at least in the
beginning. |
Dante on the way, far below. The picture is
taken from 1660m, after 2h of climbing.
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| The
summit cairn on Skauthøe
1993m, reached after 3h. |
Glittertind
2465m, second highest mountain in Norway and Scandinavia,
as seen from Skauthøe. |
We take a long brake up
here. It's a 90m descent before climbing our second peak, Spiterhøe NE.
On our way back we go around this mountain.
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The summit of Spiterhøe NE är
easy to reach and is really
not a peak of its own, it has to little prominence towards
Spiterhøe 2033m. |
There
is only some 20 altitude meters descent, before the
final, easy climb
to the main summit. |
The
summit cairn of Spiterhøe, with
Leirhøe 2330m
behind. We needed 4h to get here.
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And
today there is a lot of Jotunheimenfeeling! The
visibility
is almost unlimited. Here is a look to the south
with Visbretinden
2234m, a bit to the right. |
On
the other side of the valley Visdalen is Styggehøe,
2214m. |
Galdhøpiggen
2469m, the highest peak in Norway and Scandinavia.
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| Zooming
in Kyrkja 2032m, a bit to the left in this picture. |
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