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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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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. |
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Kyrkja,
2032m, with its caracteristic top. taken from 2040m altitude. I climbed
it
two years ago, with conciderably more snow than there is now. |
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. |
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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. |
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The
trail between the two peaks goes along the steep cliffs down to the
glacier Søre Illåbrean below. |
High point on Store
Tverrbottinden, 2161m.
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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. It
takes a lot of energy and almost three hours. I walk completely off
track here.
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