Walking and Trekking in Norway - Northern Europe

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Walking in Norway

A walking guide

Author

Constance Roos

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

ISBN

9781852842307

Published

22 Jun 2007

Availability

Reprinted

Edition

First

ISBN (10)

185284230X

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm

Weight

240g

Pages

192

No. Maps

No. Photos

Originally Published

1 Jan 1997

Price £12.00

Guidebook includes 20 walking and trekking routes in the main mountain areas of Norway from the Far South to the sub-Arctic regions. Includes Hardangervidda, Aurlandsdalen, Rondane, Jotunheimen, Alvdal Vestfjell, Tafjord, Douvre, Trollheimen, Sylene, Femundsmarka, the mountains of Narvik, Troms Border Trail and Finnsmaksvidda.

Seasons

A short walking season with huts open from the third week of June to mid-September. Snow may persist into late June.

Centres

Bergen, Geilo, Flam, Oppdal, Trondheim and Bodø, Tromsø, Narvik and Alta in the far north.

Difficulty

Routes are short treks of 2-8 days from easy to strenuous. Harder routes involve glacier travel and high passes and peaks, and snow early in the year.

Must See

The best hut-to-hut mountain walking in Norway. The land can be remote and wild, the refuges wonderful. Norway’s highest mountain, Galdhøpiggen, at 2469m.