Sunday 16 March 2014

Snow shoeing in Norway

Just finished a brilliant weekend snowshoeing near the town of Rjukan withTom and one of his commercial groups.
On day one we went on to the Telemark plateau (remember the Heroes of Telemark), where the wind was pretty fierce on the top.
On day two we trudged 5 km up the Gaustatoppen, which is the highest mountain in southern Norway, followed by a slow descent, relying on the crampons on the base of our snowshoes.
The weather on both days was perfect with incredible views for miles across the snow-covered mountains.   Stayed in the Old School Hostel in Rjukan, which was great with superb home-cooked food (thanks to Megan and Lou) and everything tickety boo.
At least I've done snow this year, which was a welcome change after he Bucks mud.

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