After a very cold night in my tent in Beitostølen, I was excited to start my trip over the Valdresflya pass at 1400m. The sun was out and it seemed like a promising day, yet the road kept being closed the whole day. The recent snowfall and some avalanches caused by some heavy winds made the roads impassable. I was very set up and worried of a second cold night up in Beitostølen and so…
It’s snowing onto my tent. I’m opening the zipper and gaze into a low evening sun, yet thin frozen water-crystals blow into my face. Its the end of May and I’m at 850m. The place is called Beitostølen, a ski resort at the southern edge of the Jotunheimen Nasjonalpark. I’ve been here for many hours already. The bad weather conditions didn’t allow me to continue, so I’m waiting for the next day, to take a…
A little photo overview of the journey so far. [Show slideshow]
Out of Gothenburg, southern winds were blowing strong, pushing us away from the busy city back into the beloved countryside. With these tailwinds an easy day lay in front of us and much earlier than expected we reached our target of 80 km. So we decided to do a little more and eventually came onto a fairly busy road. A lot of rubbish was lying to the sides and we soon noticed that there were…