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skiing the length of Norway

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geoff s 26 Nov 2013
Thinking of skiing Norway from south to north ie all of it. Have been going for 2-3 week trips for years but have now decided to do the big trip in the winter of 2015.
Can anybody point the way to any useful resources eg accounts of others that have done the same trip etc.
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Eiska 26 Nov 2013
In reply to geoff s:

Plenty of resources in norwegian... This one pretty much sums it up: http://www.norgepaalangs.info/ (in norwegian, but try google translate)

some 270 trips have been completed since 1966, so you'll not be breaking trail exactly. Anyway, it is a big undertaking, but also a fantastic trip! Well worth it.

http://www.fjellforum.no/ is a quite good forum for more recent updates, tips etc.
 Erik B 26 Nov 2013
In reply to geoff s:

there is a scottish or british guy who skied south to north, then sea kayaked down the coast in a single trip! try google
 Mark Bull 26 Nov 2013
In reply to Erik B:

> there is a scottish or british guy who skied south to north, then sea kayaked down the coast in a single trip! try google

James Baxter. And he wrote a book about it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norway-Outdoor-Paradise-Odyssey-Wilderness/dp/09550...



Haggis Trap 26 Nov 2013
^ yip : looks like a good book (not read it but thumbed over it) and an amazing journey.

geoff s 26 Nov 2013

thanks Eiska
http://www.norgepaalangs.info/ (in norwegian, but try google)
yes that's the kind of thing = but can't seem to get it to translate for me.

Also thanks for the book link I'll try and get hold of it. My pal is thinking of running back down. I can't run but I do paddle, but think that I may well have had enough after the ski.
 Al Todd 30 Nov 2013
I climbed Sticil Face with a Norwegian called Christian Eek a few years back during one of the BMC international meets at Glenmore lodge. The previous winter he'd skied solo from south to North in one continuous push with his dog staying in various huts, Some DNT, others club or private. He seemed pretty ok about the journey but then he is Norwegian.
 AndyP 01 Dec 2013
In reply to geoff s:

Chris Townsend walked it a few years ago (1993 I think). I met him in Abisko National Park (I know Abisko is in Sweden but I think he did the majority of the walk in Norway).

Andy
 mchardski 10 Dec 2013
In reply to geoff s:

Id love to do it, but reckon trying to cross the 'Vidda in Jan or Feb would be torture. If i do it i,ll set off late and do it over two winters.
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