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I'm looking for some advice on walking in Norway. We're off there this summer and keen to go off for some multi day walks with a tent, or using some of the unmanned huts. My question is, where to start? Can anybody recommend a good guidebook that covers various areas in Norway? Or particular areas to head for? Requirements are quiet and spectacular. Thanks in advance for any help

Ged

In reply to GDes:

The Cicerone guidebook "Walking and Trekking in Norway" by Constance Roos is a good start. I have an old version.

http://www.cicerone.co.uk/product/detail.cfm/book/230/title/walking-in-norw...

Rother also do a guide for southern Norway that is fairly good.

In reply to GDes:

You'll find lots of info on the web like this one: http://www.ut.no/
I think the translation on the page is pretty good.

In reply to GDes:

We did the Rondane at the start of Sept a few years back - apart from the Rondvassbu hut all the other huts (guardianed) were virtually empty - just us and one or two other couples. Good paths and great scenery - looked like UK mountains, but with paths and huts like the alps. We only saw one or two groups each day, apart from the Peak-bagging day from Rondvassbu hut which was full (180 people). We'd planned on doing a 10 day circular route, camping each night, however injury & appalling weather caused a huge drop in pace, a shortened route and a few hut nights. One Norwegian couple strongly recommended the Breiheimen? near Lom - not as busy as Rondane, not as high as Jotumheimen. They moved to Lom specifically to be near what they considered the best mountains. Be careful if you're there in September - once the Norwegian school holidays finish at the end of August everything pretty much shuts, and it can be hard to find accommodation.

In reply to GDes:
I have a book which I think is called Scandinavian mountains which I found very good when I was out there. Just tried to find it again but no joy. It has a brown cover and was written in 80's or 90's I think. Anyway it doesn't give routes to the level you need to do the walk / climb but it gives a really good overview of the area and the mountains (brief description of each mountain) as well as an idea of the main routes up. Although scandanavia is in the title over 90% of content is in Norway.
I think the area between Bodo and Narvik is stunning and wish I could have spent more time here. There are some interesting marble caves near Fauske (1 containing a glacier). Stetind makes a really good day out and loads of cloudberries up there also. Stetind does get busy but the mountains round it don't. Kvaloya (island west of Tomso) also a great spot and relatively quiet.
I got dozens of ticks whilst I was out there and picked up lyme disease so gotta watch for that one!

James

In reply to smollett:


This one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scandinavian-Mountains-Guide-Collomb-Lennon/dp/0906...

There's also http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walks-Scrambles-Norway-Anthony-Dyer/dp/1904466257 if you can find a second hand copy at a sensible price.

In reply to GDes:

The maps are great with walking routes marked. We did a loop from the valley between galldohopen (I know) glittertind, over glittertind and back. Also the route along the lake that takes in the ridge between the lake at 1200m and the one at 800 that Pier Gynt kept from. Couple of days and ferry back.

I'm so jealous.

Toby

P.s I can check my spelling and locations if you want me too.

In reply to GDes:

The Norwegian tourist organisation manages many huts:
https://www.dnt.no/hytter/

Lots of areas are spectacular, localish to me romsdal and surrounds is very good with some quality fjord action and pointy mountains.

In reply to GDes:

And I recommend downloading the norgeskart app, it's like having the entire OS map in your phone, except for Norway

In reply to GDes:

Loads of useful information here http://scandinavianmountains.com/ - it's mainly about the summits, but includes some information on huts and the maps show valley routes.

Only the first of the planned series of books was published, and I'd guess that the others are unlikely to see the light of day (they should really have been issued as a single large volume). But most of the info is on the website,

thanks Everyone, hard to know where to start!

Has anyone got experience of taking a dog with them? Presumably they can't go in the huts?

In reply to GDes:

I saw 3 dogs on my 'peak bagging' day - pretty sure they'd have stayed at the Rondvassbu hut.