Becca and Daniel In Norway: Snøhetta

On August 30th I left Trondheim with some coworkers on a trip that was arranged by Nordic to Snøhetta. Becca decided not to go because the trip was late enough in the season that we expected inclement weather.

When we arrived at the cabin we couldn't actually see the peak we would be climbing.

The highest (and easiest to get to) peak is on the right. I joined the group that was going to the western peak (to the left) because it meant that we got to climb over that big glacier in the photo.

It felt like we were climbing through a foreign planet because it was so rocky and all of the rocks had green moss on them.

It's impossible to traverse a glacier without thinking "I can't believe that I am getting away with this" the entire time.

Interesting weather started to arrive once we had cleared the glacier and ate lunch.

The peak that we had decided to summit was directly behind me when I took this photo. I could see that the clouds in this photo were heading directly toward us.

We could see that the clouds were coming but that didn't make their arrival any less dramatic.

The peak was simultaneously gorgeous and unnerving. If you can't see the ground in this photo it's because it doesn't exist. And it was starting to snow. And we had no idea what the visibility was going to be on the way down.

It snowed on us for the first 30 minutes or so of the descent.

And then instead of snow we had really interesting clouds all around us.


My friend's knee was bothering him so a few of us hung back with him while the rest of the group carried on. In this photo you can see them exploring a crack in the glacier.

The cabin I slept in (4 people total) was detached from the rest of the lodge. I took this picture when we got there. Some people decided to sleep in tents and you can see them in the distance.