Norway Trollheimen Day 1 & 2 Sept 2023

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So in Sept 2023 we did a trip to Norway,sadly just before they had the worse storms for 25 yrs,our journey there hampered as 2 train lines had been swept away and two main highways destroyed 


But we did get there in the end,securing some fuel for our stoves,from the local petrol station,on the short walk from the station to the hotel

Id arranged a taxi to drive us out to the start,he was a retired farmer and he told us it had started raining in June and there had not been one day when it had not rained since,then they had huge storms the biggest for 20 + yrs...  we wonder what lay ahead of us 


Gjevilvasshytta was our start point and it was good to be on the way,with a dry start and 8 days food stored away in our packs



The dry start didnt last but the rain wasnt too heavy

 






We dropped our heavy sacks,after lunch, and we took a diversion and climbed up to the summit of Blahoa 1672m 



No views but it did clear a little on our way back down















Shouldering our packs,we left behind the day walkers and after another 90 mins we had found a spot to camp and had got our camps set up   












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Day 2


It was a cold camp and a wet and windy morning as we packed up and set off to climb out of this valley 



This lochan was a stunning colour,near to  Storfagerlitjonna 



















Alpinelites mitts doing the business 

The rain had stopped but it was still a cold day the views had now opened up in front of us,as we crossed over into the next valley  










The rain came back as good places to camp seemed to be none existent,but we did see a few herds of deer moving around 




As the day wore on it dryed up and we were happy to finally found a spot to camp on a small plateau at 960m above the small village of Storlia  




With camp set up,water collected it was so good to get some warm food into our bodies and dry and air our feet 









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