The hardest thing about summiting Norway’s highest mountain? Pronouncing it.
“This is not a good situation,” says guide Iver Lund Aakre, displaying trademark Norwegian understatement as he points to a warning sign of a hiker upside down in a crevasse. We’re about to cross Styggebreen Glacier, which in the local dialect means “dangerous” because of the numerous 30-metre-deep crevasses that lurk beneath its innocuous-looking snow-covered surface.
After driving to the 1850-metre-high Galdhopiggen Summer Ski Centre, it’s only a 5.5-kilometre trek to the summit, with an elevation gain of just 619 metres. All you need is a guide for the glacier crossing, a decent level of fitness, good balance on uneven terrain and the right gear . The last stage is the toughest – a steep scramble over uneven boulders along a ridgeline to the summit, where improbably there’s a sturdy stone hut that normally sells hot drinks and snacks. Unfortunately, for some reason it’s closed today and the spectacular panorama of peaks and glaciers we’d been hoping to see is obscured by an obstinate curtain of low cloud.
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