Jotunheimen Haute Route
Days
6
Nights
Indoor
SEK
An amazing randonée ski touring adventure across Jotunheimen, the roof of Scandinavia. The five day route in the heart of the Jotunheimen national park leads us up and over seven 2000 meter peaks including Scadinavia’s highest peaks, Galdhöpiggen and Glittertind.
The five days of ski touring in the heart of Jotunheimen (home of the giants) National Park is a high road across the roof of Scandinavia. It takes us over eight glaciers and seven peaks higher than 2.000 meters, including Galdhöpiggen (2.469 m.) and Glittertind (2.465 m.), Norway’s and all of Scandinavia’s two highest mountains. Needless to say views are breathtaking and runs are big in the most alpine area Northern Europe can offer.
The tour goes in expedition style from west to east, leading us to another lodge at the end of every daily stage. The average daily distance is roughly 15 kilometers with an altitude gain of approximately 1.000 – 1.500 meter per day, depending on what route we choose. Adjustments to prevailing weather can make the route differ in distance and become lower in altitude, if needed.
The tour is guided by UIAGM / IFMGA Mountain Guide Oskar Brodén, who besides being an avalanche expert and responsible for the avalanche forecasting in Swedish Jämtlandsfjällen, is a great person to spend a week of your life together with. Not to speak about the great bunch of people that most certainly make up the group you will share your adventure with.
Accommodation
Each night is spent in style and comfort in staffed lodges along the way, making it possible for us to tour with reasonably light packs along our way. Three course dinner, a good breakfast and a packed lunch is included in every overnight stay, as well as a comfy bed and a warm shower, of course.
Dates
Scheduled departures 2025:
- 22 – 28 of March 2025 (FULLY BOOKED)
For groups of 4-6 people please contact us for other possible dates.
If departures are full please consider booking one of our Ski Touring weeks in Eresfjord.
Booking
Please klick “book”, check available dates in the calendar and book directly online.
Other dates by arrangement for groups of 4-6 people. Please e-mail us at bokning@upplevelsebolaget.com!
Available dates
Click book and check available dates in the calendar! See You!
Travel to and from
You will need to get to and from the Norway and the start of the tour on your own. Jotunheimen National Park can be reached by public transport in different ways. There are daily express buses from Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim and the nearby town of Otta can be reached by train. Please check out https://www.vy.no/ for further information. If you need help with your travel plans, please tell us, and we will be happy to assist.
Time and place
We will meet at Bessheim Mountain Lodge on our first day for a welcome dinner and a good nights sleep. From Bessheim we will transfer the next morning to the start of the tour. After finishing the last day of the tour we will end up in Bessheim again, and spend our last night before we split up and depart the next morning. Please check out the layout of the tour more in detail under the tab “itinerary”!
Previous experience
You need to have some previous experience from ski touring to join this tour. Expect to hike daily distances, with your pack, of around 15 km and with an altitude gain of 1.000 – 1.500 meters for five days straight. Skiing is obviously off piste and requires a bit of previous experience in various snow conditions. If you are uncertain of your own ability please drop us an e-mail or give us a call to discuss.
To prepare for the tour it’s perfect to spend a week with us in Eresfjord. Which in itself is more than an amazing experience.
Included in the price
The price includes
- 5 days of ski touring guided by IFMGA Mountain Guide
- 6 nights accommodation (in double room)
- All meals (breakfast, packed lunch and dinner) during the tour
- Local transfer from meeting point to start of the tour
There is no specific itinerary for this adventure