Snow camping in Norway

[Thomas Gauperaa]

My first experience with snow camping.

http://goinglighter.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-time-snow-camping.html

[Kathleen B]

Thanks for this report, Thomas. It brought back memories of my madcap college years when I took off for Norway and lived there for two years. It is a beautiful country.

How deep was the snow you were in? Did you use snowshoes or skis? I'm used to using USGS maps for my trips in the U.S. Did you have access to good topographic maps for where you were in Norway?

[Thomas Gauperaa]

Glad you liked it. The snow was 10-15 cm deep. No, we didn't use snowshoes or skis, just hiking boots. Next time we better bring skis though :).

For this leg we got our maps from a free government map source on the web.

[Philip Delvoie]

Great write up Thomas. I enjoyed the read and the pictures.

[Mgm Heck]

Thomas, could you please tell where I can find the maps you mentioned?

[Eugene Smith]

Love following your blog Thomas, great writeup and accompanying photographs.

[Thomas Gauperaa]

Philip and Eugene: thanks for the kind words!

Mgm: you can find the maps here: http://kart.statkart.no/adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=1

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