Photo Journal & Trip Reports (Norway)

Please enjoy these photo journals and trip reports from some of my outdoor photography adventures, starting with the most recent. You can subscribe to follow my latest blog posts (and any other blogs as well) by using a feed reader such as Inoreader or Feedly.

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Norway Wrap Up
Norway Wrap Up
August 25, 2009  |  Norway

I am back in Oslo, just hanging out for a few days waiting for my flight back to Colorado. It’s been amazing to fulfill my dream of seeing the mountains and fjords of Norway, but now I am really excited to get back home, see my friends and family again, and go through all my photos from the trip...

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Trollveggen
Trollveggen
August 21, 2009  |  Norway

After my quick trip in Jotunheimen, I had a few days of decent weather forecast to spend, so I decided to backtrack and return to the Romsdalen valley near Andalsnes, possibly my favorite place in Norway...

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On Top of Norway
On Top of Norway
August 19, 2009  |  Norway

Yesterday I hiked up to the top of Galdhøpiggen, the highest peak in Norway at 2469m, in Jotunheimen National Park. My plan was to stay up there until sunset, and I was prepared for a long wait on the summit in the cold wintery conditions...

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Rainy Sunnmøre Alps
Rainy Sunnmøre Alps
August 15, 2009  |  Norway

The last few days in the Sunnmøre Alps have been a whole lot of rain and not much else. The first two days and nights I spent completely tentbound in the rain, camping near a roadside lake. With a forecast of just more rain, I figured I might as well wait in style so I hiked up to the Tussenauset backcountry cabin, situated near a big alpine lake surrounded by large peaks...

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Romsdal
Romsdal
August 11, 2009  |  Norway

During the two days after leaving northern Norway, I drove 22 hours back down to central Norway. I detoured into Sweden for most of the drive, to take advantage of the flatter, straighter roads. I’m not sure if it saved much time, but I had no desire to retrace the curvy route back down through Norway! Driving south so fast was like time travel into the astronomical future, and for the first time since I’ve been in Norway I saw real nighttime, the moon, and stars!

Anyhow, I arrived at the town of Andalsnes and was happy to be back in the “real” fjord country again! The mountains around Andalsnes are insane...

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Senja & Lyngen Alps
Senja & Lyngen Alps
August 11, 2009  |  Norway

Last week I was pretty much off the radar, traveling around various mountain areas in northern Norway and car camping the whole time.

After leaving the Lofoten islands, I headed to the famous Stetind mountain, a mind-boggling 1400m sheer granite spire of a mountain, and camped a few nights there, scoring a lucky sunset during a break in the rain showers...

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Svolvær
Svolvær
July 31, 2009  |  Norway

The last few days I’ve been in the town of Svolvær, the largest town on the Lofoten Islands. Yesterday I did a hike up Fløya, a 590m peak that juts out above the town, and watched the sunset from up top...

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Lofoten Islands
Lofoten Islands
July 29, 2009  |  Norway

For the last week or so I’ve been doing my thing here on Moskenesøya, one of the Lofoten Islands, with some of the most unique and incredible landscapes on Earth! The mountains soar up right out of the ocean, with sheer granite faces leading to symmetrical pointy summits...

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Bodø
Bodø
July 22, 2009  |  Norway

After leaving Ålesund, I ended up driving 13 hours straight, trying to cover some ground during the rain. The drive through this middle part of Norway was relatively boring – mostly rolling hills, forests, and farms...

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Ålesund
Ålesund
July 20, 2009  |  Norway

After hiking down from Skåla the other day, I drove northwest towards the city of Ålesund. The drive was stunning, at one point passing over a mountain pass in the Sunnmøre Alps with huge pointy mountains and vertical glacier-carved walls on both sides...

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Jostedalsbreen
Jostedalsbreen
July 19, 2009  |  Norway

As I drove north from Bergen, the already-grand scenery became noticeably more dramatic once I got to the area near the town of Stryn, with steep mountains soaring out of the fjords, topped with glaciers...

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Driving Through Norway
Driving Through Norway
July 19, 2009  |  Norway

I’ve been in Norway for one week so far into a six-week travel here. I have no itinerary but my rough plan is to head north from Oslo in my rental car, traveling mostly up the coastline checking out the mountains, fjords, and towns along the way...

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