Norwegian Trekking Association Norwegian Trekking NORWEGIAN GUIDED TOURS SUMMER 2019 EXPERIENCE NATURE – ENRICHMENT FOR LIFE GUIDED SUMMER TOURS GUIDED SUMMER TOURS u JOIN US: ­ Experience spectacular landscape and mountains. Photo: Marius Dalseg Sætre. GUIDED SUMMER TOURS IN THE MOUNTAINS DNT Oslo og Omegn organizes guided tours. Our tours include accommodation at staffed mountain lodges or self-service cabins, all meals, and tour guides. The guides are experienced DNT tour leaders. We also offer transport directly from Oslo to the mountains. The tours presented in this magazine is led by Englishspeaking tour leaders. For more details about the tours and online booking, please visit our website dntoslo.no. OUR TOUR GUIDES All our tour guides have completed the DNT’s special training program for tour guides or other training of same standard and quality. Our tour guides have great experience and show a high level of skill and expertise GRADING OF GUIDED TOURS when it comes to touring the Norwegian mountains. They lead the tours on a voluntary Our grading scale takes both tour length and type of terrain into consideration. It is important to know that if the weather is bad and conditions are terrible, even the easiest tour will be perceived as advanced. basis, motivated by their passion for the mountains, for being on tour with others whom share the same interest, and for the DNT organization. EASY DEMANDING CLIMATE AND WEATHER Day tours from a cabin or easy day events for Day tour stages are up to approximately 25 km. Norway shares the same latitude as Alaska, Greenland and Siberia, but compared to everyone. The tour length can usually be adjusted Tours are suitable for those with some mountain these areas, Norway has a more pleasant climate. The mountains are beautiful, but the to the skill level of the participants. The tour is hiking experience and in good physical shape. The tour is in highly varied terrain with many climbs weather can be unstable. Even the easiest tour can be very demanding if the weather is on relatively flat terrain. The planned route will mostly follow the waymarked route. and descends. The planned route can be both on bad. To prepare for this, please f ollow our recommended equipment list. (see page 23). and off the waymarked tracks. Summer temperatures in the mountains in the southern part of Norway vary normally MEDIUM from about 10 to 15°C. Day tours from a cabin or day tour stages that are ADVANCED up to approximately 15 km. Tours are suitable Day tour stages are more than approximately 25 GENERAL FOR ALL GUIDED TOURS for those who are used to hiking while carrying a km. Tours are suitable for especially experience The tour participants carry their own backpacks (weighing up to 8 kilos). The tour will backpack and are in normally good shape. Lightly mountain hikers who are in very good physical be in the outdoors all day. Average walking speed is approx imately 3 km per hour. Before varied terrain with smaller climbs and descends. shape. The tour will for some parts be in very steep and uneven terrain. The planned route can booking, please read the tour descriptions on dntoslo.no carefully, including “Terms and The planned route will mostly follow the way- marked tracks. be both on and off the waymarked tracks. conditions”. You should also study the area map before tour departure. 2 SUMMER 2019 SUMMER 2019 3 GUIDED SUMMER TOURS GUIDED SUMMER TOURS TRACKS: Invest in shoes that can withstand mud and water. Foto: Marius Dalseg Sætre. THE RIGHT TO ROAM In Norway, you can walk nearly anywhere you want. Outdoor recreation has become a major part of national identity, and is established by law. You are free to enjoy the great outdoors- as long as you pick up your rubbish and show respect for nature. Here are som advise on how to behave in nature. TRACKS to break down. Bring your own bag dedicated to Avoid making new tracks. Invest in good, quality garbage along the way. shoes that can withstand beeing wet and muddy. p SMART PACKING: Use our CABINS & MEALS cabins, there is no reservation of beds. In these BUILT SOMETHING? pakcing list for guidance, don't pack more than you can carry. The DNT cabins are known for their cozy and cabins, all participants must contribute with MAKING A FIREPLACE Have you put up shelter or made a campsite, take Foto: Marius Dalseg Sætre. intimate atmosphere and friendly service. Three cooking, dishwashing, water supply, cleaning and If you are going to light a fire, use an existing fire it down again before leaving. A good rule of thumb meals are included each day except the first and general housekeeping. All necessary provision can place. You can also burn debris and other waste is that it should look like no one has been in the the last. These are breakfast buffet, lunch pack be found in a stock room at the cabin. that can be burned on the fire. Examples of things area when you are finished. Not even a misplaced with filling for your own thermos bottle and three- that can be well burned are toiletpaper, dry food stick or leftover firematch should be left on the course dinner. The first meal is normally dinner ADVICE ON FITNESS PREPARATIONS residue and cardboard. Note; be aware of fire haz- ground. on arrival at the first lodge. Accommodation will It is advisable to start with your fitness prepara- ards during the summer months. First, check if it's be in four bedded rooms or larger. tions early. Remember that hiking in mountain allowed with open fire in the area you are visiting. WILDLIFE It is mandatory that you bring your own sleep- terrain with a backpack weighing up to 8 kilos Show consideration for animals and bird life. ing bag or sheets. The lodges are open to every- differs from regular exercise in urban terrain. If GARBAGE Let wild animals be at peace and remember that body, so at busy times you need to be prepared to you are going on a cabin-to-cabin tour, we highly Everything you bring on your hike, you have to garbage you leave can be harmful to them. Food share rooms with people you do not know. If the recommend that you do a couple of test hikes with bring back. Leave no trace when leaving the camp- or garbage stored outside the tent can quickly be cabins are very crowded, it may even be necessary the backpack and boots you are going to use on the ing site. Nature needs two years to break down an taken by the animals. So beware! to sleep on mattresses on the floor. In self-service hike before you leave home. orange peel, and plastic can take up to 500 years 4 SUMMER 2019 SUMMER 2019 5 GUIDED SUMMER TOURS GUIDED SUMMER TOURS u MASSIV: Skogadalsbøen is a beautiful cabin on the route. Foto: Marius Dalseg Sætre. OUR FAVOURITES Every summer we offer a wide range of guided tours in the mountains. Our trips are very popular and some are trips we arrange year after year. Here are some of our favorite guided tours for summer 2019. SAGA SAGA TOUR: 12135, 12136 Saga is our long route from Lillehammer to Snøhetta. It reaches 230 km over Ringebu- saga.dnt.no fjellet, through two National Parks; Rondane and Dovre. We follow DNT's waymarked routes, with accomodation in both staffed and self-serviced cabins. On this tour we are MASSIV moving through historic and legendary grounds; From the Birkebeiners escape with TOUR: 12131, 12132, 12133, 12134 Håkon Håkonson South in Lillehammer, to the majestic Snøhetta in the North. Fairy- massiv.dnt.no tales like Per Gynt and Dovregubben also takes place in magical Rondeslottet. Are you ready to create your own SAGA? HISTORIC HIKING ROUTES MASSIV TOUR: 12308, 12212 The whole route from Sota Sæter in Breheimen to Haukeliseter in Hardangervidda is historiskevandreruter.no about 350 km long. We offer the Massiv tour organized as three continous separate tours: Massiv I: Breheimen, Massiv II: Jotunheimen, Massiv III: Skarvheimen and Massiv IV: Hardangervidda. Before you go, make sure you get your MASSIV passport. Each cabin along the route is equipped with separate stamps for the MASSIV pass and for each completed mountain area you get a separate mark from that area. Once all four areas are completed, you get your rightful place in our Hall of Fame, the official MASSIV brand and you get the t-shirt as proof completing the impressive route. HISTORIC HIKING ROUTES From the very beginning, there has been traffic both on land and in water in our ex- tensive country. Transport has gone over mountain ranges and glaciers, along forest stretches and on the sea, between settlements, towns and farms. Many of the old routes have long since disappeared, but there are still visible roadside paths and diverse trail OUR CLASSICS Our Classic tours are popular routes that goes through Rondane, memories. Historic Hiking Routes are a collaboration between DNT and the Directorate Dovre, Jotunheimen and Breheimen. The tours differs in lenghts and for Cultural Heritage in Norway, which makes old traffic routes better known and used. grading, but are a great at giving you the highlights of each particular The selected routes give you great outdoor experiences in combination with unique mountain area. You can read more about the tours on the next page. cultural heritage. This summer we walk the historic routes through Aurlandsdalen and through Jotunheimen. 6 SUMMER 2019 SUMMER 2019 7 GUIDED SUMMER TOURS GUIDED SUMMER TOURS RONDANE, DOVRE AND ALVDAL VESTFJELL Rondane was declared a National Park in 1962, the first in the country.