Following Flam, we weren’t quite sure where to go. We’d
talked about doing a glacier walk and two of the most beautiful national parks
in Norway; Jostedalsbreen and Jotunheimen were ahead of us – we just had to
choose which one. We read and re-read sections about them in our guide book and
online; in the end we went for Jamie’s and headed to Jotunheimen National Park
driving through the world’s longest road tunnel, Laerdalstunnelen (24.5km long)
and on one of the most spectacular roads, the Sognefjellet road or Rv55.
Choosing which glacier hike to do came a bit as a chance.
Climbing up Rv55 past Turtagro hotel, we came to a glacier view point from which
we could see that a trail seemed to go to it from the hotel. We drove back down to
Turtagro and decided to set camp in the car park opposite the hotel – it wasn’t
the most beautiful spot en route that’s for sure, but it was the most practical
one – it meant that we didn’t have to move the van to start the hike which
allowed us more time to get ready and pack our lunch in the morning.
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| Turtagro hotel |
The walk up Skagadalen was a feast to the eye! Seeing the colours and
vegetations transform from lush and grassy autumnal bushes to rocks and ice was
striking.
As the trail disappeared and walking on the many rocks that had
fallen off the mountain side became harder and harder, I got scared. What if we
slipped or the rocks moved? We’d probably hit many rocks and fall straight down
the glacier lake where our already dead bodies would freeze and be recovered
thousands or millions of years later (depending on climate change) once the
glacier would completely melt. Yes, I was definitely being over dramatic!
Fortunately, Jamie was there to encourage me and we managed to pull it together.
Walking passed the beautiful turquoise-coloured glacier lakes and finally walking
on the ice was definitely the “cherry on the cake” or should I say the “icing
on the cake”. We both felt enthused and re-energised by the
walk – we’d already seen and done spectacular hikes and treks, but this was the
Best!
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