Nigardsbreen Glacier Municipality, Norway Review of Nigardsbreen Glacier Sogndal
Nigardsbreen Glacier Municipality, Norway Review of Nigardsbreen Glacier Sogndal The first step off a massive stone slab worn smooth and onto gritty, crumbled diamonds—the larger Nigardsbreen glacial ice tinged with dark crevices the shade of cornflower—is still 30 minutes out. The small boat at the end of its short journey ferrying my group across Lake Nigardsbrevatnet idles briefly, and then departs for the opposite shore as we set out on foot.Thousands of years of compacted ice continues to calve here each year, flowing down the river and beneath a wood suspension bridge that shivers under our weight, ending its journey in the lake below. Today only water roars past as we traipse across the planks, hands skimming cool metal cables on either side.Our guide stops several times to explain more about the Jostedal Glacier, of which Nigardsbreen is a glacial tongue, and how safety is an all-important step in the process of performing the glacier hike. No one is allowed on the ice without a licensed guide for obvious reasons, and in case there are those to whom it is not so obvious, it quickly becomes a reality: at our final stop before the 3-hour ice hike, several tourists not part of our group step outside of the ‘safe zone’.Our guide—shouting at the very top of his vocal register in order to be heard—manages to alert the nearest guided group, which in turn shouts to the erroneous pair and steers them back to safety. He explains his behavior to our group as we loop and twist the laces of our crampons: two hikers, acting on their own after a guided outing, ignored posted warning signs at the very same location in August 2014. The results were tragic for everyone involved.He continues on by reassuring us that, when done right, a glacier hike in Norway is like no other experience. All glacier guides at the Nigardsbreen site are nationally and internationally qualified (many with additional registrations at UIAGM/IVBV—the International Federation of Mountain Guides—and NORTIND, the Norway Association of Mountain Guides), and as he explains how he intends to keep us safe, I become more engaged and exhilarated about the climb ahead. Especially when I get a better look at the view below (click to view the larger image).We crunch up the side of the glacier on a glassy staircase, and over the span of the next three hours I begin to understand why someone might wander off on their own. The short taste of this corner of Norway almost isn’t enough. There is a near-tangible impulse to understand more of what makes the glacier system work by independent exploration.If you’re not the hiking type and prefer the educational route, there are some great alternative options. Both the Breheimsenteret Museum, with a picturesque view of Nigardsbreen outside its robust dining room and a timeline museum on the basement level (pictured below), and the Norwegian Glacier Museum (an hour and forty minutes away in Fjærland) offer exhibits designed to both please the eye and pique the curiosity.
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Bøyabreen Glacier, Fjærland, Norway
Bøyabreen is a glacier in the Fjærland area in Sogndal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.
It is located inside Jostedalsbreen National Park, and it is a side branch of the large Jostedalsbreen.
The Nigardsbreen glacier - 3/3
Walking to the Nigardsbreen arm of the Jostedalsbreen glacier
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Climbing the Nigardsbreen in Norway.
view from the Glacier Museum in Sogndal
11.7.2010 one stop on our way to Ålesund was Norsk Bremuseum which is beautifully surrounded by mountains
Jostedalen Nigardsbreen 22X2016 vol 4 by ScandiAdiva
Jostedalen Nigardsbreen / Nigards glacier 22X2016
Jęzor Nigards lodowca Jostedalsbreen
Jostedalsbreen Nasjonalpark
Norway - Dombas - Glacier Boyabreen - Center Lillehammer - 2017. in (4K)
The village Dombås lies in the Dovre municipality and serves as an administrative center in the upper Gudbrandsdal, Norway. It lies at an important junction of roads: south leading to the current capital of Norway, Oslo, west via Lesja leading to Åndalsnes on the sea and north to the old capital, Trondheim.Bøyabreen is a glacier in the Fjærland area in Sogndal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located inside Jostedalsbreen National Park, and it is a side branch of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier.Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was 26,639. The city centre is a late 19th-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains. Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Before Oslo's withdrawal from consideration, it was included as part of a bid to host events in the 2022 Winter Olympics if Oslo were to win the rights to hold the Games.
Driving Guide: From Fauske to Litlverivatnet start point
This route starts at Fauske and goes to the parking lot by Nordfjord river in Sørfold municipality where the hike up to Litlverivatnet lake in Rago National Park starts. This hike is around 5.7 kilometres long
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Fuglesteg Luster Sogn og Fjordane
Helikoptertur for eldre som ikkje kjem seg opp til Fuglesteg. Arangert av Luster turlag.
Sogn og Fjordane verdens vakreste
Sogn og Fjordane verdens vakreste - er den 3. filmen jeg har laget fra det 250 år gamle fylke vårt. Opptakene er gjort i Førde, Jølster og på Sandane.En Widar Bjerkaker produksjon, Widar Film 2013.