Hardangervidda II

As promised for a long time: pictures from a hike to the Hardangerjøkulen. My mum and I tried to reach the glacier while hiking an unmarked trail along a river but unfortunately we missed the trail at the beginning so we lost quite some time and energy and couldn't make it all the way up to the glacier. Nevertheless, the hike was great and the Hardangervidda is such a fantastic place as you can see here:


This picture was taken shortly after we parked out car.


Soon we reached the river we were supposed to follow for the rest of the hike but we had to cross it first (fortunately there was a small dam ). After crossing the river we didn't find the trail so since we were supposed to follow the river, we tried to stay as close to it as possible. First we had to fight the bushes:




This picture taken by my mum shows it better ;).


Then it became more a climbing tour because the border of the river turned out to be very steep.


Finally, we found the trail and very soon we got a better view of the glacer.




We also met those guys.


And continued on the trail.




Further up...


...and up.


And this one is to show that I was really there ;)