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Thomas Gauperaa
(gauperaa) - F - M

Locale: Norway
Snow camping in Norway on 11/23/2010 02:02:25 MST Print View

My first experience with snow camping.

http://goinglighter.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-time-snow-camping.html

Lots of snow
Kathleen B
(rosierabbit) - M

Locale: Pacific Northwest
Snow camping in Norway on 11/23/2010 12:05:28 MST Print View

Thanks for this report, Thomas. It brought back memories of my madcap college years when I took off for Norway and lived there for two years. It is a beautiful country.

How deep was the snow you were in? Did you use snowshoes or skis? I'm used to using USGS maps for my trips in the U.S. Did you have access to good topographic maps for where you were in Norway?
Thomas Gauperaa
(gauperaa) - F - M

Locale: Norway
Re: Snow camping in Norway on 11/23/2010 15:59:24 MST Print View

Glad you liked it. The snow was 10-15 cm deep. No, we didn't use snowshoes or skis, just hiking boots. Next time we better bring skis though :).

For this leg we got our maps from a free government map source on the web.
Philip Delvoie
(PhilipD) - MLife

Locale: Ontario, Canada
Snow camping in Norway on 11/23/2010 17:27:53 MST Print View

Great write up Thomas. I enjoyed the read and the pictures.
Mgm Heck
(Metck) - F

Locale: Netherlands
 		Re: Re: Snow camping in Norway on 12/02/2010 04:24:11 MST Print View

Thomas, could you please tell where I can find the maps you mentioned?
Eugene Smith
(Eugeneius) - MLife

Locale: Nuevo Mexico
"Snow camping in Norway" on 12/02/2010 05:33:51 MST Print View

Love following your blog Thomas, great writeup and accompanying photographs.
Thomas Gauperaa
(gauperaa) - F - M

Locale: Norway
Re: Snow camping in Norway on 12/04/2010 16:22:48 MST Print View

Philip and Eugene: thanks for the kind words!

Mgm: you can find the maps here: http://kart.statkart.no/adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=1