Blueice trip in Botnabreen

You will meet us in the morning breeze from the glacier. In anticipation of a different landscape ahead we find our way past running water and over burnished slopes of naked rock. At length we'll find ourselves up on the horizon and the glacier lies before us. Interminable forces hardness in ice! We rope ourselves together and step out onto Folgefonna. We set off, through frozen valleys and past conical towers of ice, in search of a fairy tale in blue. If you seek excitement you may climb the 20-meter high precipices of ice. If, on the other hand, you seek a more meditative experience you will find it as we cross the thousand-year-old desert of ice; apparently at rest, but in perpetual change. You will feel your spikes biting into the ice and the pleasure of teamwork with those who share the same climbing rope. You are safe in an alien world! Finally you will feel how the white plateau lifts you up to give you a breathtaking view of the ocean to the west. Down at the fjord once more you will be embraced by the pale greens of young birches on the hillsides. You will probably now have the untouched glacier landscape and the view of the ocean in west branded into your memory forever!

Facts

Fits for everyone over 12 years in normal good shape. The tour starts 11 o'clock from the "Jukla Powerstation" in Øyresdalen (valley up from Mauranger). The Glacier fall consists of both calm, flat ice and more challenging crevasse areas. The tour is adjusted to the participator wishes and condition. In the middle of the blue ice we take a break with view over the North Sea and the Rosendalsalps. We tell you about the culture and the physical Geography. In the end we walk back in the afternoon light with fjord and Mountains below us.

Season

The season is from about 15 of June (after the snow conditions) until the 20 of August. The trip has to be booked a few days in advance.

Time length

5-6 hours.

Booking

By web, phone (+47 55298921/+47 95117792), mail or at the nearest tourist information in the region.

Fitting for

All people above 12 years old and in normal conditions Meeting point 11:00 at the "Jukla powerstation" in Øyresdalen (valley up from Mauranger in Kvinnherad).

Equipments

Warm/windproof clothes, gloves, sun glasses, mountain boots (if you have you own), food and about 1 liter to drink for the break.

Price

550NOK, this include all necessary glacier equipment also mountain boots. 10 % discount for families (min 3 persons).