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. Moving constantly towards its inevitable fate in the emerald waters of Lake Jukla. 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 for ever!

Facts

Fits everyone over 12 years in normal good shape. The tour starts 10:30 from the Summerskicenter in Jondal (1200m a.s.l.). 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.

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Book the trip as a packet with transport from and to Bergen

Season

This is a daily trip from about 15 of June (after the snow conditions) until the 20 of August. Outside of this time period the trip has to be booked a few days in front.

Time length

5-6 hours.

Booking

By web, phone (+47 55298921/+47 95117792), mail or at the nearest tourist information in the region. Booking latest at 19:00, the day prior the tour, or meet at 10:30, but without guaranteed place on the tour.

Fitting for

All people above 12 years old and in normal conditions Meeting point 10:30 at our building at Folgefonna Summerski center (19 km from Jondal city cente).

Travel details

From Bergen: By your own car or by the daily bus from Bergen in the summer season, contact the bus company "Tide" or the tourist information in Bergen for details.

From Jondal: Follow the traffic signs up the valley. Its 19 km and takes about 30 minutes to drive.

From Bergen you can come by bus, book packet here

Equipments

Warm/windproof clothes, gloves, mountain boots (if you have you own), food and something to drink (possible to fill water on the tour). Sunglasses and sun lotion is also recommended.

Price

650 NOK, price includes all necessary glacier equipment also mountain boots. 10 % discount for families (min 3 persons).