Locations and accommodations 

Glacier course in Jotunheimen

The standard solution is to stay in your own tent and bring your own food. Most participants do this, as it is more social. We have a tent with an oven for being together in if the weather is wet and cold, but sleeping is done in your own tent. Also, there is no toilet or other facilities.

It is possible to sleep in your car or at a hotel. The nearest hotels are Sognefjellshytta and Krossbu, both a 30-minute walk away. If you have a campervan, there is a parking place by the road, about a 15-minute walk away. While a hotel or campervan is more comfortable, it adds a lot of walking.

Climbing course in Jotunheimen

The standard solution is to stay in your own tent and bring your own food. At Lom Camping, you can book rooms at your own cost. You can also bring a campervan to sleep in.

The days in the mountains require either a tent or a campervan.

mountaineering course in Jotunheimen

The standard solution is to stay in your own tent and bring your own food. Most participants do this, as it is more social. We have a tent with an oven for being together in if the weather is wet and cold, but sleeping is done in your own tent. Also, there is no toilet or other facilities.

It is possible to sleep in your car or at a hotel. The nearest hotels are Sognefjellshytta and Krossbu, both a 30-minute walk away. If you have a campervan, there is a parking place by the road, about a 15-minute walk away. While a hotel or campervan is more comfortable, it adds a lot of walking.

glacier course at jostedalsbreen

The standard solution is to stay in your own tent and bring your own food. You can also bring a campervan to sleep in. At Jostedal Camping, you can hire a hut at your own cost. Also, if you want the most comfortable solution, you can book a stay at Jostedal Hotel with all meals included. The hotel is just a two-minute walk from the camping site.

Jotunheimen National Park is the area with Norway’s highest mountains. In between these, there are several glaciers. We have been around here since we started back in 1994. We have seen how the use of the mountains is changing, how the glaciers are slowly melting away while the beauty of the area is still sustained.

Here in the central parts of Jotunheimen, we offer courses based on the traditional Norwegian form of simple outdoor living: We do not bring more than we need and leave no traces.

Our glacier and mountaineering courses are at the largest glacier (Smørstabbreen) and surrounding mountains. The camp is only a ten-minute walk from the road, and the hotel is within walking distance (or a short drive). It takes 45 minutes to walk from the camp to the glacier, mostly in easy terrain.

Our climbing courses start in the little village of Lom before we move into the national park to climb some of the high peaks. Jotunheimen is where the climbing sport was born in Norway, greatly influenced by English lords like William Cecil Slingsby. There is a rich history of climbing, guiding, and courses in Jotunheimen.

Our mountaineering courses use the same camp and glacier as our glacier courses and then use some of the same locations as our climbing courses.

See one map for each course, with key locations marked.

Jostedalsbreen National Park contains the largest glacier on the European continent. It is so large that it takes three full days to walk from north to south. The highest point is the impressive Lodalskåpa, which is 2083 meters above sea level.

We arranged our first glacier course in the west side glacier arm called Bødalsbreen in June 1994. Due to melting glaciers, we have had to move several times, and at the moment, our courses are held on the east side at the glacier arms of Nigardsbreen and Fåbergstølsbreen.
On these courses, we are situated in the tiny village of Gjerde in Jostedal. It has one hotel, one camping place, and one shop. We stay at Jotedal Camping, which has facilities like a kitchen and showers.

Most of the time, we are at Nigardsbreen, a long glacier arm that winds its way down from the plateau of Jostedalsbreen. It is a 45-minute walk from the parking place to the glacier, mostly on hard rock. For the snow activities, we use Fåbergstølsbreen, which takes an hour to reach by foot.

GLACIER COURSE IN JOTUNHEIMEN

The meeting point and the glacier are marked. The camp is not marked as it moved each year.

The glacier is called Smørstabbreen (the whole) and Bøverbreen (the lower parts we use most). If you google them, there are plenty of pictures.

climbing COURSE IN JOTUNHEIMEN

The meeting point (Lom Camping) and the two most used mountains are marked.

mountaineering COURSE IN JOTUNHEIMEN

The meeting point, the glacier, and the most used climbing mountain are marked. The camp is not marked as it moved each year.

GLACIER COURSE AT jostedalsbreen

The meeting point (Jostedal Camping) and the glaciers we use are marked.

You should google Nigardsbreen to see its beauty.