American Reacts to the 7 BEST Hikes to do in Norway
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- čas přidán 6. 11. 2022
- Hiking is an awesome activity to do to get some exercise, travel, and experience some amazing scenery. That is exactly what excites me about today's video about the 7 best hikes in Norway. I am very interested in reacting and learning about these incredible Norwegian hikes since Norway has some of the most amazing natural wonders in the entire world. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Hey Tyler! It`s probably time for you to take a holiday to Norway. You deserve to experience this. You are so sincere and enthusiastic.
At this pace, he will immigrate within 3 years :D
@@frosty6960 yup
@@frosty6960 he should just move here. A holiday is not time enough to see everything.
#tylermovetonorway!
Common, why don’t you just move here, already?!
3 hours is not a lot for us Norwegians. In 2017, when I was 13, I went on a 9 hour long hike from 7:00pm-4:00am in Bodø. I was shocked When I checked the time at 2am, because I thought it was 11pm. We all got a little confused by the midnight sun. We were a group of like 7 kids from 10-16 years old. Alone in the mountains. And at 4am we sat up our camp and went to sleep. We got picked up by a bus at 4 or 5 pm
Haha yeah. When I was 12 I had one trip with dad where I didn't want to go home I just wanted to keep going and exploring. We went 6 mil (miles? 60+ km) and it became dark and mom called cause she was worried, which made us return home unfortunately. This was cross country though and we weren't equipped for more than a day either so I guess it was for the best either way.
My top 2 tips for hiking is, don't go alone and respect the weather. Nature can be very unforgiving
And tell someone where you're going!
Also keep out of the mountains in winter if you don’t know the terrain. And bring a map and a compass.
About slipping and falling down, some farms or homesteads tied ropes around the children to prevent them from plunging down during play.
Yep.
And there's probably a little bit of natural selection at play there too reducing the frequency of people doing silly things near the cliffs...
I am Norwegian, from Aalesund, but living in Brasil, I love the fjords etc, but a thing that I noticed, I was with my father in one of the fjords, picking up his boat, even though I remember these places as a kid, I was breath taken of the views, and my father said, this is all normal... I've been away for some time, and just returnig , it was almost as a new experience.
In Norway there are 550 different sized cabins/houses that you can sleep at - some of them are staffed and others not. There you can buy/make food and sleep. These are run by the Norwegian Tourist Association (NTF) - and you can pay a small fee to be a member. If you're a member you can sleep in the cabins cheaper - in addition to several other offers; like cheaper hiking equipment. NTF also keep all the hiking tracks marked and maintained. Perfect for longer hikes - cabin to cabin.
The same thing as DNT
@@jensskipperud5569 Hahah; I meant DNT - but my brain wanted me to say something else, for some reason.
My bad.
@@scrabbledmind NTF = DNT 😂
@@scrabbledmind LOL I was about to write a comment, wth 😂
For fun or as flavour: I guess the closest thing is "Norges Tennisforbund" lol (Norwegian Tennis Association)
Maybe you were thinking about NFT's and Bitcoin at the moment lol
Edit: I also like how you have edited the post (so it can't get pinned) but still didn't fix it :p
Hi Tyler. You live in the USA. Haven't you ever been to North Cascades or the Rockies? Well, I have, and it's so beautiful. Many places to go hiking there... Stay safe!
For me is Norway the most beautiful country in the whole World. It´s like traveling
to another planet! Thanks Tyler! For a great Norway video. 👍💯
norway is not that cool, tbh it is kinda boring...(i am norwegian)
@@Adrifluxi weather also sucks
@@Adrifluxi Or maybe your life in Norway is boring? I love it. I go to conserts, I go hiking and camping.If i`m not building motocycles, i I take my motorcycle on roadtrips on twisty roads with beautiful views. I can go downhill longboarding on some of europes best roads. In the winter i go ice drifting/rally driving, Snowboarding, Ice bathing. There is also a lot of opportunity for doing sports ( gymnastics in my case)
I like to go out dancing++ And all of this is supported by an lower middleclass salary. I really dont find the time to be bored :)
@@heroeofkonnerud dude i mean norwegian culture even if you do motorsykle doesn't mean it's norwegian which means i am not talking about those things, but norwegian things are boring
@@Adrifluxi LOL, I did not know Norwegians only are allowed to do Norwegian things. And riding a motorcycle along a Fjord, by mountains is something that you can do in any country?
I am impressed over how interested you are in Norway. I have only been watching your videos for 3 days now. Even I have learned things I did not know about Norway, or never have thought about. I live just outside Kirkenes, about 15 minute drive from the Russian border. Keep up your good work watching more videos. Have a nice day.. 👍🇧🇻
In Norwegian we really don't use the term hike, instead we use the term "tur" - "tur" can mean anything from walking to the grocery store(tur i butikken) to walking around your neighborhood on a Sunday(Søndags tur) to walking in the mountains(fjelltur). - Personally I did all my mountain hiking as child and don't think I would do it again as an adult. -The whole concept of "tur" is very Norwegian, especially "ski-tur"😆
Butikk-tur.
Skog-tur.
Fiske-tur.
Fjell-tur.
Jobb-tur.
Syden-tur.
Yeah, i guess. "Trip" might be closest to the american words.
@@frosty6960 Must not forget Hyttetur, extremely important 😜
@@sebastianflesjandersen939 omg... i will deliver my passport to the authorities immediately.
teh shame
@@frosty6960 Biltur, busstur, flytur, bærtur, båttur... Og etter en opptur kommer en nedtur. 🦶🦶☺
@@sebastianflesjandersen939 Og vi må heller ikke glemme telttur. 🥵
Two small comments:
1. You can bathe in the pond she showed, but it's meltwater from glaciers so it's really, really cold.
2. The nature in Norway can be dangerous. We don't really put up warning signs in places which are obviously dangerous, only those which are not obviously dangerous(to Norwegians). Also, you can go from sunny 20°C to 0°C and snow in a half-hour. This comes as a surprise to many tourists, so they may freeze to death, or fall to their death, or wander of too close to a glacier and get smashed by falling ice.
Fog and flat light is the greatest killer. Well that, and avalanches I guess.
Some people just love to walk _right below_ "utfallssoner" with no planning whatsoever and they tend to have foreign names (I can't remember a single Norwegian dying in an avalanche here but I am confident it have happened to at least _some_ Norwegians too, and I bet many even experienced Norwegians have been jumped by fog.
Do not drink glacier water unless you have a great immune system or are aware of the risks and ready for what may happen.
It's gray and taste very iron-y, like placing your tongue on a large battery (connecting the + and - ).
It's not inherently dangerous, but animals may have died falling into the crevasses and them and many other things may lie rotting in the path of the water that eventually emerge below the glacier, and isn't filtered well yet.
Fun fact. The mountain matterhorn in Switzerland is the mountain which the Toblerone chocolate is modeled after.
Fun fact that no one asked for: The Us’ average temperature is colder than Norway, and Canada is colder than norway
Fantastic, and still, she didn't mention Nordkapp, Romsdalen, Rondane, Dovre, Geiranger, or beautiful hikes down on the sea level.
Nordkapp is strictly speaking no hikingspot, you drive all the way to the plateu and visit the senter there.. ofcourse IF you want to walk there it is possible too.
@@arcticblue248
There are at least nine hiking routes around Nordkapp, but you are, of course, right about The Globe Monument.
14:20 Innerdalstårnet is 1452 m (approx. 4700 feet) above sea level. You start the hike from the parking at roughly 250 m above sea level (800 feet). It's already to crowded in this area, to many tourists during season. The funny thing is if you climb up on any of the neighbor mountains, Innerdalstårnet does not look so impressive any more. It is surrounded by much higher mountains which is more spectacular and have less people on the trail. This is an easy hike, I met two women in their 70's coming down from Innerdalstårnet a couple of years ago. On the other hand I have also seen people stuck up there, not able to reach the summit. I have done this hike numerous of times....
It's 250 to 1452, that's not easy for many people. Or people start too late or go too fast.
Hi Taylor! NO, not all mountain hikes are hard work. Many Norwegians had also struggled with these trips. But from what I see, she is in the west and north-west. There are also many nice areas, for example in Geilo, Hemsedal, Gol, Etnedal, and in Østerdalen. Those trips are rarely challenging, but you should be in reasonable shape, because you will still have to go up and down mountains and heights. And you will still experience fantastic nature. Bring a tent and fishing rod, and something to drink from is a good idea. You can drink the water that flows in streams and rivers without risk of illness, the water is clear and cold, which you will appreciate on hot summer days. Fishing is a source of food that is not completely free, so check where you can buy a fishing license. You can catch trout and perch, which are good food fish. A gas burner is a good idea to bring, so you can cook hot food. In any case, ask for tips on what to bring on your trip, because you can have both bad and good weather, and take your time. Hope you get the chance to come to Norway one day!
Stunning place but I get vertigo just watching her on this video. Very expensive there too. Nice to enjoy the armchair view!
Whenever I travel I try to avoid tourist traps, but for anyone coming to Norway, you should go see the troll's ladder (Trollstigen), even though there's probably going to be a bunch of people.
Great driving road for enthusiasts, and a spectacular view from the platform up top 👍
My beautiful Norwegian country. I have been to these places in the mountains. One tip from me is to have a travel companion who can show and explain when you are walking in the mountains. Then you are also safer if something were to happen, because many people lose their lives because they are careless and have no respect for the mountain. My tip is also to remember that the Norwegian weather is unstable and can change from sunny and hot to cold and wet and strong wind. So you have to dress according to the weather and also bring food and drink on the trip. Thank you for this video Tyler .
I forgot to mention that many American films have been shot in Norway because of the mountains and fjords. Here are examples of those I remember: Star Wars, Mission Impossible, James bond, Thor
The nature is great here, and not far at all. I do hikes a lot and you are welcome over the sea to see it :) Kom igjen :) (means, do it) Hei å hå.
We have on average ten foreigners die in Norwegian nature every year, because it's so extreme. Particularly the mountains, because people don't understand that conditions can change from easy summer to hard winter in 30 minutes or that fog suddenly makes you blind while the rocks get slippery as polished ice. You should really prepare yourself.
Some of the trails can be steep enough to go on all four, or jump from rock to rock. Most of them however is more dirt paths. i think you'd become a fanatic about mountain hiking pretty soon after visiting, some places here have this yearly competition where you go ontop of each trail and sign your name on the post at the top and when you were there.
Tyler, in the USA you have the Rockies, the Cascades, the Sierra Nevada, the Appalachians, the Ozarks, loads of tremendous National Parks, Deserts, Great Lakes, beaches. If you go a little bit north to British Columbia, you will find fjords. Also, you also seem to have forgotten Alaska and Hawaii. However, do go to Norway, as you appear to have fallen in love with it.
I've dome Bessegen 3 times, both directions. One time we had to help a tourist up the steepest part, telling her where to grab and put her feet. She made it.
Norwegian's love hiking. I lived in the states for a while and I missed hiking. I like america but I love Norway. Thank you for your videos.🇧🇻
norway is just built different
I have made 4 of these hikes as part of guided hikes. Thee first one included Galdhøpiggen and Besseggen in addition to Glittertind that is the second highest peak in Norway. The other one included Prekestolen and Kjerag. Tom Cruise has been there to make the movie Mission Impossible Fallout where Prekestoen was stand-in for the Himalayas. Kjerag is famous for base jumping. I saw them jumping when I was there, Kjerag is a mountain wall several kms long and 1 km tall. If coming to Norway you can do the same as I did, just buy a package all included from Stavanger and Oslo respectively. A fun fact is that when visiting his Norwegian friend and director of some of his films Will Smith made the hike to Galdhøpiggen with his Norwegian host so then you should do it following in his footsteps. None of these hikes are technically difficult but you need to be rather fit. Anyhow, these hikes are the highlights of my life and something that I will never forget.
I’m norwegian and I can only say that US in many ways is just as beautifual as Norway. I have seen the Rocky Mountains, the deserts, the californian coast, the beaches, the swamps in New Orleans, Everglade Florida, and I will never forget the Redwood forests. It is just fantastic, and then add a warmer climate and a lot better wildlife. I havent even been to Alaska or Hawaii.
We norwegians are very patriotic, and often for a good reason, but many have not travvelled outside the tourist traps in Spain or Thailand.
The thing about Norway is that the nature is very close to the urban areas, a hike is never far away, and it is a huge part of being norwegian.
Alaska is beautiful
Did you see Louisiana?
Yes, Norway is a rugged country, and we don't fence everything in, and no a 3 hour hike is not extreme
You're not even allowed to put up fences some places (like in strandsona, 100m inlands from the sea as a thumb rule, is free roaming "property")
Galdhøpiggen (the highest mountain in Norway) is a hike that can take around 8 hours but it is filled with picturesque views. I think the only danger there is the glazure and the top if you aren´t careful or aware of your surroundings. I climbed it with my class when I was 12, so it is possible for most people.
I wish I could climb it again, though I would probably need a guide, I don´t want to be one of those people who will need to be saved.
glacier*
You have never been to Galdhøpiggen! No glacier there! Glittertind, on the other hand, has a glacier on top.
@@OriginalPuro thnx, I really struggled with the word.
The shortest route to Galdhøpiggen is from Juvasshytta, and is over the glacier..
But from Spiterstulen there is no glacier, only snow patches. But it is longer and greater elevation chance...
@@steinarhaugen7617 If you start your trip from Juvasshytta, you’ll have to cross Styggebreen glacier to get to the top of Galdhøpiggen. If you start from Spiterstulen, you don’t have to cross any glaciers.
"That's part of it, getting high." Tyler taken out of context 🤣
Comeon.. maybe there are a few fjords and more arctic tundra, but otherwise you'll find the rest in the US too. The US is so large and you got multiple mountain ranges and lots of other climates
The interesting thing here is that many americans will take a 4 hour road trip (each way, and in a day) to a concert/show or even to visit a store and think of it as something you just do, but hiking for half the amount of time requires planning for lodgings or camping or whatever, while Norwegians are the exact opposite (many of us will rather spend time hiking in the mountains that driving for the same amount of time, if you know what I mean 🙂
Rescue services have to help tourists from these mountain hikes every week, basically. Because they walk up there in shorts and a half liter bottle of coca cola and then it starts snowing or storming rain and sleet halfway up.
People walking in high heels up Prekestolen... like wtf is going on up there
I miss some hikes in Northern-Norway;) I live in Tromsø and im a real north-patriot, but i really think that the most beautiful and spectacular hikes is to be found in the north:)
Furthest North I've been is Narvik. Most beautiful city in Norway during winter time which I can remember. (Think I was in Ålesund as a kid but remember little)
That protruding rock, is called Trolltunga, wich would translate into "the trolls tongue"! :)
Remember to look out for the "Åpen koie" they are huts for one night sleepover free. Low quality of hut but free of charge and roof on top of your head.
I feel like you are underselling the beauty of the US ;) There are so many beautiful natural places inn the US, and you DO have fjords in Washington and Alaska. And just a helpful tip when you finally come to Norway - when norwegians (or hiking fans who come here) say a hike is easy you may want to take that with a grain of salt, as they really mean it is easy for experienced hikers. And even on easy routes remember the weather can change quickly and surprise you. Every year tourists underestimate places like Preikestolen and Trolltunga and end up in trouble. So, come prepared and you will have an amazing time :D
I did not know there were fjords in Washington, I thought only Alaska had fjords in USA.
_"Norway, Chile, New Zealand, Canada, Greenland, and the U.S. state of Alaska."_
(To be honest I thought only Norway and New Zealand had fjords, maybe I should fresh up my knowledge [or are they using the incorrect word?])
Hi Tyler you most go further north many hiking trails here in Lofoten, Tromsø and Finnmark. Look into that 😊
She should have mentioned the amount of time it takes to hike them all:
Besseggen: ~8 hours, includes some climbing (easy climb)
Trolltunga: ~10 hours (at least with snow on the top)
Preikestolen: just 1-2 hours, easy
Other hikes worth seeing:
Kattenakken: ~8 hours
Skåla: ~8-10 hours I think, I haven't walked this one yet - but it's located near Kattenakken on the opposite side, nice area (lookup: Loen).
Slogen: ~10 hours
Hafrstadfjellet: ~1-2 hours, very steep and hard, but short.
Alta Canyon: ~3-4 hours (easy hike, nice view, not too much people - very north)
Treriksrøysa ~3-4 hours (border between Norway, Russia and Finland - very wet and hard to just get to the place - need a proper car!)
Matmora: ~8 hours (spectacular hike near Lofoten islands, almost no people)
Was going to the "matterhorn of Norway" this spring, but could not reach it as it was too much snow there at that time. But it's nice and almost nobody around, also barely any phone network.
You can check out all the tours in more detail at "ut.no" webpage - excellent starting point!
Good suggestions, Skåla and Slogen I can approve.
Falketind is great during summer and Rasletind and the nearby ones are great during winter.
Bitihorn is fantastic for being so much lower than the absolute tallest ones. You can ski Telemark all the way down from the top onto the water, in a natural quarter pipe almost, it's incredible.
Sogndal is "world renowned" (at least domestically lol) for its powder skiing during season.
Odda is the prettiest small town I ever had the privilege to live in for a short while and Trolltunga is nearby (though I never visited).
There's a virtually uncountable plethora of other great places for every season or need
LOL, "Not like the USA"? I take it you've never been to the Rockies in say, Colorado for instance? Or to Yosemite?
And a 3 hour hike is SHORT. Even here in England I used to hike all day on the Yorkshire moors covering 20-40 miles in a day.
"Don't have fjords in the USA"...The Hudson River right next to New York is a fjord! The famous New Jersey Palisades are part of its steep walls. The George Washington Bridge spans the fjord which extends a long way up into New York State. And there are MANY fjords in Alaska.
Like your Norway reactions Tyler, but now you need to book next summers tickets to Norway.. and if you do, hook me up and I will take u out on a fjord fishing from my boat. 🤗🤗👍
Im gonna screenshot this
@@frosty6960 hehehe, do that. I would be happy to show an American the cost of Helgeland. It is absolutely stunning her summertime. 👍👍🤗
Him:Dose it snow very often?
Me from norway:Well 57- so yes
All of these hikes are among the most popular ones in Norway. I have to admit i tried them all, some sevrall times. The last one is less common though and can be tricky, If you are not used to climb. If you have climbed .you can easly do it without rope and it is on my top 5 list. It is the last 80m of the climb that can be challenghing. I had to help a women down here, who where stuck just below the top. Trolltunga is a long hike and many tourist ends up wth problems. Hatten in Ofoten is a hinden Gem. Urkeegga is also very nice easy trip. These two trip has limited amount of people, and still amaong the best views. Hesten and segla at Senja is somthing I would like to try out later.
In 2005 a band called "Kaizers Orchestra" had a concert on Pulpit Rock.
typical length of a norwegian hike is around 5-7 hours both ways:)
I like Hardangervidda the best:) It has it all when it comes to hiking. And the temerature can be quite nice in the summer.
I live in Sweden, and one of my favourite things to do in the summer is to go for a hike where I start walking at a friday after work or saturday morning, and then come back home at sunday afternoon. Then I bring my tent and other sleeping gear and some food (and look for where I can find water before I leave home since I don't like to carry it around). I also have my dogs with me ;) Then we walk a little while (a few hours), sit down to eat some lunch and have some rest, walk again and then put up the tent for the night.
In the morning we eat breakfast, pack our things again and walk until it's time for lunch, after lunch we walk back home. It might seem like a lot of walking, but the trick is to walk slowly and really look at the surroundings. If you walk to fast, you will be tired way to quickly. And also I don't look at this as exercise, never. I do it beacuse I want to spend time in the relaxing forests, to get a pause from the city and everything there. I don't have a summer cabin or similar, so instead I take my tent and just walk to some beautiful places.
I don't often toot my own channel (in fact, I think this'll be the first time I've done that to non-friends), but I do have a few GoPro videos on my channel. Among the many gaming videos, you can find quite a few where I strapped the camera on my car and drove some scenic drives close to where I live, and even some where I mounted it on myself when going on a hike. I live on the west coast of Norway, so expect mountains and fjords.
For the record; my channel is not monetized. I made all of these videos just for the fun of it and I hope whoever goes to watch any of them enjoy the scenery. I'm not a professional.
Hi… if you follow the trails of the tourist association they are classified by difficulty. But many tourist ignore this and have to be rescued…and not all make it unfortunately
Hi Tyler :-) One place she did not mention in the video is Gaustatoppen. (1883 meter above see level) If you have a disability, you can take the cable car inside the mountain to the top. So it is possible for everybody to get a look at the view :-)
There are also some amazing hikes in Loen, highly recommend it! Skåla opp for example.
If you go on a 3 days hike from kjerag, you will decent 1100 meters in the end, finishing off with the worlds longest stair, 600 hight meters, and man, you will feel it in your legs. But then you jump on to the boat, and have a well deserved icecold beer.
'It's only one hour' (If you are in shape, if not it's 3 hours🤣)
Galdhøpiggen can also be reached without walking on the big glacier. But that route is MUCH harder beacuse of the hight difference from your starting point. To walk the glacier to the peak, your starting point is Juvasshytta. It has an incline/hight difference approx. 500 meters. Escaping the glacier your starting point will be Spiterstulern and the incline/hight difference will be approx. 1350 meters.
I will say that the best hikes in Norway is most def. in Jotunheimen. Many peaks are crowded, but on many of them you can hike a whole day without seeing another person...
Alpine scrambling is when you need to use your hands to assist, but it is technically not climbing.
It's better to wait for death in your own livingroom than go out the door and experience the nature.
You're still young. You could apply for a free university degree and get yourself a student visa, then you could get to experience Norway. Although as a student there wouldn't be that much time exploring Norway, but you still get the many school holidays.
Or you could just do the normal tourist thing and come for a few weeks, that's probably a good start :)
Norway is very beautiful 😍😍😍
Kjerag is a great starting place for a hike.
If you are looking for a very easy and stunning hike I would suggest "Litlefjellet" or Little Mountain. It is right next to "Romsdalseggen" by Åndalsneset in Møre og Romsdal. The hike took me and my family along with some friends around 45 minutes and we had three kids under 12 with us, along with me having lung issues, so it should be very doable for you even if you are inexperienced. It gets a beautiful view of Trollveggen (The Troll Wall) and Åndalsneset and the surrounding area. In addition it is definitely a hidden gem so I would suggest asking a local for directions up to the beginning of the hike, from there it is very easy to see where to go using signs. I would warn you it is very steep but there is a simple to follow path, though I do recommend not going while it is raining and beware there is no cell service except for at the tippy top. If you are looking for good people to get as guides the Norwegian Tourist Assosciation(NFT) has guided tours to most of the popular places, but for hidden gems I would suggest asking local hikers or even local scouting groups. Scouting groups will sometimes go on these hikes and you could (potentially) ask to just follow them up, once you've gone the road up it is easy to make it down again for most of these.
Hi, I am a Norwegian and I love Hiking but most of these plases are mostly dens with foreign tourists all exapt the last one. camping during hiking I thougt was inkluded in the word hike, becouse any thing you can do in a day or a few hours would be a trip or walk.... But that is possible me beeing wrong again, and beware, the weather is not like this most of the year, you can evan get snow in the summer in this higher altitudes , take care . sorry for my bad English writing.
I don't think there's an English equivalent really... for either of our words. For "telttur" or "tur" they say "camping" or "trip" I think, but then they're most often used for kids camping in their garden type, or a trip to Copa Cabana.... definitely not our version of the words
You have "backpacking" but that's like interrail. "Outbacking"? But then "outback" is just a weird English TikTok type fad word for being more than 1 km from civilization lol
"Expedition" still means the same as Ekspedisjon but that's such a large jump.
Any native English speaker reading this feel free to help or correct any of this
i have been one time at Galdhøpiggen (not far from where i live). very beautiful place, and there was a wind so strong that could strip away your underwear without lowering your pants
Love this. Not filmed in a bedroom.
A amazing one not to far from me is "Slogen", you have 2 routes, the extremly steep one coming up from the vally that the old "hotel union øye" (opend in 1891), it is 3,8km long but it is almost all at 30-40 degree inclination, and a longer flatter path thrue a vally leading up to a cabin you can rent rooms at called "Patchellhytta" or set up tents close to it if you want to take your time.
But the view from the top of Slogen is amazing.
Mission Impossible 6 - Fallout, were filmed on location at Preikestolen (the "honorable mention").
I went there in '98, maybe I'll go again, if I can get my daugther to join me.
They say it is about 8 km (5 miles), and about 4 hours for the round trip.
Even if it can be crowded, it's an impressive experience.
It's fair, ranked as "medium difficulty". But you'll need good footwear for hiking.
Even if it's easy, you have to bring food and beverages.
I would not say hiking is dangerous, but way too many ppl is ill prepared, and conditions do change with altitude, and weather can change very fast, from warm and summer like, to freezing cold and no visibility in minutes. In 2020 helicopter rescue service had about 3100 land-based operations not counting the smaller air ambulance helicopter who also do this type of operations sometimes, and additionally there are shitloads of land-based rescue operations, either by foot, ATV, or snowmobile. Often the weather does not allow the helicopter to fly.
Especially tourists tend to simply not see their own limitations and prepare, and every year some fool with high heels and a dress is rescued out from the mountain.
If your call for help is justified, then rescue operations are of course free of charge.
You should react to this American reacting to one such operation, his reaction is priceless.
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I have not found the original video is on CZcams.
Craziest hike me and my Norwegian family has done, is hiking in Colorado. Scared af from those mountain lions
I am not into hiking myself, other than walking on marked easy forest trails here in Norway, hehe.
There is one place i have been, all-though we were driving there.. 'Trollstigen', you can step out of the car on the top, and walk around the top of that great mountainrange.. i was terrified on the way up in the car, in every turn you would look straight down the mountain, it is horrifying lol. But you should go there, and do a live-stream.. that would be fun.. to us.
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Yes, it can be dangerous.
We have foreigners dying in Norway every single year because they didn't respect our nature.
Anything from walking off a cliff in the fog to freezing to death, to being taken by a avalanche or a rock slide, to dying from eating toxic mushrooms to drowning in one of our rivers or at the sea off our coast and so one and so forth...
Norway is a very safe place.
But a certain amount of common sense and humility is a requirement for survival.
I hope you get a chance to go to Norway sometime! But I'm sure there are lots of beautiful hikes that you can explore in the States too:)
This may be a given, but it is definitely still worth mentioning for anyone who wants to try out hiking (including Norwegians); Please remember to leave no 'evidence' around in nature - track free hiking. Be prepared to carry garbage and toilet paper/waste with you as you go; trash cans are not common in the mountains.
Also, be prepared for changable weather. Remember that there is no shame in turning back! During your hike, you might experience rain/snow (depending on the season and area), fog and wind, even if the sky is clear when you start off.
Would love to somehow show you around Bergen if ever u came 👍😊
Peer Gynt was riding a reindeer buck across Besseggen
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Nr. one hiking thing in Norway these days? How many mountain tops can you reach within a certain period of time, ordinarily one day.
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Hello Tyler. By the way. Møllehøj is Denmark's highest natural point. Møllehøj is 170.86 meters above sea level.. Yes, it's true ... :)
Genuinely, Galdhøpiggen is not a difficult hike, and it's not far if you start from Juvasshytta instead of Spiterstulen.
The "glacier" isn't a glacier. Well.. I guess it is, but it has an extremely low inclination and is super tiny. Even if you were to slide down the whole thing, even ramping up speed on _purpose,_ I don't think you'd be physically able to hurt yourself. I believe there's no cracks even in spring (and I never saw the bend if one exist, it must be far further down from Juvasshytta in that case)
Went here with some friends when studying Friluftsliv just because we were nearby during one of our expeditions and we went from Juvasshytta since we were tired. So we used our ropes and stegjern (ice spikes??? God knows what it's called in English) of course but it felt stupid to walk there with all that gear. We did not hire a guide because we were all practiaclly (and literally) educated on exactly what such guides must do to be able to guide on ice (and I mean proper glaciers).
The guide part is probably to prevent tourist injuries and extreme unfortunate events due to extreme negligence which can occur with tourists. (I'm not trying to be arrogant or condescending I'm just being honest and 100% forward) or to earn money; but I still think it's better to have people not used to the outdoors be part of a guided tour (and that goes for almost all of Jotunheimen and beyond for that matter).
The climb after the glacier is much steeper and some hand usage is required. But there's ropes on the worst part and it would be hard to die there, I guess it's possible to get injured.
Spiterstulen to Galdhøpiggen is much much longer and you should be up early (9 AM at latest) if you want to summit somewhat leisurely.
The hike is much much easier during summer but it's still a long climb at least from the bottom (Spiterstulen).
You have a plethora of much more dramatic views (from around Bygdin for instance, since it's such an open immediate area and steeper mountains and taller climbs, so you can see further, but there's also plenty of others)(Falketind and Rasletind are also great choices)
galdhøpiggen is right next to the town i live in. Galdhøpiggen is in Lom and i live in Skjåk. when i went to school we went many time up there as a class trip takes only 2-3 hours to go ontop of it.
check out the mountain Stetind if your looking for hike+rockclimbing combo, its an amazing mountain in Norway
I have standed on it, and if you fall off it, you will fall 1100 meters. That is moore than 1200 yards.
I've been to most of these places.
I'm spoilt on nature.
Though, the best place in Norway name wise is "Trollkuken" (Lit. The troll d*ck).
She forgot Aurlandsdalen. I think Aulandsdalen and Østerbø fjellstove must be on this list.. There are of cource plenty of other spetaculare trips in Møre and Romsdal and of course Lyngsalpene in the North.
"These hikes are on a totally different level"
Not really, this is a fairly common level of hiking, it's just that American's are far below that level, in general, because of obesity and in general a lack of activity.
Heh, 28 kilometers is not long and "climbing some rocks" is still a part of hiking, but some narrow paths you might have to "climb"(like stairs, not like an actual rock climber).
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What an arrogant comment. You're on to something, but you're using extreme hyperbole and show extreme ignorance.
I live in the nearest small town to the (preikestolen)
Hi, if you ever find yourself in norway i live very close to trolltunga, if you need a guide 👍
I have been on the Pulpit Rock 5 times and my father maybe 100
Its only a three hour hike...........mostly straight up unfortunatley
I am offended that you will not do the Pulpit Rock. Since its just around 30 minutes from Stavanger 😋🤗❤️🇧🇻
Tyler you have never left your state never mind America.
yea scrambling is easy rock climbing pretty much where most people won't need to much exsperince, to comment on the fact that you say that most people think about tamer walks, we have allot of tham to, but i guess it did not fit this persons wiew on some great walks that the person had seen, and to comment a bit more on scrambling, most hikes up mounatains can included it but many has alternative routes that make you go up anoter way so rock climbing is rarely an option to need allot of exsperince in for just a mountain hike, but im talking on a basis i feel might be over the hole world there when it comes to mountains. as you can see my youtube name ends with climber and i consider myself for a dedicated climber, and i am from norway, i like your channel a bit cause i like to see your reactions on norway
Most people dying in Norwegian mountains are actually tourists, even thow they are less then 10% of the hikers/skiers.
In the mountains you would meet others every half hour or so, and then it is expected that you conversate a littel.
So, when are you coming to visit? You have a lot of friends here now. I bet if you make a facebookgroup or something we could all plan the most amazing vacation in Norway for you🤩🇧🇻😄👍
So when are you coming to Norway to visit us?
love, peace from Norway
Sure you have fjords in the US, though they're mostly all in Alaska.
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If you're like me, a hike on the Coast trail is not so much effort. Bring a bike and stop at a pub or a restaurant. Kyststi (coast trail) in telemark or veatfold. Here's am example czcams.com/video/YvkPyxfHCaY/video.html
Whenever you go hiking in Norway you dont do it in a day. You stay over in cabins, where there is food and stuff, and paying for it is based on trust.
Hello. I like your style of the video. I invite you to do these hikes, no problem you can do them easily.
Can they essentially get to rock climbing?
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