Norway National Park Trip

This is Rondane National Park. As you can see it is above tree line. We visited 3 national parks and each one was entirely above tree line. Below tree line are farms and logging. This was beautiful, but we missed trees and stuff (we did see a pair of cute weasels, though). We hit a bit of weather and gorgeous skies.

This is where we stayed. There is a system of huts (hytta) on public lands in Norway (and other parts of Europe, I think). Some just have cafes, some food and lodging and some are unstaffed and have food you can cook and some are just huts. They are generally a few hours walk between them and the big ones are generally relatively close to the nearest road or parking area. This one was a 2 hour walk. Everyone who shows up and needs a place to stay gets one. The cost is relatively inexpensive and the food is great. There are no private rooms, but there are ones with a variety of number of beds. We arrived a bit late (I guess) and the only space left was the dormitory. This turned out to be a basement room with bunkbeds - 8 on the top and 8 on the bottom. Zero privacy. We were assigned to the top. THere were boards between mattresses, but snoring.....