Langlaufen
A mix of several tourski holydays in norway

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
Ferry Kiel - Oslo 1988

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
With the Peugeot 505 to the north, maybe she is now a taxi in the tropics

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
slippery roads, next time by plane and train

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
Hotel Glomstad exists since the 16th century

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
Jana (host) 12th generation since 16th century running Hotel Glomstad near Tretten

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
langlaufen

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
water streams under the snow

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
We pay Mah Jong

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
The canary is excited, why?

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
janna (host) 12th generation since 16th century

gausdal (1985)- norway

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
We have to go this distance to the left !!

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
When we were young

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
The fate of a rabbit

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway
complicated, turning the other way

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
tretten

glomstad gard -gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
1999, skieiing near Tretten with Ewoud en Simon

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
Transporting your own dinner for the weekend

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
Nicely done for us

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
Whats up doc?

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
Tip Toing through the snow, no one hears us

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
This route becomes complicated

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
The cabin from XXX, friend of Ewoud

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
2001, skieing with Henk, Nienke, Ewoud and Norwegian friends from Ewoud

glomstad gard - gudbrandsdalen - norway
The water comes from outside

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
The host shows the guestbook (2001)

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
Melting snow for cooking. It takes tree days to melt the ice in the jerry cans

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
the stavkirke is first mentioned in 1270, although it could be older. 30 years ago Beatrijs and I visited it too

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
An emergency snow hut, digged by Henk. Eddy will sleep in it tonight

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
It was an excellent night at +3 degrees C.

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
with music, luxurious these days

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
good selection, not a political correct image

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
preparing the skies with wax. For every different temperature of snow a different type, red, green, yellow

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
Henk does a trial with a pulka. Next time it will be used when shopping

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway

raphamm - ringebu - rondane - norway
complicated

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
Tyin, 2003, with Henk, Nienke, Marco, Ewoud and Simon

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
icy snow, complicated skieing

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
where to go??

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
those dutch people are not used skieing

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
the foot of a gletcher?

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
foggy, where is the next pole, marking the track?

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
follow the poles

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
someone constructed an igloo

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
inside an igloo, quite warm, relatively

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
long time now snow has fallen

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
the highest point

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
icy

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
feeling free, lonely

amsterdam - netherlands
2006, Jotunheimen, with Marco, Ewoud, Simon and Eddy. Well prepaired for the mountains.

tyin - jotunheimen - norway
view of our ski area, waiting for the snow-mobil to take us into the empty country side

fonsbu-jotunheimen(2006) -norway
There she is, a real classic Bombardier

fonsbu - jotunheimen - norway
Discussion with the other guests about the best route to Gjendebu, the next hut

Tyin - Filefjell - jotunheimen - norway
The workhorses in the mountains, bombardie B-12's, exist to with front wheels

jotunheimen - norway
On our way to Gjendebu, over a frozen lake

jotunheimen - norway
Around 4PM, the sun is standing lower and it gets colder

jotunheimen - norway
Out of the wind on our snowy seats, taking some food and drinks

jotunheimen - norway
Up to Olavsbu. The brothers Ewoud and Marco Roede

gjendebu - jotunheimen - norway
Gjendebu is in sight, going downhill in 20 minutes while it took 5 hours to gain this height

gjendebu - jotunheimen - norway
Somewere there will be our cold cabin waiting to be heated by us (by wood stove)

gjendebu - jotunheimen - norway
melting snow to make tea and soup and to heat up the cabin. It is not allowed to pee near the cabin :)

gjendebu - jotunheimen - norway
no electricity, so cooking by head lights and candles, romantic

olavsbu - jotunheimen - norway
A tradition by Ewoud, luxury chocolates by Puccini, one a day each

olavsbu - jotunheimen - norway
pancake + icecream made of snow and juice-powder, rico !!!

olavsbu - jotunheimen - norway
hot feet

olavsbu - jotunheimen - norway
down there is Olavsbu

far away is skogdalsboen

skogdalsboen - jotunheimen - norway
Dreaming by candle light in skogdalsboen

skogdalsboen - jotunheimen - norway
Making up your own bill and pay by credit card and put the result in a box which will be checked next spring

jotunheimen - norway
Leaving the lower bush, this will be a day of only going uphill

jotunheimen - norway

jotunheimen - norway
Maybe we are near the highest point

jotunheimen - norway
We came up from far, far away

jotunheimen - norway
looking back at skogdalsboen, we make a increase in height of 600m

jotunheimen - norway
hotel krossbu is not very near, a desilution

jotunheimen - norway

jotunheimen - norway

jotunheimen - norway

hotel kogsdalbu - jotunheimen - norway
hotel kogdalsbu, kafeteria, overnatting. But not manned and not heated. The previous guest, scots, could not read norwegian and switched off the electric heating

hotel kogsdalbu - jotunheimen - norway
hotel kogdalsbu is not manned, the heating was switched of by some scottish guests who could not read norwegian.

hotel kogsdalbu - jotunheimen - norway
The electric heater can not get the room above 3C. At least we do not have to sleep outside

hotel kogsdalbu - jotunheimen - norway
Although my cloths are perfect for this temperature, this night is as cold as I ever had experienced in my life.

hotel kogsdalbu - jotunheimen - norway
Leaving for Leivassbu, a manned hotel for sure
history: langlaufen in norway in the years 1988-2003
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