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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Spent 17 days on an awesome hike called MassIV Ruta or MassIV Trail in Norway in July/August 2023. The Trail leads through 4 national parks. I did it northbound, started in Haukeliseter, traversed Hardangervidda, Skarvheimen, Jotunheimen and Breheimen. Due to storm "Hans" I couldn't do the last 2 legs of the trail, so my trail ended in Sognefjellshytta. Missed Nordaleseter and Sota Saeter, but maybe I get a chance to come back,...
Here the stuff I took on this trip: lighterpack.co...
Hey Sören. Jetzt finde ich dich auch noch auf TH-cam :)
Danke für dein Video.
Gerne, schön, daß es jemanden interessiert, bin gespannt auf Deinen Trip, falls Du vor hast das hier zu teilen oder auf Insta : )
Toll!
Sehr schön
I spent almost a year in Norway some time ago, and it's where my love for hiking started. I plan on going back there next year, but I also have "objectives" to do long hikes, and I'm trying to get two birds with one stone. After a bit of research, the MassIV seem to be what I'm looking for, but I can't find a lot of information on it. That's how I stumbled upon your video that I loved, and it seems that you could have the answers to my questions. My questions would be :
- For a June/July hike, do you need gear for snow or ice in the higher parts ?
- Is there shops along the way where I could potentially stack up, or do I need to pack heavy to reach the next "checkpoint" ? What would be the longest time I would have to rely on what I brought ?
- Do you have any advice of your own ? Things you learned or discovered that would be beneficial for someone else ?
I started hiking MassIV Ruta the 20th of July, some snowfields were left, but nothing that would require extra gear. If you consider starting earlier, I recommend contacting the served huts along the way (Haukeliseter, Finse, Sandhaug, Fondsbu,...) to get information about the conditions on the trail. From what I heard, the conditions might vary a lot from year to year. I think, hiking in June, the chances to have a lot of snow is very likely. This might make hiking tougher. I'd recommend taking gaitors, trekking poles and microspikes, if you decide to do it early in the season.
You can get food from the served and unserved huts. When I hiked the MassIV, I brought food supplies for one week, picked up the resupply box for the second week at Finsehytta,(I sent it there weeks before I left). I planned to pick up another resupply box for the last days in Fondsbu, but it didn't arrive there, so I just bought some bars there and got my real food in the remaining huts (Skogadalsboen, Fannaraken and Sogneflellshytta). You could probably do the trail without carrying lots of food, just by getting supplies from the huts, but that's more expensive, especially in the served huts. I recommend doing a mix, bring food for a few days and every once in a while enjoy the food in the served huts, don't worry to much about this, there were always supplies in the unserved huts, when I hiked the trail.
I wanted to do a little clip on your last question, but here my short answer: -Merino wool is recommended! I often had to put on my wet or damp clothes in the morning before starting to hike.(When camping!) Merino still keeps you warm and dries quickly!
-Trekking poles helped me a lot, river crossings, walking in bolderfields, snow, mud,... I also massaged/rolled my leg muscles with them and used a trekking pole tent. I had rubber caps for the tips of the poles, just brought them to protect my stuff during flight and transportation, used these on long days on boulderfields, they provided more traction on rocks.
-Your skin might suffer from being exposed to the weather, bring something to treat your face, hands and feet! I only had a chapstick for my lips and a very small bottle of sunscreen and ended up using that for my hands and feet, too.
Your feet will get wet almost every day. I prefered non waterproof trailrunners that drain the water and dry much faster, combined with gaiters and waterproof socks. I had to get new shoes for the last few days, these had a Gore Tex membrane but still got wet and it took ages to get them dry again.
-Try not to overpack, I hiked with a baseweight of about 6,5kg (without water and food). Being lightweight made hiking more enjoyable!
-Become a member of the DNT(Hiking Club Norway that takes care of huts and trails) and get the app "Hyttebetaling" by DNT to pay in unserved huts.
Hope this helps, enjoy that awesome hike, I loved it!
Well, I know that everything is supposed to be for free, here at youtube, but at least some reaction on my long answer would have been nice. Next time I will think twice, before spending my time answering a question in the comments.
@@soehikes7667 At least to other people your comment with all the information on the Massiv Trail was very helpful, so a thank you from me! Nice video and pictures, too
If you're interested, here is a link to download my planned schedule for the MassIV Ruta, it's in German, though,...www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/61tpttl2f7kno1dbgvnkx/Massiv-Trail-2023-northbound.pdf?rlkey=t02mneu64szmjglmy1m99p9ly&dl=0
What date did you start? Also do you think your pace was fast/slow trying to gauge just how long it’ll take
I’m planning to go this July
I started July 20th last year. I planned to do it in 18 days, but I was a bit faster. I tend to walk fast with little breaks. Had a full rest day in Skogadalsboen (because I was a day faster then expected) and almost a (non planned) rest day in Fannaraken Hytta because the glacier crossing towards Sognefjellshytta was already gone. I Left Skogadalsboen pretty early and arrived at Fannaraken at about 12.00h but there was just 1 guided glacier crossing per day, they left at 11.00h. Had to end my hike at Sognesfjellshytta because of dangerously bad weather. It would have been 18 days including a rest day.