Lost in the whiteout

Norway, Lyngen Alps. February 11, 2019.

Yesterday evening I had discovered three small lakes on the map only 1.5 km away from Anton’s beautiful cottage we were living this week – the Hytte i Lyngsalpene, see this map (the cottage is marked in red).
The difference in altitude from the cottage to the three lakes would be only 170 meters, so the snowshoe walk should be an easy walk.

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A pair of 66North gloves on 69.9 North meets Nave Rosso

A true fairytale.
Norway, Lyngen Alps. February 12, 2019. Photostorytelling.

This morning we left the Hytte i Lyngsalpene, Anton’s beautiful cabin early before sunrise. The light was still blue when we put on our snowshoes and walked down the embankment towards the Jægervatnet. Our route led across the frozen lake for about three miles to the North, and up to the parking where we had left our car a few days ago.

Today we wanted to explore the northern part of the Lyngen Alps.

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