We’ve been having some gorgeous winter weather recently.
So, we decided to give our skiing attempts a rest, and instead climb one of the local mountains, Ulriken. Something we could do.
We layered up, packed our urban crampons, and headed out. Around two – three hours later we reached the summit, exhausted from stomping through knee deep snow.
After admiring the spectacular views, and enjoying a hot chocolate at the mountain top cafe (served by a cable car), we embarked on an Egmont scree-like slide back to town.
A perfect Sunday.
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- Town – Bergen and our apartment visible in the distance
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- Time to strap on the urban crampons
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- Pigeon House
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- Stomping through the snow
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- 1/2 way there
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- Taking the long track around
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- Town
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- Nearly there
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- Mountain hut on the plateau
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- On the plateau – lone ski tracks in the background
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- View from the top
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- Hot chocolate at the mountain top cafe
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- Ispigger time – preparing for the trek back down
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- My mittens kept freezing
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- Egmont scree-like snow
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- Bergen, and our apartment visible in the distance
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- Back in the treeline
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- Bergen