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Welcome to Norway – The Land of Trolls

GEOLF and EGEA Trondheim herby gladly invite you to join our first summer event:
Hiking through one of Norway’s most beautiful hiking trips – the Trollheimen Triangle.

The registration is open

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The deadline for registration and payment is 1st July. But remember the rule: first come, first serve.

It’s a trip that will offer high peaks, camping in tents and a couple of nights in one of the university’s mountain cabins. There’s couple of days with quite a bit of walking so you’d better be in decent shape.

We would like to invite 5-6 EGEA members and 5-6 students from the local Geography Student Union (GEOLF) to join, so that together we form a group of 10-12 people. This is to raise awareness of EGEA and it’s possibilities among GEOLF members. [/color]

NB! The program is still subject to minor changes!

The trip will start on Monday, 30th July with the arrival of the participants in Oppdal and end a week later on Monday 6th August with the departure from Oppdal.
The fee of 99 Euro will besides food, drinks, and other charges cover the transportation within Norway*, which means that you can book your flight to Oslo/Gardermoen and easily take the train from the airport directly to Oppdal – approx. a 4 ½ to 6 hours ride.
If you chose to fly to Trondheim/Værnes the train leaves at 12:54 or 14:06. Here you will have to change at Trondheim central station, but that shouldn’t be much of a problem – it’s a very small central station and you have over 30 min to change.

Because we want to gather everybody at the same time and for the cheapest price possible, we will book train tickets for you in advance. That means, however, that you have to be at the train station at a certain time – almost certainly 14:45 or 16:34, depending on when people will arrive at Oslo. Your arrival in Oppdal will then be 19:20 or 21:02. Don’t worry it’ll still be light outside :spin:

*only if you fly to Oslo/Gardermoen or Trondheim/Værnes

NB! Oslo/Torp and Oslo/Rygge do not have train connections that go directly to Oppdal. You may have to book your own ride from those airports to Oslo Central Station. We therefore strongly recommend that you book your flight to either Oslo/Gardermoen or Trondheim/Værnes!

A little packing list for you:

Underwear in wool/wool blend ev. fibers
Wool socks
Mountain Pants (waterproof)
Mountain Jacket w/hood (windproof and waterproof)
Thin sweater in wool or fleece
Hiking boots
Gloves and a hat/cap
Thick sweater in wool or fleece (optional)
Extra underwear and socks
Shorts/swimming trunks
T-shirt, preferably in wool
Toiletries and small towel
Sunglasses and sunscreen
Headlamp/flashlight

And of course:

Sleeping bag
Sleeping pad
Water bottle

Other useful items include:

Camera
Binoculars
Pen and paper
GPS (we have both maps, compasses and GPS, but feel free to bring your own)
Knife

All that should fit in a nice backpack and not weigh above 8-10 kilos. In addition to what you bring there’ll be tents, food etc. to carry, so expect a few kilos extra. A normal backpack for this trip should weigh around 12-14 kilos including food, tents and so on.

Jeans, sneakers or other "city-clothing" is not recommended. In general cotton-clothes are bad because they doesn’t warm you anymore when they get wet, however, wearing wool can be very hot when it’s 20 degrees outside! We don't have a clear answer on what is best, but we're sure most of you will make good decisions!

Day 1 (30th July):

Arrival at Oslo/Gardermoen or Trondheim/Værnes airport. Those landing at Gardermoen airport have to get on the train to Oppdal which leaves at 14:45 or 16:34. Don’t be late

At Værnes the train leaves at 14:06. Please inform us where and when you’ll arrive, so that we can order the train tickets.

By 21:00 everybody should be gathered in Oppdal where we’ve rented a couple of cabins where we’ll eat a good meal, socialize and divide baggage.

Day 2 (31st July):

The trip finally starts: we’ll drive from Oppdal to Gjevilvasshytta where there’s a 3 hour trip to Kamtjønnkoia, a small cabin where we will make camp. There’ll be possibilities for fishing, swimming and a trip to one of the nearby peaks for those interested (for example Blåhøa, 1671 m).

Day 3 (1st August):

We stay at Kamtjønnkoia where we can fish, hike nearby mountains and generally have some fun.

Day 4 (2nd August)

We’ll hike across Mellomfjellet to Trollheimshytta where we’ll make camp for two nights. Expected travel time is just 5 hours, but as normal there’ll be possible for a top trip for those interested.

Day 5 (3rd August)

One of the main events on this trip is the mountain Snota (1668 m), it’s a day trip from Trollheimshytta and back that takes around 8 hours. We end the day where we started so no big backpacks to drag around this day.

Day 6 (4th August)

Today there are 3 possible routes. Those who want an easy trip can go the 5 hour walk through the valley to Jøldalshytta. Option 2 is the 6 hour trip over the mountain Geithøtta (1352 m) in the south and those in for a challenge can hike the 9 hour trip across Trollhetta (1616 m) in the north.

Day 7 (5th August)

Last day in the mountains and we’ll walk from Jøldalshytta back to the car. This is a 6-7 hour long trip through nice terrain. Then we’ll drive back to Oppdal where showers, good food and a farewell party is waiting for us.

Day 8 (6th August)

Not much happening here: After a good breakfast you take the train back to Oslo, Trondheim or whichever way you plan to go. We’ll need your flight schedule for this day as well to order tickets, but keep in mind that it takes around 5-6 hours to get to Oslo Gardemoen. We therefore suggest that you don’t book flights that leave before 16:00 (if you take the train at 10:05) or 22:00 (if you take the train at 15:45).

That's basically it!

As I said; the registration will open soon - stay tuned!

Your orga-team: Joakim (tour guide and main organizer), Asgeir (food), André (housing) and Jirka (food and administration)

If you want to print the poster for your university you can find a larger jpg-file here.

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