Gaustatoppen

Gaustatoppen is one of my favourite mountains. this comes into wiev as you round a corner just before Rjukan. looks a lot bigger in real life !

Close up of the east face. the red line was our route down.

met Tron at the bottom and we stayed together. hes a really fit 50 year old. had a hard time following him both up and down !

The hike up.. close to 3000 vertical feet. actually the building on the top is part of a lift that goes up to the top inside the mountain. i think its a old military instalment. its open to public a few weekends late spring. took a couple of years ago. theres actually also big barrels of cognac stored in the top building ! apparently its labeled and sold as Gaustatoppen cognac.. theres also a tourist cabin to the left of the tower. parts of it is not locked in winter.

not sure how to delete double posted pics..

Tron is inspecting our route down

the beautiful west flank

This is the main Colouir on the west flank. its more exposed to the sun and has softer snow than the normal route down the east flank. only problem is that either you have to do a huge walk out at the bottom or climb back up again, which actually is the fastest way..

Nice wiev !

Trons first turn !

the snow was a bit hard.