{"id":1643,"date":"2023-03-08T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fjordsandmountains.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T12:36:01","slug":"snoheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fjordsandmountains.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/snoheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Sn\u00f8heim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Climbing Sn\u00f8hetta was a highlight of my trip to the Dovrefjell Mountains. This most recognizable peak is a must to climb on every trip in this area. Reaching Sn\u00f8hetta in Dovrefjell is like climbing Rysy in the Tatra Mountains. It has 2286 m above sea level and in advertising brochures, it is often described as Norway\u2019s highest peak, but then they added that of course outside the Jotunheimen mountains, where the peaks are much higher. As you can see Norwegians like to have everything the best.<\/em>
The weather for the weekend wasn\u2019t seemed to be the most interesting, but it didn\u2019t discourage me from driving for over five hours to Dovrefjell. The first stage of the march was the viewpoint called Viewpoint Sn\u00f8hetta, about which I wrote in the previous post<\/a>. After seeing this attraction, I returned to the military base, where the road to the Sn\u00f8heim lodge began and then the Sn\u00f8hetta peak hiking trail starts. The road is closed to passenger cars, but there are buses go to the lodge several times a day. The price for such a ride is 70 crowns. I proudly decided that I would not go the easy way, and I would easily walk this few-kilometer stretch on foot.<\/em>
After passing the last buildings of the military base, when I went out into the open range and saw the view fully spread out in front of me, I could not grab my jaw from the ground. Seen from a perspective of a few kilometers, the peak, with its still unmelted during summer snow caps looked just awesome. Despite the fact that the clouds are obscuring the mountain, or maybe because of them, the image of this majestic hill made such an amazing impression. The mountain has a characteristic shape, associated with the volcano crater. It occurred to me personally that maybe one day a powerful meteor struck Sn\u00f8hetta, creating a huge hole in the mountain. Or maybe the explanation of the specific shape of this peak lies in the way how the glacier travels thousands of years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n