Author: Apollonia
Silfar Canyon
If I had known how beautiful the Silfar Canyon is, I wouldn’t have driven past the canyon so many times. The Silfar canyon is situated close to the village Børselv which lies approximately halfway ... Read More
Peak of the Week: Rásttigáisá
How time flies! The month of July passed by as fast as the last snow was melting under the scorching heat of the midnight sun and I had so many things to do that I hardly found time to climb a mountai... Read More
Peak of the Week: The little hill behind the house
A lot of work and constant rain were frustrating my ambitions to climb a peak every week. So during the first week of July I just managed to go up on the top of the hill behind the house to enjoy the ... Read More
Peak of the Week: Bugøynestoppen
Gàranasèohkka (497 m) is the Sami name of the highest peak in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in the county of Finnmark in Norway. If you might wonder how to pronounce Gàranasèohkka, I cannot te... Read More
Peak of the Week: Øretoppen
This week I climbed an ear! The Øretoppen has a twin-peak that looks like two small ears of a mouse and it is this analogy that also gave the name to the mountain. Øre in Norwegian is the ear. With ... Read More
Peak of the Week: Lyngberget
The “heather mountain” as the Lyngberget is called in Norwegian, is situated east of Kirkenes and from its top you have one of the most beautiful views over the town. On top of the mountai... Read More
Peak of the Week: Sandnesbakke
Mountaineering is quite a challenge in the Finnmark. Not because that climbing a mountain in the Finnmark is technically difficult, but because the landscape is rather flat. All the mountains here are... Read More
Winter is back
Big snowflakes are flying in front of the window when I woke up this morning. There is almost no visibility and the trees are swaying in the wind. It is mid-May but it is still snowing. This year, win... Read More