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Mountaineering and walking guide to the mountains of Norway and Sweden. 

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1:1000,000 road map of Norway with a gazeteer (in Norwegian) of 300 climbing areas.

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Over 50 routes scattered the length of Norway, and over 200 colour photographs, this is a great guide for hillwalkers and mountaineers visiting Norway's mountains.

From simple days out, through multi-day wilderness backpacking treks to serious mountaineering outings, this book caters for all tastes and abilities. Routes range from the south of Norway to north of the Arctic Circle, and are weighted towards famous areas like Jotunheimen and Lofoten. Individual chapters provide comprehensive information on each route, while much of the authors' experiences are passed on though an extensive set of appendices.

This guidebook is an essential companion for those looking to explore this unique country, where mountain meets fjord and sunshine meets midnight. Contents are:

1 Gaustatoppen, Telemark
2 Backpacking across Hardangervidda, Hardangervidda
3 Round the Hardangerjokulen and Hallingskarvet, Hardangervidda
4 Ulvanosa, Folgefonna
5 Storebreen, Naeroyfjord
6 Backpacking in western and central Jotunheimen, Jotunheim
7 Galdhoppigen, Jotunheim
8 Styggebreen - the Dangerous Glacier, Jotunheim
9 Glittertind, Jotunheim
10 Kyrkja & Visbretinden, Jotunheim
11 Gjende, Bessegen & Besshoe, Jotunheim
12 Leirungsdalen, Tjonnholstinden & Svartdalen, Jotunheim
13 Falketind, Jotunheim
14 Uranostinden, Jotunheim
15 Under the Shadow of Storen, Hurrungane
16 Midtre and Store Ringstind, Hurrungane
17 Fannaraken, Hurrungane
18 Jostedalsbreen Ski Traverse, Jostedalsbreen
19 To the edges of the Ice Cap, Jostedalsbreen
20 Lodalskapa, Jostedalsbreen
21 Up and over Rondslottet, Rondane
22 A tour of the western Rondane Fells and Mountains, Rondane
23 Backpacking and peakbagging through Dovrefjell, Dovrefjell
24 Snohetta, Dovrefjell
25 Slogen, Sunnmore
26 Rana, Sunnmore
27 Kolastind, Sunnmore
28 Jonshornet, Sunnmore
29 A Walk Through The Tafjord Mountains, Tafjord
30 Breitind, Romsdal
31 To the top of the Troll Wall, Romsdal
32 Bispen, Romsdal
33 Romsdalhorn, Romsdal
34 Walking through Innerdalen and Trollheimen, Trollheimen
35 Top-to-top along the Bodo penninsula, Bodo
36 Stetind, Narvik
37 From Swedish Border to Coast: the mountains of Ofotsfjorden, Narvik
38 Exploring the valleys of Narvik, Narvik
39 Introduction to Lofoten, Lofoten
40 Helvetestinden, Moskeneoya, Lofoten Islands
41 Munkan, Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands
42 Markan and Brandtuva, Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands
43 Hermannsdalstinden, Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands
44 Past Austvagoya's Hidden Lakes, Austvagoya, Lofoten Islands
45 Rundfjellet, Austvagoya, Lofoten Islands
46 Onto the Geitgallien Ridge, Austvagoya, Lofoten Islands
47 East of the Raftsund, Hinnoya, Vesteralen Islands
48 Breidtinden, Senja
49 Hamperokken, Troms
50 Piggtinden, Lyngen
51 Jiehkkivarri, Lyngen
52 Store Lenangstind, Lyngen
53 The Northern Tip of Lyngen, Lyngen

By Anthony Dyer, John Baddely and Ian Robertson. 304 pages, card cover.

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Not exactly a guidebook, but great travelogue that still has lots of relevance to vistors to the area a century on. By Cecil Slingsby. 234 pages, card cover.

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Mountaineering and walking guide to the mountains of Norway and Sweden.

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50 selected valley and mountain walks between Oslo, Lom, Bergen & Kristiansand. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos. Bernhard Pollman, 159 pages.

Out of print - new edition Aug 2008 

Topo guide to reliable roadside icefall climbing in the Rjukan Valley, the superb icefall climbing area about 2½ hours north-west of Oslo Torp (Ryan Air) in Norway. Well illustrated with colour photo topos throughout. By Jon Haukassveen and Tom Atle Bordevik. Card cover with plastic sleeve, 128 pages.

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Large scale, up to date, 1:25000 map of Rjukan, Kvitavatn and Tuddal, covering all the popular ice climbing venues in the Rjukan valley, plus the main ski resort area and the large mountain plateau of Gaustatoppen to the south, which is a popular ski- touring area.

There is some interesting local information on the rear of the map - but it is in Norwegan.

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Rjukan

In addition to the above Rjukan guidebook, you can download a basic but useful Rjukan Ice Climbing Guide. This shows the location of the routes and grades, and is quite enough to get you around, and has recently (2005) been updated to remove various grading anomalies.

Photo: Stephen Reid leading Fyrstikka (WI5) one of the many almost roadside one pitch icefalls in Area A at Rjukan (Colin Wells).

There is another online Rjukan Ice Guide. This shows the routes in much more detail, and is more accurate on grade, but climbs are presented alphabetically and there is no overplan to help locate them. However if you copy and paste each route into a word document, and the combine it with the guide given above, you will have plenty of information to help you locate the routes.

There is also Ice Climbing in Rjukan which gives current conditions reports.

There is quite a lot of good accomodation in Rjukan, but we can personally recommend Rjukan Hytteby.

Ice Guide for Hemsedal.

Ice Climbing in Laerdal.

The Norway Ice Climbing Database is a user maintained site that my grow into a good resource eventually.

A much revised version of the climbing guide to this fantastic area (originally published by Cicerone) which includes the famous Troll Wall and deserves to be better known. By Tony Howard (who made the first ascent of the Troll Wall via the Rimmon Route in 1965 - alas now destroyed by rockfall). Colour throughout, card cover, 143 pages.

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Very comprehensive guide to the rock climbing, alpine climbing and ice climbing in this superb area of Norway that includes the famous Troll Wall. In English and Norwegian with lots of topos and black and white photos. By Anne Gtete Nebell & Bjarte Bo. 269 pages.

Sorry - out of print.

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20 walking routes in the mountain areas of Norway, ranging from a few days to over a week in length. Includes several outings within the arctic circle. By Constance Roos. Card cover, 187 pages.

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Beautiful large format alpine mountaineering guide in English to an alpine area in the northern part of Southern Norway, just north of Ardal. In English, with full colour throughout. By James Baxter. 73 pages, hardback.

This is the first in a series of planned books on alpine Norway - for more informaiton see Scandinavian Mountains.

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Fantasic looking guide to a fantastic looking place! The Lofototen Island lie off the coast of Norway and consist largely of fabulous granite peaks giving sublime multipitch trad climbs that are well illustrated in the colour phototopos in this guide (please click the image to see a sample). There are loads of action photos too and plenty of useful and interesting information.

By Chris Craggs and Thorbjørn Enevold. Card cover, 320 pages.

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Fabulous granite climbs in the Lofoten Islands off the Norwegian coast, north of the Arctic Circle. By Ed Webster (yes that's the Ed Webster of Super Crack fame). Hardback (reprint of the original plastic-backed version), black and white photos and photo-topos, 322 pages.

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Comprehensive guide to the rock climbing and bouldering in the area around Bodo which lies just north of the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. In Norwegian with sufficient bits translated into English and with loads of colour topos and photos. By Sveinung Raheim and Sten A Stenkjaer. 291 pages.

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Small guide to a big area - with information on everything you might need to know such as local telephone numbers etc (NB this is not a climbing guide). By Ingvar Persson. 140 pages, lots of colour, card cover. 

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49 selected hiking tours. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos. Gabriele & Christian Handl, 134 pages.

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