The Team Sherpa Blog

At end of August I joined an organized KNT-tour in the Sunndal mountains Vangshaugen, owned by KNT, where our trip started and ended. Hafsåssetra. We followed the T-marked trail from Hafsåsen to Rauberghytta. Falesetra. Looking back to Geitåa. Rauberghytta Sunday morning. First break on our way to Seterfjellet. No waymarked trails. We had to find our own route through the steep and stony terrain. Still a lot of snow. The edge from Seterfjellet to Styggløypet. Looking west: Storskarhøa. Looking
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Tourist map: Sunndal 1 : 80 000 KNT`s Raubergshytta is the perfect starting point for a trip to Storskarhøa, 1871 masl. The shortest way marked trail to Raubergshytta starts at Grønnvollsteinen, about 40 minutes driving from Sunndalsøra. The trip from Grønnvollsteinen to Raubergshytta takes about 3 hours. There is no trail from Raubergshytta to Storskarhøa, but you can follow the trail to Aursjøhytta and head off
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Map: Kristiansund 1: 50 000 UGLAND IT GROUP Last weekend we spent at Silsethytta in Gjemnes to celebrate Kirsti`s birthday. On Saturday morning some of us put our boots and rucksacks on and headed off for the 4 mountain tops surrounding Silsetvatnet. Enjoy the photos!! Coming from Molde you will see this sign about 1,5 km before reaching Batnfjodsøra. It is a toll road leading to Innergardssetra. The
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Why don’t you think about making a pilgrimage through Europe? So many people from all over the world do that allready, first of all to Spain, where the Camino de Santiago is the hottest place to be. But the famous way to the cathedral of St. Jacob is not the only possibility for a fantastic pilgrimage on foot in our continent. All over Europe, new
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It was a long haul to Jasper, especially after a tough day of work. Carmen picked me up at exactly 18.00, and I jumped into the bright red car she had rented. It didn’t suit our style at all- a mid-eighties Volvo sedan would have been perfect, but it seems the rental agency has more demand for brand new sporty looking bean-shaped automobiles and thus
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Hello everyone long time without a blog. I have been up to a lot of things moving to Colorado, starting new jobs, and buying a house. I was reflecting on some old blogs when I came acrossed a blog from a fellow sherpa about urban hiking. So sense it has been to hot here to do any real exploring of our new home, my wife
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After a successful jaunt into the Julian Alps, we thought we’d revisit a haunt of Jonathan’s - Sella Nevea where he learned to ski as a child. This ski are is the closest to the city of Udine so it’s popular with the local italians too. But it was June, so we thought we’d have a walk around the mountains without the snow. Again, we referred
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There are several routes of Via Ferrata ("iron way" routes for which you need climbing equipment,) that start along this plateau.The Alps dominate Northern Italy and are well known to both hikers and climbers. However, in June this year, we discovered the lesser known Julian Alps which border onto Slovenia and Austria. The scenery is spectacular whilst being very accessible. We saw 2 people all
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Salama!! Another update from Africa. After climbing Kilimanjaro, i had to get used to cycling again, as its such a different discipline then walking. BUT, cycling on local style tanzanian bikes, the so called ‘Fonix’, means that you get to hike a lot!! The terrain is quite hilly and there are no gears on a Fonix, so even when you’re going slightly uphill with al
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I was very exited to be invited to participate my first Expedition and especially in Peru and southern America this May. It was organized very quickly and I received the invitation only three weeks prior to the start. Fortunately I had a very good and effective winter behind me doing all sorts of different activities. Mainly on skis, but the basic of the physiques
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Our main goal for this spring trip was to do some high glacier hiking and trying to summit Mont Blanc and Mont Maudit. The pre-trip weather forecast promised unsettled weather and possibly heavy rain, or snow, so we were not that convinced for possibility of higher peaks.Our suspicion was confirmed when we arrived to Chamonix at Friday afternoon. Big snowflakes came heavily down and the
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Date: May 10-18, 2008Summary: 25 mile, 3 day Trek along the Salkantay Trail culminating with an excursion into Machu PicchuLocation: PeruPicture Gallery: Click here Departing San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, with layovers in Miami and Lima, I arrived in Cuzco Sunday morning. The flights were largely uneventful and the jetlag imperceptible. The Cuzco airport is a small strip of asphalt nestled in a small valley. Disembarked at over 11,000
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