Find live updates from Gudbrandsdalsleden and St. Olavsleden here!

[PilgrimCenterTrondheim]

The Regional Pilgrim Centers and other pilgrims share advises, tips and updates along the Gudbrandsdalsleden and the St. Olavsleden on these facebook pages:

• Hiking Along Gudbrandsdalsleden.
• Hiking along St. Olavsleden

I highly reccommend you to follow and use them as a communication channel with us. Happy hiking!

Toralf

 

[jungleboy]

@NadineK is walking the Gudbrandsdalseden right now and providing daily updates on her Instagram page.

 

[John Hawke]

@NadineK is walking the Gudbrandsdalseden right now and providing daily updates on her Instagram page.

nadine_walks

 

[duncanwhyte]

I'm on the St Olav'sleden. Started 27 at Selanger and now at Nalden.

 

[duncanwhyte]

I'm camping. But tonight there's a dorm in a sports hall and a supermarket nearby. The prices are crazy but if you check your shopping carefully and keep it simple it's about doable. But still way more than Spain.

It's a lot of road walking, but some nice off road sections. I saw a moose today. About the size of a shire horse.

Temperature varies. One morning there was a fine frost on my tent. In the afternoon quite hot and sunny. Light for 24 hours.

Most Swedes speak good English and helpful.

 

[alexwalker]

The prices are crazy but if you check your shopping carefully and keep it simple it's about doable. But still way more than Spain.

Wait until you hit Norway... Prices so high, we can barely afford clothing for our children... Many Norwegians actually drive to Sweden for cheap shopping prices...

 

[duncanwhyte]

Ok right turn at the border and head for the Kungsleden.....

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

The prices are crazy but if you check your shopping carefully and keep it simple it's about doable. But still way more than Spain.

To be fair everywhere is more expensive than Spain!
At least free camping is legal in Sweden and Norway. And on the Gudbrandsdalseden you occasionally come across places that are specifically for Pilgrims. I recall one beside a church for example with a camping area, running water and toilets. Free!

 

[NadineK]

The Regional Pilgrim Centers and other pilgrims share advises, tips and updates along the Gudbrandsdalsleden and the St. Olavsleden on these facebook pages:

• Hiking Along Gudbrandsdalsleden.
• Hiking along St. Olavsleden

I highly reccommend you to follow and use them as a communication channel with us. Happy hiking!

Toralf

The Facebook page has been a great resource for me as I planned, and now am on, my walk. All the latest information is posted there, and I appreciate it so much!

I’m having a wonderful time

 

[alexwalker]

To be fair everywhere is more expensive than Spain!

To be fair, everywhere is cheaper than Norway! Whenever I go on a Camino in Spain, I have more money in the bank when I return to Norway than when I started out! Free camping, allright, but food, housing, etc. is crazy expensive. Unlike southern Europe, the climate in Scandinavia is often not welcoming, and the San Olav may require you to pay out for lodging instead of tenting...

21-day forecast for Gudbrandsdalen:

21-days forecast for Dombås

Weather forecast for the next 21 days.

www.yr.no

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

To be fair, everywhere is cheaper than Norway! Whenever I go on a Camino in Spain, I have more money in the bank when I return to Norway than when I started out! Free camping, allright, but food, housing, etc. is crazy expensive. Unlike southern Europe, the climate in Scandinavia is often not welcoming, and the San Olav may require you to pay out for lodging instead of tenting...

21-day forecast for Gudbrandsdalen:

21-days forecast for Dombås

Weather forecast for the next 21 days.

www.yr.no

Oh believe me I'm well aware. I've only visited Norway twice, once was back in the 90s when I had the fortune to have some very nice weather at times - for example when I was on The Lofoten's.

The second time was July 2022. I visited and toured around for a month, I got a few days without rain but not many. I gave up on the tent PDQ. I still shudder to think how much I spent.

Love it though, the people are wonderful and so many things are like New Zealand. Well, aside from the cost and the weather obviously!

 

[duncanwhyte]

Most of the Swedes seem to prefer the campervan.

 

[Purple Backpack]

To be fair, everywhere is cheaper than Norway! Whenever I go on a Camino in Spain, I have more money in the bank when I return to Norway than when I started out! Free camping, allright, but food, housing, etc. is crazy expensive. Unlike southern Europe, the climate in Scandinavia is often not welcoming, and the San Olav may require you to pay out for lodging instead of tenting...

21-day forecast for Gudbrandsdalen:

21-days forecast for Dombås

Weather forecast for the next 21 days.

www.yr.no

But are there snakes (final CF count was 3 dead, 2 live, including your huge dead silver thing you want to see)? I have ancestors from Sonsteby/Heggen Kirke area and Eidsvol, do any of the trails run near? This one is on the short bucket list, I’ve visited before but would love to walk it. Takk!

 

[Bradypus]

But are there snakes (final CF count was 3 dead, 2 live, including your huge dead silver thing you want to see)?

Yes - I saw two dead ones on a road quite close together. One was the largest adder I have seen. Very chunky and only recently killed by the looks of it. On the Gudbrandsdalsleden a little before the halfway point.

 

[Purple Backpack]

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[Purple Backpack]

Yes - I saw two dead ones on a road quite close together. One was the largest adder I have seen. Very chunky and only recently killed by the looks of it. On the Gudbrandsdalsleden a little before the halfway point.

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Norway may no longer be top on the bucket list for places to hike.