Through Breheimen - The massiv trail leg 1

Sota Sæter to Nørstedalseter (24 km)

Get up early and enjoy the delicious breakfast at Sota Sæter before you start the ascent to Illvatnet lake and on towards Nørstedalseter lodge. You can make a packed lunch from the morning’s breakfast buffet. The uphill climbs from Sota Sæter towards Illvatnet lake are the longest on the whole route. You climb approx. 860 altitude metres on this leg, but you should hike steadily so that you don’t run out of energy. If you join a guided glacier walk across Fortundalsbreen glacier, you follow the signs towards the glacier rather than towards Illvatnet lake. You are rewarded at the end of the day by a downhill hike in slightly more gentle terrain. You can enjoy dinner at Nørstedalseter lodge accompanied by a view of one of Norway’s most spectacular valleys, before you head for bed, happy that the adventure has begun.

From Nørstedalseter to Sognefjellshytta (25 km)

The day’s hike is nice and varied. First eastwards up Vetledalen valley and all the way up Tverrbyttfjellet, 1,571 metres above sea level. You then turn south in hilly terrain with glaciers, lakes and peaks everywhere you look. If the weather is smiling, you’ll be able to look across the magnificent Smørstabbmassivet and Fannaråken mountains on the last few kilometres to Sognefjellshytta lodge. Fantastic views of the beautiful Jotunheimen mountains. The lodge is situated on the top of Sognefjellet, 1,400 metres above sea level.