Hey All,
Last weekend I went with 2 friends on a roadtrip to hike over Besseggen. This is about a 4 hour drive Northwest of Oslo and one of the more known hikes of Norway.
On the road to the campsite (Besseggen Fjellpark, Maurvangen) there were already some spectactular views and some thunder in the mountains. So we were crossing our fingers that the weather near Besseggen was good the day after for the hike.
A note: If you want to see larger images, click on the images in the gallery in the bottom of this post
View near Rjupa 
View from Steinplassen 
Flowers near Steinplassen 
View from Vargebakken Parking 
Great clouds while sitting at Vargebakken 
Waterfall near our tent, nice white noise for sleeping
After a night of not sleeping as much as we would have liked (there were some grazing sheep with bells around their neck next to our tents during the night) the weather was perfect and the hike could start after packing up the tents and driving toward the boat to Memurubu.
Boat from Gjendesheim to Memurubu (beginning of the hike)
Once in Memurubu we had breakfast and the hike could really start. The hike itself is not very long (only 13-14 km), but with some steep parts on the trail. The good thing is that during the entire hike you can see Lake Gende (really nice turquoise lake) and at some point you can see both lake Gende and lake Bessvatn (deep blue color and said to be the cleanest lake in Norway). Enjoy some of the pictures I took along the way!
Looking back at Memurubu after beginning the hike 
Markers on the road 
Still have a while to go 
This view and the color of the water would never stop to amaze during the hike 
Most nice views were behind us, so needed to look back every now and then to enjoy the view 
Bjørnbøltjønne on the left and the Gjende on the right 
Me not getting enough of the view 
Another boat going to Memurubu 
How could I not get another shot of the view? 
Another picture of the Gjende and Bjørnbøltjønne 
These are the 2 waters and the ridge everybody talks about when talking about Besseggen 
The beautiful blue water of Bessvatnet 
View from the famous Besseggen ridge 
One last picture of the beautiful turquoise Gjende
After the 8.5 hour hike we went back to Oslo, but not before we had a very well deserved dinner 😊.
Cheers,
Paul
Gallery:
View near Rjupa View from Steinplassen Flowers near Steinplassen View from Vargebakken Parking Great clouds while sitting at Vargebakken Waterfall near our tent, nice white noise for sleeping Boat from Gjendesheim to Memurubu (beginning of the hike) Looking back at Memurubu after beginning the hike Markers on the road Still have a while to go This view and the color of the water would never stop to amaze during the hike Most nice views were behind us, so needed to look back every now and then to enjoy the view Bjørnbøltjønne on the left and the Gjende on the right Me not getting enough of the view Another boat going to Memurubu How could I not get another shot of the view? Another picture of the Gjende and Bjørnbøltjønne These are the 2 waters and the ridge everybody talks about when talking about Besseggen The beautiful blue water of Bessvatnet View from the famous Besseggen ridge One last picture of the beautiful turquoise Gjende