In the southwest of Norway, in the province of Vestland, lies the Bødalsbreen. This is a glacier at 1148 meters altitude in the Jostedalsbreen National Park. The complete Jostedalsbreen glacier has an area of 487 km2, making it the largest glacier on mainland Europe.
I took the photo in June during a walk in a beautiful valley, near the lake Lovatnet near Loen. We first drove into the mountains by car on a part of toll road and once at the top we could start the walk. NB: the toll road cost NOK 100, pay cash (2022).
The walk through the valley was beautiful. We walked between high mountains on narrow paths between trees and shrubs that were just gently coming into leaf. The pass was still quite wet, you could see that there had been snow on it recently. In some parts we also had to go right through the snow. As we got closer to the glacier, those parts with snow got bigger. And then we turned a corner and suddenly saw the glacier... Very special to see! It is an impressive piece of nature with all these chunks of upright ice, brought on by great forces.
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