The country we shall be exploring is a beautiful wilderness, but unpredictable, the weather can change from being calm and sunny, to gale force winds with heavy snow in an instant. Exciting and challenging!



For this reason, we have engaged guides who understand and respect the weather conditions in the area. It is they who have the final decision as to whether a tour proceeds or not. The skiing season begins, as early as October, and by November or December there should be around 60 to 70 cm of snow. Perfect for snow boarding, telemark or cross country skiing. The dark period creeps in about the middle of October, with fantastic twilight midday from December onwards; otherwise it is fairly dark for approximately 100 days. It is a time we find attractive, with a special arctic light, and a calm across the landscape. The northern lights, often dancing across the sky, give an eerie atmosphere for people travelling in the mountains, it is wonderfully scary thinking you could almost touch them. The sun returns officially on the 7th of February in Langfjordbotn.The dark time is great for skiing, and a challenge to ski down a mountain slope by the light of a torch on your hat. But the best time is perhaps from the beginning of February when the sun shines once again on the mountaintops; the season should last until the middle of June.



The majority of glacier climbs are undertaken during winter with the aid of a “skifeller” [a covering for the ski base which restricts slipping on steep slopes] and the decent, on a snowboard if you wish, all the way to the shoreline Exploration on the ice cap is from the beginning of July, the glacier can be a formidable place, and a sunny day can be transformed suddenly by low cloud or mist. From Finnmarks highest point [1204 metres o.s.l.] you can experience a terrific view above the sea mist. Loppa can offer some of the best views of the midnight sun, between the 12th of May until the 29th of July it remains above the horizon, until it disappears again at the of October and the arctic dark time returns.
Experience all this with your hosts at Bre og Vandring.