Fjord in the fog
Known for forming the Fjords of Norway, this Mountain Range cuts through Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Whilst not the highest mountains, these peaks have the added beauty of being cut through by the many fjords and rivers of Norway.
City, on the rocks
Unknown to a foreigner, the E16 road from Bergen to Oslo isn't your typical road. First of all, look out for trucks, because they know exactly what they are doing, and do it at the highest speeds possible. A semi blew by me on several locations as we winded our way down passes that didn't look navigable a mountain goat.
Got Chains?
Second of all... don't expect the road to even be open in the middle of April. The pass is opened on a "wait and see" schedule, and it just so happened it was closed the day we wanted to pass. We spent the night in a "hotel," which was really more of a local's spare room for cases in which the pass isn't open.
Who lives here... I mean come on!
We set out the next morning hoping the road would be opened.
We're following the leader...
We got lucky, as there were a group of shipments that needed to get through, so we started our way up the pass. When we reached a tunnel's end, there was a mile or so line of trucks waiting to exit the tunnel and start the journey across. A man waved me to the front of the line behind a snowplow, and we were off.
The coast is clear
We started out wondering why we had to follow a snowplow through the snow free roads, but soon realized why. Snow started drifting, and visibility worsened to the point that one could not even see the safety plow five feet in front of them.
Or is it???
Once you are through, take pictures... it doesn't get much better than this:
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