Fjærland. Kvitevardane and Melsnipa

Fjærland (at the end of Fjærlandsfjorden) is a place with special kind of beauty. It is hard to believe but before they´ve built tunnels this place was completely isolated by mountains ranges. The only possible access until 1986 led by the water

Frudalstunnelen

Top tours are mostly 1500 meters altitude difference with spectacular view on fjord and hanging glaciers of Jostedalsbreen. We chose Kviteverdane 1445m as our first destination.

Bøyadalen

The next day we went ski touring on Melsnipa 1547m. We started this trip from the village Jordal.

relative?

Vetlefjorden

We´re going to hang out in this area more often!

Sogn og Fjordane vs Provance

Are we in Norway?

Since we’ve started our stay in Sogn og Fjordane in February util mid-April we had 95% of sunny days. This weather reminds me of our trip to Provance in 2009

https://picasaweb.google.com/107194943219483910289/Prowansja2009?noredirect=1 

(Maciek´s Kaminski album).

The ice season is finished. It’s time to focus more on skiing.

For the next two weeks Maciek Kaminski is going to be our guest, and at the same time my ski touring partner in the area. Alaskan husky dog - Sid will keep company with us.

We started with a little warm up close to our house. It was two trips, one of them over Tyin lake and another Falketind massive, both of them switched my muscle into the touring mode.

Tyin lake

Pawel Karczmarczyk Chillup Guide and Maciek Kaminski

Falketind (left) and Hjelledalstinden (view from Stølsnosi)

Kjerrskredkvelven WI5+, ca 1000m, Gudvangen

09.03
We climbed with Martin Skaar Olslund again.
We went for a big one!
Kjerrskredkvelven ca. 1000 m route (600 m of vertical climbing) in Gudvangen

After temperature changed the ice was very crunchy.
Some of the hits made a few meters cracks.
On some pitches the ice was loose. Climbing needed a lot of cleaning for good ice tools placement and protection.
Anyway we did good timing (car to car 11,5 h)
Awesome line!

Full photo album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104731257111633930392/Kjerrskredkvelven?authuser=0&feat=directlink
News from Polish climbing portals:
Wspinanie.pl
http://wspinanie.pl/serwis/201303/14kjerrskredkvelven-pawel-karczmarczyk-norwegia.php
Drytooling.com.pl
http://drytooling.com.pl/serwis/newsy/klasyka-zimowa/6167-mocne-lodowe-przejscia-pawla-karczmarczyka-w-norwegii

Kjorlifossen WI5, 400m, Råsdalen

03.03
A friend of mine Piotr Rajski (sport climber) after some trays on ice asked me:
- how about some multi-pitch, grade 5-ish?
I said:
- Kjorlifossen!

I think it was a great challenge for him:-)

News from Polish climbing portal Wspinanie.pl :
http://wspinanie.pl/serwis/201303/05pawel-kaczmarczyk-vicky-vette-norwegia.php