National Geographic Traveller (UK)

24 HEAD OUT INTO THE WILD IN JOTUNHEIME­N NATIONAL PARK

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Jotunheime­n is Norway’s magnum opus.

The ‘home of the giants’ is precisely that: a 444sq-mile national park capped by the country’s two highest peaks — 8,100ft Galdhøpigg­en and 8,087ft Glittertin­d — which loom high above fjords, glaciers, waterfalls and lakes of bluest blue.

Come summer or winter, this isn’t a landscape to observe — it’s one to embrace with abandon: hiking to sky-high summits, staying in remote cabins after backcountr­y skiing, catching glimpses of reindeer, elk and wolverine, and wild camping at trail’s end under the white spray of the Milky Way. jotunheime­n.com

 ?? ?? Reindeer roam across Jotunheime­n National
Park, Norway
Reindeer roam across Jotunheime­n National Park, Norway

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