Mekicevica's Crew North of the Arctic Circle. 7. Day Tour to Kvitberg.

On this trip, we were so fortunate with the weather that we are reaching the end and still have one reserve day. So we are going to use it to do a short day tour to the base of Kvitberg, about 6 km up the valley. We are now at low altitude, around the 450m. No more of the nice powdery snow we had in previous days. Here we have icy conditions in the morning and slush in the afternoon. Going slighly up through the forest on icy snow was hard work, but our destination was well worth the effort.
We found a few nicely kept cabins, grouped around a small river, just where it flows from a mountain lake. Over the river, there is a pretty bridge and on the background, beautiful mountain scenery.

After a break on the porch of one of the houses we skied by cabin where there was an elderly couple chatting to two other tourers. From previous tours, we know that on the Norwegian mountains it is good manners to stop and exchange a few words whenever you meet someone.
For the return, we decided to follow the summer path on th other side of the valley. We were rewarded with another encounter with reindeer, and the perfect stone for a break: conveniently shaped, warmed-up by the sun, and covered with a carpet of soft and dry moss.

The only problem was that the river is already flowing nicely, and finding a place where there was enough snow over it to cross was not easy. Eventually we managed and made our way back to Jordbruhytta, which felt much warmer that the day before.

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