Saboteur Route (1) - Glomfjord - Northern Approach
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.65 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,458 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Experts only
- Elevation loss
- 3,458 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,439 ft
- TrailRank
- 27
- Min elevation
- 67 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 11 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 8071
- Uploaded
- November 11, 2021
- Recorded
- September 2021
near Haugvik, Nordland (Norge)
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Itinerary description
WARNING: VERY DIFFICULT TRAIL - SAFETY HAZARDS
(Please read instructions below and check photos)
This trail (if you can even call it that) follows the so-called "saboteur route" that British and Norwegian commandos used in September 1943 to access and destroy the Glomfjord power station. More information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Musketoon
The actual trail starts at Bjaerangenford, but I walked it from the Glomfjord power station returning after visiting a glacial U-valley near the top of the mountain range.
READ THIS:
The trail is very poorly marked at places, only consisting of paint spray on rocks. Due to near vertical and mossy rock slopes, some parts of the trail are only accessible through pre-installed thin ropes. If you are not experienced in navigating such terrain, DO NOT DO THIS. There is no mobile phone connection in these mountains, so if you get injured and you do not have any means of communication, you are essentially stuffed.
Therefore, I recommend the following equipment to be taken:
- Safety climbing helmet
- Extra rapelling rope
- GPS with satellite communication function, such as in-Reach devices (e.g. Garmin GPS 66i).
- Only walk in pairs or groups. DO NOT GO ALONE.
The trail took me the entire day, so plan enough time considering available sunlight hours.
(Please read instructions below and check photos)
This trail (if you can even call it that) follows the so-called "saboteur route" that British and Norwegian commandos used in September 1943 to access and destroy the Glomfjord power station. More information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Musketoon
The actual trail starts at Bjaerangenford, but I walked it from the Glomfjord power station returning after visiting a glacial U-valley near the top of the mountain range.
READ THIS:
The trail is very poorly marked at places, only consisting of paint spray on rocks. Due to near vertical and mossy rock slopes, some parts of the trail are only accessible through pre-installed thin ropes. If you are not experienced in navigating such terrain, DO NOT DO THIS. There is no mobile phone connection in these mountains, so if you get injured and you do not have any means of communication, you are essentially stuffed.
Therefore, I recommend the following equipment to be taken:
- Safety climbing helmet
- Extra rapelling rope
- GPS with satellite communication function, such as in-Reach devices (e.g. Garmin GPS 66i).
- Only walk in pairs or groups. DO NOT GO ALONE.
The trail took me the entire day, so plan enough time considering available sunlight hours.
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