Comments on The Armchair Adventurer: Huldreheimen: Ready for the off....

Joe, Great time was had indeed despite the wind!

2011-03-10T08:48:01.265+01:00

Joe, Great time was had indeed despite the wind!

Maz, All will out. I'm a fan of vapour-Rise. I...

2011-03-10T08:46:56.508+01:00

Maz, All will out. I'm a fan of vapour-Rise. I also have the smock and use it quite a lot these days. Where I feel it falls down is in strong winds. For most dry cold conditions it's pretty much the perfect high activity layer as its breathability is fantastic but I find, like Joe, I need to carry an additional shell to cut wind. This time I tried a Paramo-like top from Finisterre and it turns out that I'm very happy t have made that choice.

Good luck Dave, I'm sure you'll have a gre...

2011-03-09T14:49:30.310+01:00

Good luck Dave, I'm sure you'll have a great experience whatever the weather.

Maz - In 'dry' conditions (snow NOT rain) I like wearing the Vapour-rise next to the skin and carry another, unlined softshell as a 'storm' shell. Anything that breathes well, is water resistant and has a hood works well. The new version of the Rab Alpine or the Montane Dyno (both Equilibrium) work very well with a synthetic belay over the top for stops. One way layering and maxiumum breathability.

"...a new jacket (mid layer and shell in one?...

2011-03-06T13:30:38.984+01:00

"...a new jacket (mid layer and shell in one?)..." - I'm looking forward to this. I needed something for summer alpinism as Páramo is just going to be too warm, even on glaciers above 3,000m, so I've invested in a Rab Vapour-rise smock. God, I love that thing - settled some water on it for 15mins as well and it kept it all out. Rather amazing really - the shell is pertex equilibrium and I think it's excellent - durable, soft, windproof and water resistant with a DWR coating. Warm too, with a variety of base-layers (either next to skin itself, Montane Bionic SS or Patagonia R1 depending on weather). So I'm interested to see what you've gone for.

Jorgen: Thanks! For the past week or so the weathe...

2011-03-03T09:17:59.605+01:00

Jorgen: Thanks! For the past week or so the weather has been quite stable and relatively warm but I've just seen a weather warning for Oppland for friday afternoon. The local forecast for Gausdal is still only predicting light to moderate breeze with windpspeeds of 5-7m/s or so but I expect that will mean that it will be uncomfortable in exposed areas. We'll assess the situation on arival on Friday afternoon and may bend our plan, staying a little lower down and spending friday night in a hut. It will be very easy in the Huldreheimen to change the character of the trip and travel hut to hut through the valleys. This is always a risk when you have a long way to travel and book long in advance so we try to ensure there are alternatives. For us no nipping out on weekends with good forecasts :-(

We've had hurricane winds in the Scandinavian ...

2011-03-03T08:53:16.541+01:00

We've had hurricane winds in the Scandinavian mountains the last 24 hours. Let us hope that you get here during 'the calm after the storm'.

bon voyage dave!

2011-03-02T12:45:39.689+01:00

bon voyage dave!