Musk Ox Safari Part 1

This is the first part of two posts with photos from my recent musk ox safari at Dovrefjell.

At the start of the hike.

An old barn

In the lowlands

My nephew and hiking-partner in crime.

Landscape

We walked up a small creek.

Beautiful mountains

A bird is resting on a stone while eating it’s prey.

The landscape looks like it’s only green and earthy…

but when you look closely

you’ll find all these hiddden gems.

Red, white

and all kinds of colours

Who put #5/S in the bokeh??

Reflections.

Myrull

Cottongrass

Eriophorum

Another group of hikers.

Here they are again.

Notice the black dots in the hill.

They’re heading up the patch of snow now,

but they’re still far away.

So we decided to get some rest. (to be continued…)

Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park (Norwegian: Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella nasjonalpark) is a National Park in Norway. It was founded in 2002 to replace and enlarge the former Dovrefjell National Park, originally founded in 1974. It occupies 1,693 km² and encompasses areas in three Norwegian counties: Oppland, Sør-Trøndelag, and Møre og Romsdal and includes large parts of the mountain range of Dovrefjell.

Although it is a harsh environment, the mountains, the highest being Snøhetta at 2,286 m, make for spectacular hiking during the summer and skiing in the winter. Due to rather long walks between mostly unstaffed huts, great areas without huts and trails and harsh and unstable weather conditions, this area is recommended for experienced and well-equipped wanderers only.

The park is divided into a major western part and a minor eastern part by the European route E6 paralleled with the main railway between Oslo and Trondheim. Altogether the protected area amounts 4,365 km² and also includes areas in the county of Hedmark in addition to the three of the National Park. Source: Wikipedia

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella-National-Park