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Norway Hut To Hut Challenge

Ski-traverse across the stunning Hallingskarvet National Park whilst seeking the unique remote refuge of the Norwegian hut system.

Norway Hut To Hut Challenge

Foundations programme

The complete programme to prepare you psychologically, physiologically and nutritionally to succeed on your Challenge.

Norway Hut To Hut Challenge

Learn key polar expedition principals

Ski challenging routes of approximately 65km through the stunning mountainous passes of Hallingskarvet National Park, traversing through steep ascents and challenging descents.

Norway Hut To Hut Challenge

Experience traditional Norwegian accommodation

Celebrate your wins with communal meals in front of open fires, alongside record-breaking polar explorers in cosy, traditional cabins with wood-burning stoves.

Norway Hut To Hut Challenge

Discover the polar wilderness

Explore the picturesque views of Hardangerjokulen, learning key polar expedition skills at sub zero temperatures.

Finse in Western Norway is the home of polar training, with a unique place in polar history. Our Hut to Hut Challenge is a step up from our Polar Skills Challenge, and will include longer distances and more undulating terrain. You’ll be skiing a challenging route, covering about 65km, led by renowned polar guides and starting and ending at the iconic Finse 1222 Hotel. During the expedition you will be staying in just a few of the 570 ‘DNT’ mountain huts in Norway which provide refuge in wilderness areas. You will be skiing through mountain passes, across frozen lakes, and into valleys, with stunning views of Hardangerjokulen and surrounding areas. Daily distances will increase as you further familiarise yourself with polar travel, whilst spending the evenings in the comfort of traditional Norwegian accommodation, listening to remarkable stories from record-breaking polar explorers.

  • Discover (L1): Learn fundamental skills that enable you to operate in extreme environments
  • Explore (L2): Develop your capability with longer, more demanding and self-sufficient expeditions Pioneer
  • Pioener (L3): Create your own chapter in the history of exploration with long-range expeditions along untrodden paths
  • 1: Ability to hike for a day of 6 hours with a backpack
  • 2: Ability to hike for 4 consecutive days of 6 hours with a backpack
  • 3: Ability to hike for over one week in consecutive days of 6 hours with a backpack
  • 1. No experience required
  • 2. Foundational Challenge specific skills required
  • 3. Advanced Challenge specific skills required

Included

  • Foundations: Expedition Preparation Programme
  • Challenge-Specific Expedition Equipment (Loan):
  1. Pulk Jacket & 800-fill Down Jacket
  2. Skis, Boots
  • Accommodation, Travel & Logistics during the Challenge

Not Included

  • Return flights to start destination
  • Expedition Kit List
  • Personal Insurance

SHACKLETON DESIGN & MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD (“Shackleton”) BOOKING CONDITIONS 

These Booking Conditions (“Booking Conditions”), together with our Privacy Policy, Acknowledgment of Risk form and any other written information we brought to your attention before we confirmed your booking, form the basis of your contract with Shackleton of Flint Buildings, 1 Bedding Lane, Norwich NR3 1RG with company number: 07169051 (“Shackleton” “we”, “us”, “our”). Please read them carefully as they set out our respective rights and obligations. In these Booking Conditions references to "you" and "your" include the first named person on the booking and all persons on whose behalf a booking is made or any other person to whom a booking is added or transferred.

£7,250.00

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Norway Hut To Hut Challenge
Norway Hut To Hut Challenge
Norway Hut To Hut Challenge

“The journey is as much inward as it is outward.”

"At the end of this experience I truly felt as if I had conquered a side of myself that didn’t believe intense physical challenges were something for me."

“It was probably the best experience of my life so far."

Equip yourself for the Norway Hut To Hut Challenge