The glacier daytrip on the Øksfjord glacier goes through varied alpine terrain in the arctic, where the nature is green and rich at the sea and barren, blue and beautiful up at the glacier.
We start of with a boat trip in “Isfjorden” (ice fjord), with the glacier towering over our head. The route goes into a small valley where the landscape is characterized by the near present of the glacier. You will experience wild and steep peaks, nunataqs and big boulders that the glacier has formed and moved over the years.
The entrance of the glacier is at 800 meters of altitude and we enter the glacier as a rope team. You will be introduced to the use of crampons, ice axe and how to be a member of a rope team. And if there are time and the conditions allow it, you will also have the opportunity to do some ice climbing.
If it is agreed on beforehand and the conditions allows it, it is possible to plan a trip to the highest point of Finnmark that is the top of the glacier (1191m). This is a bigger trip and we need to calculate more time before we are back.
We arrange trips for fixed groups on the dates that fits for you (minimum 3 participants), and we have pre planed trips on set dates where you can enter and join in a group with others.
