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The catalogue

Seven routes. Six ranges. Fourteen departures a year.

Every route below lists its grade, its prerequisites and what the price does not cover. Nothing here is a package — if what you have done does not match what a route needs, a guide will say so in the first reply.

How to read a grade

  1. Grade 1, Walking, with weight

    Walking, with weight
  2. Grade 2, Glacier travel, roped

    Glacier travel, roped
  3. Grade 3, Committing, multi-day

    Committing, multi-day
  4. Grade 4, Remote, self-rescue

    Remote, self-rescue
  5. Grade 5, Expedition-serious

    Expedition-serious

Grade III and above carries a written prerequisite that we check against what you have actually done, not against what you feel ready for.

Tromsø → Lyngseidet → Jægervatnet → Koppangen → Store Kjostinden → Lyngseidet
69°35′N 20°12′E

The Lyngen Alps · Arctic Norway

The Lyngen Traverse

Nine days across the spine of the Lyngen peninsula on skis, sleeping in four huts and one boat, with the Arctic Ocean on both sides of you for most of a week.

Days
9
Party
4 to 6
Season
Late February to early May
From
€6,400

Grade III, Committing, multi-day

Side by side

All seven, in one table

RouteRangeDaysGradePartySeasonFrom
The Lyngen TraverseThe Lyngen Alps934 to 6Late February to early May€6,400
Ullstinden Ice WeekThe Lyngen Alps726 to 8March to mid May€4,200
The Nuussuaq CrossingWest Greenland1644 to 6Late April to early June€14,800
The Torngat LineThe Torngat Mountains1234 to 6Mid July to late August€11,200
Hornsund by KayakSvalbard1134 to 6Late June to mid August€9,600
The Ak-Shyirak ApproachThe Central Tien Shan1844 to 6Late July to early September€12,300
The Vatnajökull North RimThe Icelandic Highlands826 to 8Mid June to early September€4,900

Not sure which

Say what you have done. We will name the route.

About a third of enquiries come back recommending something other than the route that was asked about, and nobody has yet been annoyed about it for longer than a day.