The glacier hike map for the 2019 season is ready
Since 1992, “ The glacier walk map "functioned as a volunteer to communicate guiding opportunities on several of the arms of Jostedalsbreen, and on other glaciers in the National Park. This is a brochure with information about guided tours, about different glacier guide companies, about safe travel on glacier, about Jostedalsbreen National Park, conservation values and visitor centers, and where you can find tourist information in the area around the largest glacier on the European mainland.
There are many great opportunities for glacier guiding in Jostedalsbreen National Park. Photo: Norwegian Glacier Museum .
In 1992, the Norwegian Glacier Museum took the initiative for a pilot project in a joint presentation of offers for glacier guidance around Jostedalsbreen. At that time, the pilot project was a collaboration between the Norwegian Tourist Association/Bregruppa, Fjærland sports club, Inner Sunnfjord Hiking Club, Jostedalen Glacier Guides, Norwegian Glacier Museum , Sogn og Fjordane hiking association/Mountain sports group, Stryn Mountain and glacier guides association, Anders Øygard/Flatbrehytta, Sogn og Fjordane tourism board and the management of Jostedalsbreen National Park. The Norwegian Glacier Museum has always been the responsible publisher of The glacier walk map. Ellen Jepson has been responsible for graphic design all these years.
Excerpt from The glacier walk map in 1992.
Today, many of the same institutions are part of the collaboration, but many others have also joined. The three visitor centers of Jostedalsbreen National Park; Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland, Breheimsenteret in Jostedalen and Jostedalsbreen National Park Center in Oppstryn. The destination companies Visit Sognefjord, Visit Nordfjord and Sunnfjord Utvikling are also involved. Glacier guides include glacier og Fjell, Briksdal Adventure, Fjord Active, Fjærland Guiding, Ice Troll, Jostedalen Breførarlag, Norgesguidene and Sogn og Fjordane Turlag. The management of Jostedalsbreen National Park is the contributor that provides the most financial support.
There has been, and continues to be, good cooperation and interest in continuing to publish this brochure, which will be distributed in the core area around Jostedalsbreen these days. We hope that 2019 will be a good season for safe glacier tours, and we thank everyone who has been involved in this effort for almost 30 years.