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Besseggen or Besseggi is a mountain ridge in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The Шаблон:Convert tall mountain ridge is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about Шаблон:Convert southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about Шаблон:Convert northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain ridge is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Veslfjellet to the east and Besshø to the northwest. The ridge runs between the lakes Gjende and Bessvatnet.
The walk over Besseggen is one of the most popular mountain hikes in Norway. About 30,000 people walk this trip each year. The route over Besseggen starts at Gjendesheim, up to the trails highest point, Veslfjellet (at Шаблон:Convert), down Besseggen, further over the relatively flat area Bandet (at the foot of Besshø), and ends at Memurubu, where one may take the regularly scheduled ferry route back to Gjendesheim. Many choose to do the hike in the other direction by starting at Memurubu after first taking the ferry there from Gjendesheim. The trip is estimated to take about 5–7 hours to walk without rest stops.
From Besseggen there is a great view over the lakes Gjende and Bessvatnet. One of the unique aspects of the view is that Gjende lies almost Шаблон:Convert lower than Bessvatnet, and while Bessvatnet has a blue color typical of other lakes, Gjende has a distinct green color. The green color is the result from glacier runoff containing clay (rock flour). Looking down towards Memurubu one can see the nearby river Muru coloring the water with a light colored runoff.
Impact of tourism
The large number of hikers has led to serious erosion on the trails leading to Besseggen, both from Gjendesheim and Memurubu. In 2005 the Norwegian government authorized spending of Шаблон:NOK towards the restoration of the trails. The project involves placing stone plates on the trail to limit additional damage and prevent further erosion. The stone plates were flown in by helicopter from Vågå since mass harvesting of stone from Jotunheimen is illegal. The technique used to pave the trail is modeled on the methods developed for the Snowdonia National Park in Wales.
Media gallery
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Besseggen seen towards east, with Bessvatnet on the left and Gjende on the right.
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Besseggen ridge seen from east.
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Besseggen seen towards east
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Hikers along Besseggen seen towards east, with Gjende on the right and Bessvatnet on the left
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Besseggen seen towards west, with Gjende on the left and Bessvatnet on the right
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View over Gjende seen toward east, with Besseggen on the left
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Tourist observes reindeer at Veslfjellet part of Besseggen trail.
Competitions
In 1961, 1962, and 1963 a race across Besseggen called «Besseggløpet» was held during the summer. The race was organized by Norges Orienteringsforbund in cooperation with Den Norske Turistforening. The record time from 1963 is held by Reidar Andreassen who was almost four and a half minutes ahead of the next finisher. The record time of 1 hour 16 minutes and 48 seconds still holds today. The women's record, set in 1963, is held by Valborg Østberg from Gjøvik with a time of 1 hour 39 minutes and 47 seconds. She was a 32 year old housewife and mother of two kids and the Dagbladet newspaper said that she "ran like a goat over Besseggen".
In literature
Besseggen is known from act 1, scene 1 of Henrik Ibsens play Peer Gynt. Peer tries to convince his mother, Åse, that he has ridden over Gjendineggen, now known as Besseggen, on a reindeer bull. Шаблон:Blockquote
Besseggen is also described in the poem «Besseggen» by Ragnvald Skrede.
Name
The mountain ridge is named after Bessvatnet, the last element is the finite form off egg which means 'edge'. In the local dialect, the form is Besseggje. The Bokmål written form of the name is Besseggen and the Nynorsk written form is Besseggi.
See also
References
Further reading
External links
- Infopage Jotunheimen / Besseggen
- Memurubu cabin
- Gjendesheim cabin
- Infopage Besseggen
- Ferry on Gjende (Gjendebåtene)
- Article on Besseggløpet Шаблон:In lang
- UT.no about hiking on Besseggen Шаблон:In lang
- https://www.ncbar.org/news/norwegian-hiking-adventure-tests-members-mettle/
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