Dave and Jane, 13th August 2010. In common with hundreds if not thousands of other peaks in Norway "Peak 1247" has no name on the maps. If mentioned at all in the guide books these peaks are usually referred to by their height - in this case 1247m. Peak 1247 is located 6 days walk north of Voss, between the Solrenningen and Nordallen hyttes. In fact it is located as the raven flies only 800m to the SE of the Nordallen hytte (where we planned to spend the night). Although this 800m is inpassable on account of 60m to 70m high cliffs between. The weather this day had turned wet and windy so time to rely on the waterproofs. Also some interesting snow features on the route. From the map Peak 1247 required a simple 300m southerly detour from the path. However in common with much of the trip distances on the map bear little relationship to how long they may take to traverse. This detour took 45mins , most of which involved circumnavigating small cliffs and back-tracking from dead ends. A small cairn marked the top and the visibility was reasonable despite the rain. An hour and a half later we were down at the hytte trying to get the fire lit. Continued in thick fog the following day to Ortnevik on the Sognefjord from where we caught a ferry and boat to Bergen. Photos: Peak 1247 (top right), snow cave (bottom left), Norddal hytte (bottom right).
Dave and Jane, 13th August 2010. In common with hundreds if not thousands of other peaks in Norway "Peak 1247" has no name on the maps. If mentioned at all in the guide books these peaks are usually referred to by their height - in this case 1247m. Peak 1247 is located 6 days walk north of Voss, between the Solrenningen and Nordallen hyttes. In fact it is located as the raven flies only 800m to the SE of the Nordallen hytte (where we planned to spend the night). Although this 800m is inpassable on account of 60m to 70m high cliffs between. The weather this day had turned wet and windy so time to rely on the waterproofs. Also some interesting snow features on the route. From the map Peak 1247 required a simple 300m southerly detour from the path. However in common with much of the trip distances on the map bear little relationship to how long they may take to traverse. This detour took 45mins , most of which involved circumnavigating small cliffs and back-tracking from dead ends. A small cairn marked the top and the visibility was reasonable despite the rain. An hour and a half later we were down at the hytte trying to get the fire lit. Continued in thick fog the following day to Ortnevik on the Sognefjord from where we caught a ferry and boat to Bergen. Photos: Peak 1247 (top right), snow cave (bottom left), Norddal hytte (bottom right). 
