7 day skitur - Finnmarksvidda in March - trouble finding maps

[Joe]

I'm in the planning stages of organising a 7 day skitur in Finnmarksvidda in late March with a Swedish friend. We aim to fly to Alta and then ski for a week, preferably 'off-trail' as much as possible (we have plenty of experience of off-trail travel and my Swedish friend is an ex-army captain). One idea was a kind of semi-circle from Karasjohka to Kautokeino (or the other way around depending on travel connections and prevailing weather).

Apart from a 1:250 000 scale hunting and fishing map I have been unable to find any detailed maps of the area. The staff at Bergen Turlag couldn't find any relevant maps in their stock. Any ideas for sources of maps or routes in this area will be greatly appreciated.

If anyone has any links to trip reports on blogs of people doing a similar trip then that would be really useful too!

[TeisL]

Hi,

Did you check http://www.kartbutikken.no/produktlisting.php?kategori=18 ?

I did a search for Alta and Finnmarksvidda and get some results. So see if you find maps for your track here maybe.

Good luck!

[Joe]

Thanks!

When I searched under 'Fiinmarksvidda' on kartbuttiken.no all I got was the aforementioned 1:250 000 'jakt & fiskekart'.

It might be a good choice for some initial planning I guess but I'm pretty sure it'll be nowhere near detailed enough when we're up there, on skis and the sun is going down

Does anyone know which 1:50 000 maps I need to cover Karasjohka to Kautokeino?

[Zabel]

type for example "alta" in the search field at this site: http://www.kartbutikken.no/produktlisting.php?kategori=19

then choose "alta finnmark" at the right table. then the maps that cover the area of alta will appear. navigate with the arrows around the map to view a larger area. point at the different squares at the map, and the name of that map will be shown at the left side.

[Fjellgeitå]

(I work in the store at Bergen Turlag). It might be that we don't have in stock, but I can at least find out which 1:50 000 maps that you need when I go to work tommorow (:

Or do as written above (did not see that ><)

[knutis]

try godtur.no

and: http://kart.statkart.no/adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1〈=2

[Halling]

try godtur.no

and: http://kart.statkart.no/adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1〈=2

If you have a modern handheld Garmin GPS consider this map as well?

http://www.belanor.no/dllvis5.asp?id=1961

CD17 Kautokeino

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[Fjellgeitå]

Presuming you are walking in a straight line between Karasjok and Kautokeino, you would need the following m711 (1:50 000) maps:

- 2033-I Káràsjohka

- 2033-IV Iesjohka

- 1933-I Suossjavri

- 1933-II Gal'bajav'ri

- 1933-III Làhpoluoppal

- 1833-II Guodvageaidnu

I've sent you a private message as well (: