The Faroe Islands are a group of eighteen islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, boasting beside their comparative remoteness with very erratic and unpredictable weather all year round.
So doing small hikes in the vicinity of settlements like the capital Tórshavn are kind of reasonable outdoor activities, but anything beyond that would be rather foolish during the winter time.
Especially when you’re making solo trips in addition to being completely … read more
A solitary outdoor tour in a high altitude environment can be a liberating and meditative experience.
It is a calculated risk though, so it goes without saying that tours in wintry and cold conditions in remote mountain areas demand a great deal of careful preparation.
There will no one be around when problems arise, and you’ll lack the often very much needed morale support from your fellow hikers.
Socializing, making friends and finding great comradery was and of course still is for me the most enjoyable aspect of any several-day outdoor adventure in a high altitude mountain area.
One such small adventure that offers just that is hiking across the Low Tatras main ridge in Slovakia, even in fine weather a challenging mountain tour that usually takes up five days.
