The case is updated Thursday morning 05.33.
Both the two couples who reported problems on the trip over Besseggen were brought down from the mountain late Wednesday night.
Police, the Red Cross and volunteers were involved and got the four mountain hikers back down safely.
The police announced at half past six on Wednesday night that a foreign couple had called the emergency number from Besseggen.
They were on their way from Memurubu over Besseggen to Gjendesheim when the fog came, and it started to snow and rain. They therefore did not dare to cross the edge, and wanted help to get back down.
– They called the emergency number, but after that we have not been in contact with them again, says operations manager Kristian Bjaanes, at the Inland police district.
The two must have said that they are cold and tired. The police stated that they receive assistance from the Red Cross and two volunteer Sherpas to locate the couple.
– They are probably on the path they are supposed to be on, so it is only for us to walk that path so that we can meet them, Bjaanes said.
It did not turn out to be that simple.
– This couple was found by an acquaintance in a completely different place than we assumed they were going. They are now followed down to Besseggen mountain lodge, says Bjaanes at 22 o’clock on Wednesday night.
The couple were relatively tired and were found east of Bessvatnet.
POPULAR: Besseggen is one of Norway’s most visited mountains. According to DNT, around 60,000 people go there every year. Picture is taken from the archive.
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Two rescue operations
An hour later, a new message came from the police on Twitter. Then a couple more had asked for help to get down from the popular hiking trail.
– After a while, a Norwegian couple called via AMK and asked for assistance. They were in the same area and were cold and tired. We have control over them, says Bjaanes.
Police wrote on Twitter that the Red Cross had arrived and assisted the couple. The woman who was with was picked up by the air ambulance and transported to the Otta emergency room.
- Besseggen has been a hiking trail where there have previously been several rescue operations:
Challenging weather
State meteorologist Lars Andreas Solberg says that there is a low cloud cover over the region, which means that you get poor visibility on the mountain.
– The temperatures right now are also nothing to brag about, he says.
In Jotunheimen, the temperature is only a few plus degrees, where the individual places are also on the minus side.
– In addition, there is a lot of wind in the area, and that in combination with a couple of plus degrees is not pleasant, he says.
Selberg states that there will be improvement beyond tomorrow, but that it may take some time before the clouds disappear completely.
– But right now there are quite a few husky conditions.
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