Snuitide
From compass bearings to campfire cooking — everything you need to get outside
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Navigation
Grid reference — for telling people where you are
How to read a six-figure grid reference from the UTM grid, and how to give your position precisely whether you are calling 113 or sharing a trip tip with a friend.
Navigation
Compass bearing
How to take and walk a compass bearing with compass and map — from the parallel lines in the compass housing to a sighting point in the terrain. With film and practical tips.
Trip Planning
Route choice and SARTTO
Time estimation, handrails, catching features and the SARTTO/ARTOT method for systematic route choice and trip planning in the mountains.
Food
Food from nature - wild plants
In the old days, wild plants were an important and necessary part of the diet. In hard times it may have been precisely this knowledge that kept people alive.…
Trail Skills
Practical skills for safe, unhurried travel in the outdoors
Gear & Packing
Choose well, pack sensibly, keep it going for years
Nature
Make sense of what you see — weather, animals, plants, mountains
Activities
From walking to paddling — how to start and how to go further
About Outdoor Life
Tradition, law, sustainability and the place of friluftsliv in society
Interactive Tools
See all →Interactive aids for trip planning
Planning a trip?
Build a packing list you can share with the people you travel with — search 88 items or add your own.
Articles
Campfire
The general open-fire ban (bålforbud) 15 April – 15 September
The general open-fire ban runs from 15 April to 15 September. You may still light a fire where it is obvious that no fire can start.
Nature Areas
Access and movement in protected areas
Allemannsretten applies in national parks and nature reserves too — but every protected area has its own regulations. How to read the sign, what is usually prohibited, and where to find the regulations.
Nature Areas
Forms of Protection in Norway
Norway has four main forms of protection — national park, landscape protection area, nature reserve and marine protected areas — plus habitat protection areas. How they differ, and the legal history in brief.
Reindeer Herding & Sámi Culture
Reindeer husbandry and Sámi culture
Reindeer husbandry is an important part of Sámi culture and use of nature. The eight Sámi seasons, moving through reindeer-herding areas, the lavvo and the árran, offering sites, and Sámi place names on the map.
Traditional Outdoor Life
Traditional friluftsliv
Harvesting friluftsliv as roots — fishing, hunting and gathering have been part of Norwegian friluftsliv for millennia. Here is how the right to roam, the duty to harvest and today's activities fit together.
Campfire
Fire types
There are many ways to build a fire — tipi, upside-down, long log, Swedish torch. Which fire type do you choose? It depends on whether you want to warm yourself, cook food or burn through the night.