Is May too early for spring flowers in Norway?

[Sea42]

Our cruise is May 14th -28th. Is this too early for any spring wildflowers? We plan to do a bit of hiking on our trip.

Ports

Stavanger
Flam
Alesund
Trondheim
Hammerfest
Honnigsvag
Geiranger
Bergen

 

Thanks!

Edited December 18, 2022 by Sea42

[jrmende63]

Of those stops,  I have only been to Bergen. I was there Early May and there was flowers everywhere. 

[hallasm]

Definitely spring flowers in southern Norway but there is still snow in Honningsvåg.  
Hope your cruise is calling Honningsvåg after May 14 so you experience the midnight sun.

[kaisatsu]

May is a lovely time for hiking at lower latitudes. Be prepared for wet/muddy conditions, depending on recent weather and snow melt.

[Jimbo]

On 12/18/2022 at 1:34 PM, Sea42 said:

Our cruise is May 14th -28th. Is this too early for any spring wildflowers? We plan to do a bit of hiking on our trip.

Ports

Stavanger
Flam
Alesund
Trondheim
Hammerfest
Honnigsvag
Geiranger
Bergen

 

Thanks!

What ship is this?

[Sea42]

9 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

What ship is this?

This is HAL's Nieuw Statendam

Edited December 21, 2022 by Sea42

[Sea42]

On 12/19/2022 at 3:00 AM, hallasm said:

Definitely spring flowers in southern Norway but there is still snow in Honningsvåg.  
Hope your cruise is calling Honningsvåg after May 14 so you experience the midnight sun.

Yes, we'll be there on the 22nd! Looking forward to it.

[Sea42]

13 hours ago, kaisatsu said:

May is a lovely time for hiking at lower latitudes. Be prepared for wet/muddy conditions, depending on recent weather and snow melt.

Thank you! We'll definitely have our boots and hiking poles.

[GMoney]

I'm on the same cruise...

[Sea42]

23 hours ago, GMoney said:

I'm on the same cruise...

That's great! We're looking forward to it very much!

 

[kitkat343]

We sailed to Norway in May.  They told us the run off from the melting snow made the waterfalls look more impressive in may.

 

I'm really glad they put Geiranger as late as possible so you have a better chance of making it to Dalsnibba (the road there is seasonal and can't be opened until after the big spring avalanche).  Our cruise had it early in the itinerary, so we missed it by 2 days (when we were still in the heritage fjords so it was just poor planning.)

 

It was also a bit harder finding independent tours because not everything is running in May but we made it work everywhere and it was quite lovely.  they needed a bit more lead time to prepare for tours, so contact the tour guides early.  It looks like a wonderful trip!