Store Hesten (25.04.2019)
| Characteristic | Randonnée/Telemark |
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| Duration | 2h 42min |
| Distance | 8.5km |
| Vertical meters | 893m |
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| Ascents | Store Hesten (874m) | 25.04.2019 |
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We been pretty spoilt the last few days with mountains to ourselves and no other humans in sight, so it was almost strange to pull into parking for Store Hesten and see quite a few people up on the ridge after the forrest.
We put our skiis on from the roadside and followed the power lines up through the forrest. Årets første BH tur var i gang ;) It was seriously warm today! After the first 400ish meters of elevation, the terrain started to flatten out and we made our way over to the lake. Here we had to decide to do a low or high traverse, as the lake had started cracking around the edges and we weren't sure we wanted to ski on it. This side was still really icy, so we decided to lose some elevation and take the lower traverse.
Once we got to the other side of the lake, we could see the summit and we just followed the ridge around. Not the most effective elevation gain. Once we got closer, we had caught up 12 german ski tourists, and unfortunately they were at the summit the same time as us. Wasn't the most serene experience as they were all pretty loud. I left my skiis around halfway up the final ridge but paal skiied all the way to the top.
Quite a few really big cornices hanging to the right of the path along the ridge and we could see some big cracks in them, so here we kept as close to the rocks as possible. I ran out of battery on my watch so have GPS just for the way up, I followed the same way down, Paal chose the steeper line through the bowl on the skiers right after the summit.
Takk for turen uglefisk (Paal Andre Lund) :)
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