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Ski Touring to Mount Snortungen [1193]

Date:
23.01.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
5:25h
Distance:
10.3km

I have lately been ascending a number of mountains in the Rauma Municipality in the county of Møre & Romsdal in the western part of Norway. This municipality has a lot of nice mountains, and my intention has been to climb at least all those with an altitude of more than 1000 m.a.m.s.l. one by one. And so, on this day, I drove to the fjord called Isfjorden [i.e. “The Ice Fjord”] in Rauma, intending to climb Mount Snortungen, which has an altitude of 1198 m.a.m.s.l. I parked at a parking lot at a location called Breivik . In Norwegian, the word brei means broad, and the word vik means bay; so the meaning of the name “Breivik” is simply “The Broad Bay”. (Now, there are many broad bays along the 2000 km coast line of Norway, and this particular one has no connection to the Norwegian >>>

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Attempt at Ski Touring to Mount Hesten in Rauma Municipality

Date:
16.01.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
4:17h
Distance:
7.4km

On this day, my son asked me if I'd like to join him on an alpine skiing tour to Mount Hesten. He had resently read a brief tour report on Facebook by someone who had recently visited the mountain on skis, and so he had figured he'd give the mountain a try as well. Mount Hesten is a mountain located in Rauma Municipality in the County of Møre & Romsdal. The mountain has several peaks located in a horseshoe-fashion. Here on Peakbook they have been named Hesten Northwest [1481 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten [1610 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten S1 [1580 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten S2 [1590 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten S3 [1634 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten S4 [1560 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten S5 [1650 m.a.m.s.l.], Hesten Southwest [1570 m.a.m.s.l.], and Litlehesten [1575 m.a.m.s.l.]. The meaning of the Norwegian word Hesten is The Horse, and the >>>

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To Mount Sulafjellet in Bad Weather

Date:
09.01.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:46h
Distance:
11.4km

Mount Sulafjellet is a mountain that I've ascended multiple times, and yet I will probably ascend that mountain even more times in the future; as it is not too far away from where we live, and also because it's feasible to climb even when there's too much snow to climb many other mountains around here. The mountain has several peaks, the highest of which has been named Tverrfjellet [i.e. "The Transverse Mountain"], though most people today just call it Vardane [i.e. "The Cairns"], due to the many cairns that mountain hikers have built up there. The most feasible way to ascend this mountain is to start out from the parking lot at Mauseid (see map), and then follow a gravel road through the forests up to a cottage called Rollonhytta . The parking lot is located at about 50 m.a.m.s.l.; >>>

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Two Trips to Mount Storehornet on Godøy Island

Date:
02.01.2021
Duration:
2:14h
Distance:
6.9km

Mount Storehornet on Godøy Island is a mountain that I have frequently climbed. I usually don't publish my climbs of that mountain here on Peakbook, as I've climbed it so many times. I have, however, been having an idea of photographing the Norwegian costal town of Ålesund at the entrance to the Georgian New Year, as the people of this town usually have a spectacular firework at this time of the year. And so, in late evening of December 31st, I climbed the mountain again, this time carrying a backpack with a camera and some lenses, along with a tripod; planning to capture some long exposure photos up there. I sat out from the parking lot just outside the tunnel opening at the peninsula of Alnes shortly before 11 o'clock in the evening. Usually, an hour is plenty of time to climb the mountain, >>>

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Tour Skiing to the Summit of Mount Roaldshornet

Date:
19.12.2020
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
3:02h
Distance:
7.4km

On this day, we had been planning to ascend Mount Høgenibba in the Municipality of Volda, in the county of Møre & Romsdal; and so we went by car, one of my daughters, one of my sons, and myself, to a parking lot by the foot of the mountain; unfortunately, however, there amount of snow at the location was way too scarce for skiing, and so we embarked upon our return towards our home. On our way back home, however, we passed by the Strandafjellet Skiing Centre; and realized it should be possible to ascend Mount Roaldshornet [1230 m.a.m.s.l.] instead. This skiing resort has ski lifts on both sides of Fursetdalen valley. Generally speaking, there tends to be more snow on the south side of the valley, because the sun tends to shine upon the snow on the north side, and make it taw. Moreover, >>>

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To Mount Heggdalshornet and Mount Opstadhornet

Date:
12.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:27h
Distance:
15.8km

Winter had definitely arrived by now, and there was snow up in the higher mountains, especially in inland areas; though it was still not enough snow for skiing in most places. There had been some snow in October and November, but then most of it had disappeared again. Nevertheless, many of the smaller mountains in the coastal area were currently without snow (or without any amount worth mentioning), and so on this day my son and I opted for two of the peaks on an island called Otrøya . So, we drove to the village of Brattvåg, and went by the ferry over to the tiny island of Dryna. Dryna is connected to the larger island called Midøya with a little bridge, and Midøya is in turn connected to Otrøya Island with an even larger bridge (see map). I had previously never ascended any of the many >>>

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To Mount Gryta in Stryn Municipality

Date:
05.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:30h
Distance:
7.4km

On this day, there was some snow in the mountains, though not enough for skiing; at least most places. So my son and I opted for a mountain that we could ascend on foot on this day, and we were of course prepared to do the walk in snow about halfway up to our knees. A mountain well suited for such a trek, was Mount Gryta in Stryn Municipality in the County of Vestland. So we went to Stryn by car, and used Google map to find our way to Stryn Vinterskisenter [i.e. "Stryn Winter Skiing Center"]. This skiing center has been so named, because there is another one, much higher up in the mountains, that carries the name Stryn Sommerskisenter [i.e "Stryn Summer Skiing Center"]. From the parking lot at the ski centre, we followed a road through a cabin village called Bøasetra; a >>>

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Ski Touring to Mount Smørbotstinden with my son

Date:
28.11.2020
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
3:31h
Distance:
8.1km

I have previously twice visited Mount Smørbottinden, the first time on Telemark skies, and the second time on alpine touring skis. For tour descriptions including a number of nice pictures, follow these links: Telemark Skiing to Mount Smørbottinden in Rauma Municipality and Alpine Ski Touring to Mount Smørbottind and Mount Kvasstind . The main difference this time compared to my two previous ascents of Mount Smørbotttinden, was that my son joined me this time, and it was actually he that suggested we make this trip. As on previous occasions we drove to Skorgedalen Valley in Rauma Municipality, parked at the parking lot by the ski resort in the valley; and from there we started skiing. The amount of snow was much less on this occasion compared to what it had been on my previous two visits. In the lower part of the trail, the snow was also wet and quite heavy; and at some places we had to cross some open creeks >>>

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Til Niusen på Skøye med Dag

Date:
21.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:17h
Distance:
7.8km

Det hadde nylig falt en del snø, slik at det i de høye fjellene var for mye snø til å gå vanlige fjellturer, men samtidig var det fortsatt for lite med tanke på å skulle gå på ski. Så da foreslo eldstegutten min at vi kunne gå på Nihusen på skøye. Dette fjellet er ikke særlig høyt, bare 438 høydemeter, så man kommer seg alltids både opp og ned igjen, selv om det er litt glatt, og man bruker litt tid på turen. Vi kjørte til Skodje [lokal utt.: Skøye], og parkerte på parkeringsplassen bak rådhuset og legekontoret (se kart), og derfra fulgte vi Nihusvegen opp til skogen. Min sønn hadde vært på Nihusen før, og visste vegen, men med en god turbeskrivelse skulle det uansett ikke ha vært vanskelig å finne stien vi skulle følge gjennom skogen og opp på fjellet. Stien >>>

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To Mount Saudehornet in Ørsta Municipality

Date:
14.11.2020
Characteristic:
Alpine trip
Duration:
4:20h
Distance:
10.4km

It had been snowing in the mountains lately, and so for this days mountain trek, we had been trying to pick a mountain not too high; in order to stay below the snow. And, as my son Dag had lately read a tour description about a mountain called Kyrkjetinden [i.e. "The Church Peak"] in Ørsta municipality in the County of Møre & Romsdal, we decided to go there. Kyrkjetinden is a peak located just about 6 kilometers or so from the town center of Ørsta, and it has an elevation of 1069 m.a.m.s.l.; and was thus located well beneath the altitude down to which the snow reached at this time. We drove to Ørsta, and parked at a little parking lot by a road called Fonnavegen, just by a training ground for dogs, which is located between this road and a little river located just there. There >>>

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