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Icy Hike to the Peaks Litlehornet and Uggedalshornet

Date:
28.12.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:49h
Distance:
5.5km

We have ascended Mount Gamlemsveten multiple times, my son and I but there have been a number of smaller mountains around Gamlemsveten that we haven't climbed yet; or at least I haven't, as my son have climbed a lot of mountains that I have yet to climb. So, we decided on this day to climb some of the nearby less-than-500-meters mountains, and took my son's car to the usual parking lot in Søvikdalen valley. The initial part of the route was the same as when we climbed Mount Storehornet and Mount Skålbotsheia 3 weeks earlier; i.e. you pass by a shooting range located about 800 meters from the parking lot, and then climb up from the innermost "bottom" of the valley, into a hanging valley called Engsetskaret and located at an elevation about 200 meters above the main valley [i.e. about >>>

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Winter Hike to Mount Tverrfjellet on Sula Island

Date:
21.12.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:18h
Distance:
11.7km

It was only 3 weeks since last time I ascended Mount Sulafjellet with my son, and yet we decided to go there again, as we regard this trip as a good workout. My youngest daughter vaarsolholm (Vår Solholm) also came along with us on this occasion. As previously, we walked the forest road up to Rollonhytta Cabin, and from there we just followed the mountain path that continues up to the summit of the mountain. Snow was less abundant now, compared to what it was three weeks ago; hence the cairns that mark the trail were easy to spot, and it was, therefore, much easier to follow the trail up to the summit of the mountain. We just shot a few pictures while at the top of the mountain, and then went back down to our car at Mauseid parking lot.

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To Mount Gamlemsveten in Not So Much Snow

Date:
14.12.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:21h
Distance:
9.0km

The amount of snow along the Norwegian west coast is varying quite much throughout the winter, as well as from one winter to another. Typically, low pressure weather systems that come in from the northwest bring snow, whereas those coming in from the southwest bring rain; and so the snow may come and go as the whether changes. On this day, therefore there was some snow in the mountains along the coast, but not very much. We've climbed Mount Gamlemsveten many times, my son Dag and I, so this is a very familiar mountain to us; especially to Dag, as he has climbed it many more times than what I have done. I did, however, once even climb it on a 29" Gary Fisher bicycle; something he hasn't done; hence I tend to claim it's a little bit my mountain too... We drove to the usual parking lot in >>>

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To Mount Storhornet and Mount Skålbotsheia in Snow

Date:
07.12.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:10h
Distance:
8.9km

I have previously visited many of the mountains in the municipality of Haram , a municipality that is soon to be merged with the town of Ålesund. While ascending mount Tverrbotshornet and mount Gamlemsveten, I have been looking at a number of smaller peaks and mountains in the vicinity, desiring to ascend even them. My son Dag had been on most of them, however, and on this day he agreed to take me up to one or two of them. (During summer, I could've found my way up there by myself, but on this day there was about 30 cm of snow along most of the route, hence you wouldn't be able to follow the trail unless you knew where it was). We drove to Søvikdalen parking lot, and started trekking from there. We followed a forest road further into the valley. After about 800 meters, we came to a shooting >>>

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