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To the "Troll Church" with my sister and my daughter.
- Date:
- 27.06.2020
- Duration:
- 8:19h
- Distance:
- 14.6km
The Troll Church [Norwegian: Trollkyrkja] is a fascinating series of three caves that a little river have carved out of a marble stratum in the the mountain. The mountain is, apart from that layer, formed by granite, and granite is what you mostly see on the surface of the ground up there; but as you enter the caves, you'll notice that the walls, the ceiling, and the floor of the caves are all marble, adding to the beauty of these caves. I have previously twice visited the Troll Church. First, I visited it alone on October 19th 2019; and since I found it quite fascinating, one week later, I even took my wife there for a visit [i.e. on October 26th]. On both of these occasions I wrote the tour description in Norwegian, but for the photos, and for the GPS tracking of these trips, you may follow >>>
Round Trip over Tindfjell, Blåskjærdingen and Rekdalshesten
- Date:
- 06.06.2020
- Duration:
- 8:47h
- Distance:
- 20.6km
I have ascended Mount Blåskjerdingen multiple times, sometimes on ski during winter, and sometimes on foot during summer. The mountain has a characteristic cleft, about 30 meters deep, close to the summit, and so it has a southern top of 1062 m.a.m.s.l. in addition to the main or northern peak of 1069 m.a.m.s.l. The mountain is usually climbed from the south, and when ascending it by skis during winter, you usually just visit the slightly lower southern peak, as you can't traverse the cleft with skis on. If you want to go all the way to the northern peak during winter, you should switch from skis and poles to crampons and an ice axe before you embark on climbing the cleft; and yet there would be the danger of climbing on a snow shelf that could break off, if you're not familiar with the wind >>>