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Trekking an Extreme Variant of Romsdalseggen Mountain Ridge

Date:
18.07.2020
Characteristic:
Alpine trip
Duration:
6:47h
Distance:
16.9km

I have previously trekked the mountain range called Romsdalseggen with my oldest son and a nephew of me. A link to my tour description of that hike is here: Blånebba og Romsdalseggen The text in that tour description is in Norwegian, but there are some pictures there, that will do even for an international audience. There have, however, been described three different routes called Romsdalseggen by the local tour operators in the Rauma Municipality: There's what they call Romsdalseggen Light . Then there's Romsdalseggen Regular . And finally, there's what has been referred to as Romsdalseggen Extreme . The regular route follows the blue GPS-track on the map of Image#5, and is even the one described in my above mentioned tour description of July 14th 2018. The light route follows the regular route from the parking lot at >>>

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Halvmarathon på Emblemsfjellet i Ålesund

Date:
17.07.2020
Characteristic:
Jogging
Duration:
4:40h
Distance:
22.7km

For dem av oss som ikke bare går turer i fjellet, men også driver og løper litt, så går det an å plukke med seg noen ikke altfor høye topper når man likevel er på løpetur. Jeg har de siste syv årene ukependlet mellom Bergen og Ålesund, og pleier hver å få meg en løpetur over Rundemanen i løpet av arbeidsuka i Bergen; mens jeg i løpet av helga hjemme pleier å ta meg en fjelltur enten på Sunnmøre eller i Romsdalen. Når så sommeren kommer, pleier jeg å ta meg noen løpeturer om morgenen de stedene vi reiser på ferie, og jeg har funnet ut at det er en glimrende måte å bli kjent med geografien og omgivelsene på nye steder. Denne sommeren ble det imidlertid, på grunn av Covid-19-pandemien, ikke noen feriereise på oss; og de ukene vi skulle ha vært i Canada, ble hjemme >>>

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Ascending Mount Setnesfjellet with my Son

Date:
04.07.2020
Characteristic:
Alpine trip
Duration:
6:28h
Distance:
8.6km

This morning, my son asked med if I would like to join him for a hike to the summit of Mount Setnesfjellet. He had been planning this climb for a few days, and had searched out some tour descriptions on the internet; and so he knew exactly where to park the car, and where to start hiking. So, after breakfast, we drove to the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma Municipality in the county of Möre & Romsdal. The drive to Åndalsnes takes a little less than two hours from where we live, and it is surrounded by a multitude of spectacular peaks and mountains; and the local tourist business association have nicknamed the town The Peak Capital [Norw.: Tindehovedstaden] , in order to draw more climbers and hikers to the area. We parked the car by a local Church called Grytten Kirke, and started walking from >>>

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Alpine Ski Touring to Mount Alnestind

Date:
01.07.2020
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
2:17h
Distance:
5.2km

Mount Alnestinden have for years been cherished by many Norwegians as a mountain that you may summit on skis long after the snow’s gone along the trails to the summit of other mountains. The mountain has a long ridge on the east side, and the ski route up to the summit runs along the north side of this ridge. As this is on the leeward side of the mountain, a lot of snow accumulates along the route during winter, and it takes time for it to melt away during the summer months. Moreover, there’s little sun on this north side of the ridge much of the year, and this further contributes to a rather slow meltdown of the snow. In late spring, and during the summer months, i.e. when the Trollstigen escarpment road has been plowed and reopened after the winter months; the skiing trip to Mount Alnestinden >>>

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