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Hiking to Mount Honndalsrokken with My Oldest Son

Date:
29.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
8:24h
Distance:
18.6km

On this day my son Dag asked me to join him for a hike to Mount Honndalsrokken . This mountain is widely known in our part of Norway, as its characteristic spikelike shape may be spotted from afar. The name of the mountain is actually also derived from its shape: The spikelike summit of the mountain looks a bit like the spindle of a traditional spinning wheel, and rokk is the Norwegian word for such a spinning wheel. [Officially, the mountain is actually called Hornindalsrokken, but most locals refer to it as Honndalsrokken]. I have for several years been thinking of hiking this mountain, and so I immediately agreed to his suggestion, and went with him. We parked our car in the parking lot just by Honndøla Bru, i.e. the bridge across Honndøla River (see image ##1 and 26), and from there we >>>

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Hiking the Entire Length of Isterdalstindane Mountain Range.

Date:
27.08.2020
Duration:
18:18h
Distance:
26.5km

In the Rauma Municipality in Norway, there are three exciting mountains called the Bishop, the King and the Queen [in Norwegian Bispen, Kongen and Dronninga]. I don’t think they have been named after the pieces of the chessboard, because in Norwegian the Bishop of the chess game is called the runner [Norw.: Løperen]. Anyway, these three mountains are the first three mountains of a mountain range stretching from the site of the famous Trollstigen Escarpment Road to the little town of Åndalsnes, which is located by the shores of the fjord called Romsdalsfjorden, and yet is surrounded by amazing mountains on all sides. Now, being inspired by some ladies that had climbed The Bishop, The King, and The Queen in one single row, and in one single day; I had been planning for some time to do a similar >>>

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Hiking to Lake Svartbotsvatnet and Mount Svartbotstinden

Date:
22.08.2020
Characteristic:
Alpine climbing
Duration:
10:01h
Distance:
19.1km

There's a mountain range close to the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma municipality in the county of Møre & Romsdal in Norway, that has three mountains that are called Bispen [i.e. "The Bishop"], Kongen ["The King"] and Dronninga ["The Queen"] respectively. The mountain range actually has about 8 mountains interconnected by mountain ridges (depending a little on how you count them), and the three mentioned mountains are just the southernmost three of the 8 mountains of the range. Another one is Mount Svatbotstinden, which I visited on this particular day. I have for some years been planning to hike the southernmost 4 of the 8 mountains of this mountain range; starting out from Trollstigen Tourist Center (Image #3), and ending up on the shores of the fjord called >>>

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Reconnaissance Hike to Mount Nordre Trolltind

Date:
15.08.2020
Characteristic:
Alpine trip
Duration:
6:15h
Distance:
12.8km

I've read somewhere here on Peakbook, about various groups of people that have climbed from Mount Nordre Trolltind [i.e. Northern Troll Peak] up to Mount Store Trolltind [i.e. Greater Troll Peak]. The two peaks are interconnected with a very steep ridge, and all those that have done the climb; or at least all those that I have read about, have used advanced climbing gear including ropes. I would indeed like to do that climb as part of a climbing team at some time in the future, and so on this day I decided to climb Mount Nordre Trolltind just as a reconnaissance climb/hike; in order to learn more about the two mountains. I did not bring any climbing gear with me on this trip, however, as I wasn't going to climb beyond Mount Nordre Trolltind; but I had with me a pair of binoculars, so as to >>>

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