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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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