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Tour Skiing to Mount Kragefjellet with my Son

Date:
01.05.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
4:43h
Distance:
12.2km

On this occasion, my son had read online a few days earlier, that it was still possible to go skiing to Mount Kragefjellet in the municipality of Stryn in the county of Vestland, and so we went to the site by car. Now, this municipality has two skiing centers, i.e. there is Stryn Summer Skiing Centre, and then there is Stryn Winter Skiing Centre; and in order to climb Mount Kragefjellet, the convenient place to park your car is at the winter skiing centre [the summer skiing centre is at a totally different location much higher up in the mountains]. As we parked at the winter skiing centre, we realized that snow was much more scarce than we had anticipated; i.e. it was not even enough to keep the skiing centre open. Nevertheless, there was a narrow strip of snow along the trail of the ski lift >>>

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Tour Skiing to Mount Fingeren with my Daughter

Date:
25.04.2021
Duration:
2:58h
Distance:
6.9km

This morning my daughter suggested to me that we make a ski tour to Mount Fingeren. This mountain is actually just a peak on the southwest ridge of the much greater Mount Kolåstinden, but it has become a popular destination for ski touring during winter, as well as for hiking in summer. During the winter season it is common just to go skiing up to a viewpoint just northeast of the peak; whereas during summer, and especially so when weather is nice, it is actually possible to climb up to the summit of the peak itself. The trail most commonly used to the summit of Mount Kolåstinden, however, goes on the opposite side of the mountain, and actually crosses a glacier on its way up to the summit. The peak on the southeast ridge has been named "The Finger", because it looks like a third >>>

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Alpine Ski Tour to Mount Litleskjerdingen with my Daughter

Date:
24.04.2021
Duration:
3:40h
Distance:
9.3km

I have ascended Mount Blåskjerdingen [1069 m.a.m.s.l.] multiple times, on foot during summer, as well as on skis during winter; thought I have to point out that we’re generally satisfied with visiting the south summit [1061 m.a.m.s.l.] of the mountain during winter, as the north, or main summit, is generally inaccessible when you go skiing. And so, the south peak of the mountain was actually our goal even on this occasion. Nevertheless, on this particular day, my daughter and I ended up with turning around at about 800 m.a.m.s.l.; and so we didn't actually reach any of the two summits of Mount Skjerdingen/Blåskjerdingen. When ascending Mount Blåskjerdingen, we usually park at a little parking lot located at about 214 m.a.m.s.l. in the valley called Vatnedalen (se map / GPS tracking). On >>>

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Tour Skiing to Mount Skjorta by the Fjord of Eresfjord

Date:
17.04.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
5:46h
Distance:
13.3km

There hadn't been that much snow earlier this season, and most of our ski trips this winter had resulted in some damage to our skis due to the presence of stones just beneath the surface of the snow. Some years, however, we do get more snow in April than we've had in January and February, due to polar low pressure systems that bring snow and cold weather from the polar front [i.e. a weather system around the North Pole]; and so even this year, we got about three rounds of snow in April, allowing us to have a few more ski tours, even as summer was actually approaching. My son suggested we go for Mount Skjorta [i.e. "The Shirt"] this weekend, as he had read about it in an online ski and alpine forum just a few days earlier, and so we agreed to give the mountain a try. It took us about >>>

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Alpine Tour Skiing to Mount Hesten

Date:
27.03.2021
Duration:
5:22h
Distance:
12.1km

My son and I tried to reach the summit of Mount Hesten [i.e. “The Horse”] on skis even some weeks ahead of this day’s skiing tour, but as we started out too late in the afternoon, and darkness also came very early at that time of the year; we only reached a viewpoint on the west ridge of the mountain on that day. [For a description of that tour, follow this link: Attempt at Ski Touring to Mount Hesten in Rauma Municipality ]. On this day, therefore, we started driving from home much earlier, in order to get an earlier start; and combined with the slightly longer days that we have by now, we believed it should be easier to reach the summit on this day. We parked at Herdslan Parking Lot as on the previous occasion, but on this day there was not much snow in the forest along the road; and so we carried our skis, and walked up to another parking lot, >>>

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Alpine Tour Skiing to Mount Høgenibba in Volda Municipality

Date:
13.03.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
2:47h
Distance:
8.2km

Earlier this winter, my son had read a tour description for alpine skiing to the summit of Mount Høgenibba in Volda Municipality in the County of Møre & Romsdal. Vi did indeed go to the skiing center in Horningdalen Valley in mid December, intending to ascend the mountain on skis; but on that occasion we ended up with ascending another mountain, as snow was way too scarce in Horningdalen Valley at that time. But on this day we decided to go back there, to make a new attempt, and at this time there was much more snow than it was on the previous occasion. There was sure no abundance of snow in the lower part of the trail, but at lest enough to embark upon our tour as we had planned before leaving home. Horningdal Skiing Centre is a downhill alpine skiing arena with a little drag lift climbing >>>

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To Mount Grøtshornet with my Son Dag

Date:
27.02.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:28h
Distance:
10.5km

I have on one previous occasion ascended Mount Grøthornet along with my oldest son and my youngest daughter, but on that occasion the weather was so rainy and foggy that we didn't see a thing from up there; so when my son now asked me if I'd like to have another hike up there, I immediately responded with a "yes". And so we went by car to a location called Vatneeidet (see map), and parked outside the supermarket there. (The parking lot is, strictly speaking, reserved for customers at the supermarket and some nearby stores; but they don't have that many customers on Saturdays, so it's very unlikely that they will have your car removed). Setting out from the parking lot, we crossed county road 661, and then followed an old forest road in a westward direction (see GPS tracking). After >>>

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Alpine Tour Skiing to Mount Bergsetnakken

Date:
06.02.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
2:45h
Distance:
7.2km

For this day, my son had suggested we visit a mountain called Bergsetnakken, located in Stryn Municipality in the county of Vestland. And so took the roughly 3 hours drive by car, and arrived at Blaksæter in Stryn, where we parked our car at Kjennhaugmyra Parking Lot . The location was indeed very nice. After leaving County road 698, which follows the fjord called Nordfjord, you climb up the mountainside by car, following a rather narrow farmland road that has a number of hairpin bends; and then all of a sudden you're there. Stryn Winter Camp School is located in a building at this site, and in the slopes above it, Bjørkelibakken Ski Jump Arena is located (Images ## 3, 4 & 5). We put our boot and skis on, and started going upwards to the left of the ski jumps. At one point we must've missed >>>

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Snow Shoe Hike to Mount Myklebusthornet

Date:
30.01.2021
Characteristic:
Snowshoe trip
Duration:
1:11h
Distance:
4.4km

Mount Myklebusthornet is a little mountain [329 m.a.m.s.l.] on an island called Ellingsøya in the municipality of Ålesund in the County of Møre & Romsdal on the west coast of Norway. The name Myklebusthornet is composed of the Norse word mykill bústaðr , which means large farm or l arge habitation; and the modern Norwegian horn, which simply means horn. The mountain is actually part of a mountain range that extends along the entire length of the island; with a number of peaks, among which Myklebusthornet is the highest. This mountain range is usually very well suited for jogging, as well as for short mountain treks, as the climb towards most of the peaks aren't that steep, though it depends of course a little on which route you choose for your climb. Moreover, due to its costal location, >>>

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Moonlight Hike on Mount Ulriken

Date:
27.01.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:11h
Distance:
4.4km

The city of Bergen, on the west coast of Norway, has traditionally been named The City Between the Seven Mountains . There has always been some discussions about which mountains should actually be counted among the seven, as you have several options; but it is generally agreed that Mount Ulriken is definitely one of them. The elevation of the summit is 643 m.a.m.s.l., with a vertical separation of only 40 meters. The summit isn't actually visible from downtown Bergen, however, so the peak or "top" that people generally refer to when they talk about Mount Ulriken, is the west peak, which has an elevation of 607 meters and a vertical separation of 19 meters. Moreover, this western peak of the mountain has a splendid viewpoint overlooking most of the city of Bergen, it has a nice little >>>

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