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Til Varden og Stavneshornet ved Dyrkorn

Date:
19.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:27h
Distance:
8.4km

På forslag fra min eldste sønn, Dag, kjørte jeg og han inn til Dyrkorn denne dagen, for å bestige Stavneshornet og et fjell som av en eller annen grunn bare kalles "Varden". Man tar av fra Europavei E136 på Sjøholt, og følger fylkesvei 650 forbi Vestre og Vaksvika, og deretter gjennom Visettunnelen og Dyrkorntunnelen, og på den korte veistrekningen mellom Dyrkorntunnelen og Stordalstunnelen, tar man så av til venstre, og følger en smal hårnålsvei oppover bakkene i Dyrkorn-bygda. Dyrkorn-dalen er en slags hengedal i øst-vest-retning på østsida av denne delen av Storfjorden, slik at terrenget flater noe ut oppe i dalen, når man bare er kommet ovenfor den bratte oppstigningen fra hovedveien. Øverst oppe i bygda, ved Øvre Dyrkorn, deler veien seg i to; én som krysser >>>

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To Mount Verahornet

Date:
12.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:17h
Distance:
3.6km

Det ble en kort og grei tur denne dagen. Vi kjørte til Sjøholt, og tok den gamle bilveien opp bakkene i retning Solnørdalen. Når vi nærmet oss toppen av bakken, tok vi til høyre langs Eggeveien, og kjørte ca. 1 kilometer, før vi kom til parkeringslomma vi hadde sett omtalt på nettet. Her satte vi bilen fra oss, og begynte å gå. Stien fra Egge Parkeringslomme opp til topps på Verahornet var svært lett å følge, og det er tydelig at den er mye brukt. Den tar av fra Eggeveien bare en 30-40 meter etter parkeringslomma, og første delen går gjennom bjørkeskog (bilder ##1 & 2). Etterhvert kommer man ut av skogen, og får god utsikt både til høyre og til venstre og bakover. På venstre hånd ser man innover mot Engesetdalen (bilde #8), til høyre ser man Storfjorden innover i retning >>>

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To Mount Svarttinden and Mount Jamtetinden

Date:
05.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:32h
Distance:
12.8km

On this day we drove to the Valley of Vistdal in the eastern part of the county of Møre & Romsdal, intending to hike to a peak called Svarttinden [i.e. "The Black Peak"]. We followed some online instructions that my son had found for this particular trek, and left the county road for a gravel road about midway in the valley (see map). We followed this road past a farm or two and into the forrest; where we parked at a large clearing in the forrest where the forrest road made its first hairpin-bend. This parking lot is located at about 170 m.a.m.s.l., and from there the gravel road climbs up the mountain side to about 500 m.a.m.s.l., making a total of 8 hairpin bends; and where the road ends, the trail continues as an ordinary forrest path. We followed the road and then the trail >>>

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To Mount Storheimshornet with my Son Dag

Date:
29.05.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
8:24h
Distance:
18.3km

It was my son who suggested Mount Storheimshornet for this day's hike. He had read about the mountain on a web site, and so we went to Stordalen Valley this morning, from where the hike goes. According to the web site, the best place to park when hiking this mountain, would be at Mo Bedehus [i.e. "Mo Prayer House"]. The little place called Mo was easy enough to find, but locating the Prayer House was a little bit more tricky, simply because it didn't look like a prayer house, but more like an ordinary house. (A Norwegian Prayer House is a religious building without the pomp and splendor of a Church, and is usually operated by lay people and not by clergymen). At the Prayer House parking lot you could conveniently pay for the parking using instant money transfer by use of the Norwegian >>>

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Hiking to Mount Grisetskolten with my Son

Date:
16.05.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:05h
Distance:
7.7km

Mount Grisetskolten [1068 m.a.m.s.l.] is a mountain in the municipality of Rauma, in the county of Møre & Romsdal on the west coast of Norway. I have previously visited a number of mountains in this area, but not Mount Grisetskolten. My son, however, had visited it once before; and so on this Sunday, he offered to take me there. Video #1: Waterfall of the Tverråa River. We went by car to the fjord called Innfjorden, and drove up the mountain side along a narrow forest road, that took us up to a little parking lot above a farm called Griset, after which Mount Grisetskolten has actually been named. We started trekking almost immediately after we arrived there. The trail was well marked and the first part of it was also readily visible. The trail took us through forest, mainly birch forest, >>>

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Hiking to Mount Hornelen with my Son

Date:
09.05.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
5:32h
Distance:
13.4km

On this day, my son and I were driving from Ålesund to Bergen, on the west coast of Norway, and so we had discussed in advance of our journey, to have a break from driving, and ascend some mountain while on our way to Bergen; and our choice fell on Mount Hornelen in the municipality of Bremanger, as we had been told that it is the highest ocean cliff in Europe, and that it could be a little bit challenging to ascend. We drove along county road 61 south to the little coastal town of Måløy (image #1), from where we crossed over to the island of Bremanger by ferry (images ## 1 & 2). We disembarked the ferry at the Oldeide ferry quai, and drove to a parking lot at a spot called Hornskor (image #3), where we parked our car, and started our trek. The very first part of the trail had been nicely >>>

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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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