Storsteinnestinden

Date:

12.07.2013

Characteristic:

Hillwalk

Duration:

6:00h

Distance:

8.0km

© Hannah Vickers Storsteinnestinden har stått altfor lenge på min fjellønskeliste. Det er ikke på grunn av sin høyde eller bratthet. Hovedsakelig er det fordi jeg går forbi dette fjellet hver eneste dag når jeg må på jobb og sin topp begynte å friste meg for lenge siden. Jeg syns at fjellet ser veldig majestisk ut, og turen som går rundt alle av sine tinder er kjent som ’Soria Moria rundt’. Jeg tror at fjellet er ganske populært som for vinterskiturer, men for uerfarne skikjørere er det kanskje et fjell som er best besteget om sommeren. Slik er saken for meg. Turen til Storsteinnestinden beskrives i turboka mi, og jeg har lest flere ganger om turen de siste par månedene. Med informasjonen som skrives i boka følte jeg meg meget bekymret for turen, siden det høres litt skremmende ut i beskrivelsen. >>>

Varden

Date:

06.07.2013

Kongstindan

Date:

03.07.2013

Characteristic:

Walk

Duration:

2:30h

Distance:

4.0km

© Hannah Vickers Woke up to an overcast and foggy sky after sleeping very comfortably in the Svolvær youth hostel for one night (camping in Kalle had proved to be less fun than I had expected). The rest of the gang had more or less decided to try a round trip from Kongstindan, Lova and the peaks west of Lova. I was undecided about whether to join them or keep Ilona company while she continued hobbling around on trips around town. In the end Ilona and I tried to catch a ferry to Skrova but found out that it would mean having to wait for about 3 hours at the ferry quay. So instead of doing that, I parted ways with Ilona and decided to go for an afternoon walk to Kongstindan. In truth I would have much rather headed out toards Vestgavøya and gone on a long trip, but since we had arranged with the guys to meet >>>

Rundfjellet

Date:

01.07.2013

Characteristic:

Hillwalk

Duration:

4:00h

Distance:

7.5km

© Hannah Vickers Ended up taking a solotur to Rundfjellet today after Ilona injured her knee on Haveren the day before. Drove to Storvassbotn and parked up at the side of the road, slapped on some expedition-strength insect repellent and got some tunes going on my mp3 player. Then I felt more or less ready to tackle the mean-looking forest in front of me. I was actually very pleasantly surprised by the good-quality footpath all the way up through the forest which made the experience a whole lot easier and enjoyable despite the many drops of sweat which were pouring off my forehead. It was around 11.30 and already 21 degrees when I started the hike up, so it was not a huge surprise that I was feeling so warm! The route followed first the ridge over Kvannfjellet, passing some lakes to the right. The views were >>>

Festvågtinden

Date:

01.07.2013

Characteristic:

Hillwalk

Duration:

2:00h

Distance:

2.5km

© Hannah Vickers Since the weather had been so gorgeous and I had only been on a relatively short trip up Rundfjellet , it seemed appropriate to make the most of the remaining sunshine (there was forecasted rain for most of the next day) and take a small kveldstur after having dinner in Henningsvær with Ilona and Jan Fredrik. Festvågtind was recommended by both of them, so I parked at the roadside just after the Engøysundet bridge at around 8pm and started the walk up in 20-degree warm air. At least it was not as hot as it could have been since this side of the hill was in shade now. It was quite a direct route straight up the valley, first through some forest and after a while the path went up towards the ridge amongst some giant rock boulders. There were great views below me towards Henningsvær, and got better and >>>

Haveren

Date:

30.06.2013

Glomtinden

Date:

29.06.2013

Characteristic:

Walk

Duration:

2:00h

Distance:

5.0km

© Hannah Vickers After almost 7 hours of driving from Tromsø to Kalle with Ilona, I was feeling a bit stiff in my legs and had not really thought much about taking a long evening hike. However, we were greeted at the campsite by swarms of mosquitoes and within minutes of putting up our tents we had already dived inside to take shelter from the mygg-attack. So then we had the option of either hiding in our tents for the rest of the beautiful evening or going out for a trip and hoping there would not be any mosquitoes there for company. We took the latter option. Jan Fredrik had recommended the trip up Glomtinden since it was only a short walk and not very high, and the path was good all the way up. We drove about 10 minutes from Kalle to a parking space by the side of the road towards Rørvik, just after a small >>>

Styrmannen

Date:

27.06.2013

Characteristic:

Hillwalk

Distance:

10.0km

© Hannah Vickers It had been a looooong week without any trips and only sitting in front of a computer and staring out of the window at the rainy weather. So today was a not-to-miss opportunity for an evening trip after work since the weather was finally going to be nice for the whole day. Elise and her friend Mari were joining too which was nice, especially since we had not met up since the trip to Djeveltanna at least a month ago. Neither of them could think of a mountain they particularly wanted to visit, so I suggested Styrmannen. It is one of the mountains easily accessible from Vasstrand, and located on the southern side of Ersfjorden so we expected some fantastic views from the top. It was warm though, almost 20 degrees and even before we had started the trip we were already being head-hunted by flies. Fortunately >>>

Fløya og Sommarøy

Date:

19.06.2013

Characteristic:

Walk

© Hannah Vickers Siste dag med Debbie på besøk. Siden vi sov sent natta før og var fremdeles trøtt, tok vi bare en liten tur til Fløya om morgenen. Hadde faktisk tenkt på å bruke fjellheisen for å komme oss opp på fjellet, men vi fant ut at det ikke var mulig å betale for billetter med kreditkort i dag pga maskinfeil. Tror nå at det var heldig at vi ikke brukte heisen og utnyttet det finværet med å gå på beina. Nydelig utsikt mot Tromsøya og Kavløya. Brukte Ti-på-Topp sti som begynte fra Fjellheisen parkeringsplass og fulgte den hele veien opp til toppen av Fløya. Siden det tok bare en time, gikk vi videre mot Bønntuva. Må innrømme at denne turen ikke er spesielt spennende (etter min mening) og siden Debbie var trøtt etter å ha ikke sovet godt om natta, gikk vi ikke lenger forbi Bønntuva. >>>

Varden

Date:

16.06.2013