Rimstigfjellet via Rimstigen (26.08.2018)
Written by HHauser (Helwig Hauser)
| Start point | Parking near Bakka (5m) |
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| Endpoint | Parking near Bakka (5m) |
| Characteristic | Hillwalk |
| Duration | 6h 00min |
| Distance | 10.2km |
| Vertical meters | 1,374m |
| GPS |
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| Ascents | Rimstigfjellet (1,299m) | 26.08.2018 |
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| Sørvest for Rimstigfjellet (1,248m) | 26.08.2018 | |
| Visits of other PBEs | Skarsvotni (1,097m) | 26.08.2018 |
Trip Summary
We took road E16 to Gudvangen first, before continuing from there towards Bakka on the western side of Nærøyfjorden. Only a short bit after Bakka, we found a good way to park next to the road. We then hiked the impressive Rimstigen up---what a path up through this very steep terrain right next to the fjord?! Wow! At about 700mosl, the path flattens out (a bit), leading into a side valley, exending westwards (and away from the fjord). Up there, it is really very lovely! After walking for short along a not so steep path, the trail heads up Skarsbakkane (steep again), right next to a little stream (also called Tufteelvi up there?) with a nice waterfall quite high up on the mountain side! At about 1100mosl, one gets over "the second step" in this hike, meeting Skarsvotni right there. In 2012, we had to stop at this point due to lots of snow, making it impossible to continue further. This time, however, we were more lucky with the conditions, and proceeded further on the eastern side of Skarsvotni (after carefully crossing the stream), heading first further north, i.e., into the back of the valley. More or less at the end of the lake, we then turned right (mostly without any path from there) and eastwards and ascended to the saddle, which is not far from the lake. Up there, including a quick visit to the rather not so prominent mountain right about Rimstigen (to the south of the saddle), we continued towards Rimstigfjellet. Earlier, we had speculated that we possibly could make it to Breiskrednosi, also, enjoying some famous views from there, but on Rimstigfjellet, after thinking about the overall situation, we decided to "call it a day" and return back to the car, instead, following more or less the same path down that we had taken up. All in all, Rimstigen is always worth a hike---what an amazing place and wonderful views indeed!
Photos
Selected photos are available as Google photo album.
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