Bremnestinden (12.07.2019)
Written by Skippy (Innika De Rosa)
| Start point | Vassstrand (5m) |
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| Endpoint | Bremnestinden (786m) |
| Characteristic | Hillwalk |
| Duration | 3h 45min |
| Distance | 9.1km |
| Vertical meters | 809m |
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| Ascents | Bremnestinden (786m) | 12.07.2019 |
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| Stortuva (296m) | 12.07.2019 |
We drove to the end of the road at Vassstrand and followed a decent path up through the forrest. 10 minutes later, once we got our sights on the summit, the path disapeared and we headed along the right side of Stortuva and the lake. Here we got to enjoy half an hour of shoe-swallowing swamp before we ended up battling our way through a heap of shrubs, bushes & trees. Once we came up to the small lake on the side of Stortuva, the terrain became more of the regular mix of rocks covered in blueberry & cloudberry bushes, and from here we gained elevation quickly to reach the summit. We continued up the grass renna gradually traversing to the left, but looking back we probably should have taken the ridge like hmsv1 (Hannah Vickers) did in her last report.
Excellent views down Ersfjorden, out to Håja, Sessøya and other small islands on this side of Kvaløya we don't often see. Once we reached the summit we had a really long lunch break relaxing in the sunshine and taking in the views. 45 minutes later our tolerance of the flies started to wear off and we started hiking back down the ridge. We decided to stay on the right hand side of Stortuva instead of heading back up to the lake. Although we ended up almost losing our shoes as they got swallowed by some serious swampy sections, we eliminated clambering through bushes and trees and found something that somewhat resembled a path. I think we should have ascended the same route we descended.
This would be a truly wonderful hike if there was anyone willing to put down some planks to help out with the several km's of swamp land. Trudging through this kind of terrain is definitely not something I enjoy doing so often! Takk for turen Alex & uglefisk (Paal Andre Lund)
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Written by uglefisk 12.07.2019 23:43#lordoftheflies