Bremnestinden (12.07.2019)  3


Startsted Vassstrand (5moh)
Sluttsted Bremnestinden (786moh)
Turtype Fjelltur
Turlengde 3t 45min
Distanse 9,1km
Høydemeter 809m
GPS
Bestigninger Bremnestinden (786moh) 12.07.2019
Stortuva (296moh) 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.

A very misleading trail to start with
A very misleading trail to start with
First sights on the summit to the far left
First sights on the summit to the far left
Bush bashing...
Bush bashing...
One of the more unpleasant gullies heading up to the summit
One of the more unpleasant gullies heading up to the summit
Looking back
Looking back
Closing in on the summit
Closing in on the summit

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.

Sessøya looking beautiful :)
Sessøya looking beautiful :)
Null høydeskrekk fra Alex!
Null høydeskrekk fra Alex!
Summer in Tromsø at its best
Summer in Tromsø at its best
Heading back down to the right of Stortuva
Heading back down to the right of Stortuva
Swampy
Swampy

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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    Skrevet av uglefisk 12.07.2019 23:43

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