Kremtur til Kvænan (24.04.2019)  6

Written by Skippy (Innika De Rosa)

Start point Kvænbukta (2m)
Endpoint Kvænan (963m)
Characteristic Randonnée/Telemark
Duration 3h 17min
Distance 7.1km
Vertical meters 963m
GPS
Ascents Kvænan vest (963m) 24.04.2019

Kvænen was on my list for this winter and with really nice weather forecast in the evening, we decided to give it a go. We set up camp about a 5 minute drive away, and drove to the start of the trail around 345pm. No other cars in sight made us pretty hopeful we would get this mountain all to ourselves as well. From here we put our skis on straight away and made a trail up through the trees, gaining elevation steadily & effectively.

First glimpses back towards the fjord
First glimpses back towards the fjord

The terrain was easy to read to choose a safe path up, though the large bowl to the right was filled with avalanches, and we saw some huge cornices break off and crash down into it as we were walking up. Soon after we started heading up, the sun came out, and the haze and wind disappeared. The elevation seemed to disappear quickly today and the views got better and better.

The summit in sights
The summit in sights
The summit in sights
The summit in sights
Paal closing in
Paal closing in

We left the skis just under the summit and walked the last meters by foot, and what a view! No wind whatsoever and everything bathed in the yellow light of the afternoon sun was totally magical.

Wow!
Wow!
From the point furthers to skiers right
From the point furthers to skiers right

After a really long break, some photos and some droning, we started to head down. Really nice skiing, nice spring snow and incredible surroundings. I followed the same path down, paal chose to traverse along towards some of the pointy peaks and take a steeper route down. GPS track is only for the way up, my watch got tired of waiting and ran out of battery while paal was droning.

For en dag! Tusen takk for turen paal, og som alltid så kan flottere bilder sees hos uglefisk (Paal Andre Lund).

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    Kvænan - reg. feil topp

    Written by knutsverre 09.08.2022 20:37

    Hei! GPS-sporet ditt viser at du ikke var på Kvænan Vest, men påKvænan 968 som ble definert som høyeste topp på Kvænan for et år siden! Kjekt å se området vinterstid!

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    Written by uglefisk 26.04.2019 11:10

    for en hæli tur :D

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