Officially too hot to go hiking! innerdal (Inger Lise Innerdal) & I had originally planned to take Skjeggen together, but with the 30+ degrees we decided the less elevation the better. We walked along the beach and looked for a trail leading up the mountain, but after 500m with no luck we headed back to the parking and tried our luck towards the stone scree below a steep gully. Here we saw some old white (once red, now very old) brøytestikker marking the trail and headed up over the stone scree and into a steep, vegetated gully. Very, very effective elevation gain and walking up here was like walking in an oven and we had to stop every 50meters to avoid passing out. Soon we came out of the gully, the trail flattened out and the terrain became much more pleasant. From here it was just to enjoy the great views and try not to focus on the sweat pouring off us that probably could have filled a swimming pool or three. Seriously wonderful views for minimal elevation and effort! The trip down was thankfully quick thanks to the steep terrain and we spent a long time swimming on the beach afterwards. Takk for kjempehyggelig selskap innerdal (Inger Lise Innerdal)!
Mountain seen from the parking lot. We headed straight for the big stone scree in the middle of the mountain, up the gully and then the trail snaked around to the right
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