Urheim (06.05.2020)

Urheim

An evening hike with the goal of visiting the ruins of Urheim. Again I had been studying aerial photos to locate the cabin, but this time the newer better resolution photos from 2016 were used, as the cabin was a ruin even on the oldest photos from 1951 and thus hardly visible. The ruins were therefore easily located, although the terrain from the trail to the ruins was more cumbersome than expected due to lots of low bushes and unstable footing.

I think it is safe to say that the location of the cabin very much fits its name. And for once it was straightforward to verify that I was at the correct ruins, as the name of the cabin was chiseled into one of the larger rocks next to the door opening. If only more of these old ruins could be marked this way it would make the job of locating them much easier.

Given that my route to the cabin had not been an immediate success with regards to the terrain, I tried a different route on the return, this time first going down to Tarlebøvatnet before heading west to the trail. This was not much better though, and I probably would have been better off just returning the same way. On the way home I also passed by Ulriken and Ørneberget.

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

© Harald Barsnes

Start date	06.05.2020 17:55 (UTC+01:00 DST)
End date	06.05.2020 21:33 (UTC+01:00 DST)
Total Time	3h 37min
Moving Time	3h 23min
Stopped Time	0h 14min
Overall Average	4.0km/h
Moving Average	4.3km/h
Distance	14.6km
Vertical meters	805m