Visiting Mount Lauparen and Mount Grytavasstinden (10.07.2016)

Written by Solan (Atle Solholm) GSM

Start point Grytalisætra (390m)
Endpoint Grytalisætra (390m)
Characteristic Alpine trip
Duration 9h 00min
Distance 19.5km
Vertical meters 2,755m
GPS
Ascents Grytavasstinden (1,328m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Lauparen (1,434m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Sunnmørslauparen (1,254m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Sunnmørslauparen Ø (1,256m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Svartvassegga (1,217m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Grytavasstinden Vesttoppen (1,310m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Visits of other PBEs Grytalisetra P-plass (390m) 10.07.2016 11:37
Image: #1: Lake Lauparvatnet at 943 m.a.m.s.l. Image #2: The GPS track of my hike. Image #3: Lake Grytavatnet as seen from the ridge called Sunnmørslauparleggen [i.e. the west ridge of Mount Lauparen]. Mount Grytavasstinden is seen in the background. Image #4: On the knoll called Sunnmørslauparen. Image #5: The fjord called Tresfjorden with its farmland as seen from Sunnmørslauparleggen. Image #6: Mount Lauparen as seen from the west ridge [i.e. from Sunnmørslauparleggen]. Image #7: On top of Mount Lauparen. Image #8: View from Mount Grytavasstinden towards the east. Image #9: Mount Lauparen as seen from Mount Grytavasstinden.
Image: #1: Lake Lauparvatnet at 943 m.a.m.s.l. Image #2: The GPS track of my hike. Image #3: Lake Grytavatnet as seen from the ridge called Sunnmørslauparleggen [i.e. the west ridge of Mount Lauparen]. Mount Grytavasstinden is seen in the background. Image #4: On the knoll called Sunnmørslauparen. Image #5: The fjord called Tresfjorden with its farmland as seen from Sunnmørslauparleggen. Image #6: Mount Lauparen as seen from the west ridge [i.e. from Sunnmørslauparleggen]. Image #7: On top of Mount Lauparen. Image #8: View from Mount Grytavasstinden towards the east. Image #9: Mount Lauparen as seen from Mount Grytavasstinden.

On this day I climbed up to the summits of Mount Lauparen and Mount Grytavasstinden. I started out from the parking lot at Grytalisetra (see map), and followed the regular trail for climbing these mountains for about 1,5 km, and then I took left towards the foot of Mount Sunnmørslauparen, which isn't actually a real mountain by itself, but rather a huge westward going ridge on Mount Lauparen. I climbed up the mountain side and at about 950 m.a.m.s.l., I reached a plateau on which a lake called Lake Lauparvatnet is located. From the Lake I continued up a huge mountain ridge to a new plateau, where you actually find the spot that is called Sunnmørslauparen [1254 m.a.m.s.l.] here on Peakbook. From there i continued up another mountain ridge towards the summit of Lauparen. This ridge got steeper and steeper as I was climbing, and the climb was pretty exposed in the upper part. Nevertheless, I got safely up to the summit of Lauparen, which is located at 1434 m.a.m.s.l.

On my way down from Lauparen, I met two cousins of mine; it’s always nice to meet relatives when you’re mountain hiking. Well down on the mountain ridge called “Svartvasseggen”, i.e. the ridge connecting Mount Lauparen to Mount Grytavasstinden, I realized I still had some energy within; and so I decided even to summit Mount Grytavasstinden (1328 m.a.m.s.l.). And so I continued up the ridge of Svartevasseggen till it ends in the mountain side of Mount Grytavasstinden, and then I followed the west ridge of Mount Grytavasstinden to the summit. This west ridge is a bit spicky, and there is especially one challenging spot that you have to traverse. After visiting the summit of the mountain, I descended along what is considered to be the regular route back down to the ridge of Svartevasseggen. This route is considered a bit easier, but definitely also a bit longer. The main problem with this route is that you walk for a prolonged time with the slope of the mountain in the same direction, and so your ankles get tired of being forced to remain oblique in the same direction for this entire part of the trek. Back down on Svartevasseggen Ridge, however, it was just to use the regular route along Lage Grytavatnet back down to the parking lot where I had the vehicle waiting.

Image #10: Towards the end of this hike, my mobile phone device, which I was using to track the trip, ran out of power, and so my gps track ends at Svartevassegga Mountain Ridge, i.e. the mountain ridge between Mount Grytavasstinden and Mount Lauparen. Image #11: I had, however, even visited this mountain ridge [ie. Svartevassegga] along with 3 of my children about two weeks earlier [i.e. on June 25th], and so in order to be able to publish a complete gpx file here on Peakbook, I have competed the gpx file from July 10th with the trekpoints of our descent on June 25th (see the ordinary Peakbook map). That gpx file therefore includes trekpoints from two different days. [I haven't published our hike from June 25th here on Peakbook, however, as we failed to summit any peaks on that day, in part due to bad weather, and in part due to poor planning.
Image #10: Towards the end of this hike, my mobile phone device, which I was using to track the trip, ran out of power, and so my gps track ends at Svartevassegga Mountain Ridge, i.e. the mountain ridge between Mount Grytavasstinden and Mount Lauparen. Image #11: I had, however, even visited this mountain ridge [ie. Svartevassegga] along with 3 of my children about two weeks earlier [i.e. on June 25th], and so in order to be able to publish a complete gpx file here on Peakbook, I have competed the gpx file from July 10th with the trekpoints of our descent on June 25th (see the ordinary Peakbook map). That gpx file therefore includes trekpoints from two different days. [I haven't published our hike from June 25th here on Peakbook, however, as we failed to summit any peaks on that day, in part due to bad weather, and in part due to poor planning.

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