Hesteggi, Oct 3 2016

Another gorgeous afternoon

Peaks visited:

Peak Height PF Municipality Location
Hesteggi 907m 149 Sogndal GPX
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Hesteggi offers a nice view towards Sogndal

Hesteggi (horse ridge) is a very popular mountain, rising 907m above the city of Sogndal. There is a marked route starting at Tjødnali above Kjørnes and it runs 4km up the forest – to the top of Hesteggi – just above the tree line.

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The route from Tjødnali to Hesteggi

This was an absolutely gorgeous afternoon, and we (Anne and I) wanted to pay Hesteggi a visit. Soon after heading out from Tjødnali, Anne decided to see how fast she could walk the 760 vertical meters to the top. Would she make it within the hour? I stayed behind and provided a motivational speech when needed…

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On the way to Hesteggi, in a quick pace…

I was very impressed with Anne, who reached the top in 1 hour and 2 minutes. She has every chance of making it up in less than the hour if she puts her heart into it…

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Anne went “all in”, and it looks like Karma did too 😉

My personal record from 2015 is 44 minutes sharp, but I was of course running parts of the route. I now got tempted to run it again to see if I can do it better.

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View from Hesteggi

Pictures from the hike:

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