A cool hump…
Peaks visited:
| Peak | Height | PF | Location |
| Daurmålshornet | 890m | 60m | Ørsta, Norway |
Sunday; the first day of July and another gorgeous day. I knew one thing after driving to Honndalen both Friday and Saturday – I would NOT do a long drive today. So, I studied the map for interesting hikes in my local region and found Daurmålshornet – which is a hump on the Snøhornet mountain. But a hump with a primary factor of 60 meters is of interest, so the goal for the day was set…
There is a forest road passing on the north side of the mountain, and I hoped I could drive all the way to where I would begin the hike. As it turned out, I could not…
After a 1,4km hike, I came to the place where I had planned to park the car and begin the ascent. My idea was to follow the ridge on the west side of the river / creek. But then I met a guy who had spent the night up there in a tent, and he recommended that I stuck to the east side.
I thought that NO ONE (except peakbaggers) visited this mountain, and here I met a guy who had camped up there, before I had even started the real hike.
The hike up along the river wasn’t pleasant at all. Too much bush and when I came to the point where I had a canyon in front of me, it was tempting to go west. But I decided to stick to the advice, which meant to scramble up a really steep section to get above the canyon.
But once above, it seemed that I was on “easy street”…
The hike up to the top was now a “walk in the park” and when I came to lake Daurmålsvatnet, I could well understand why some would camp up here…
I also got a good understanding of where to go, in case I wanted to proceed to Snøhornet…
That was however out of the question today, fully enjoying this weird hump…
The view towards the Sunnmøre alps wasn’t half bad…
It was high time to cool off, but the water didn’t offer my kind of temperature. I was halfway under before I concluded that I didn’t need cooling off after all. Neither did Karma, until I threw a stick in the lake…
We followed our ascent route on the way down, and what do you know! I met two guys on their way up to fish! A totally “overcrowded” mountain.
I asked them if there was plenty of fish in the lake, and just as the words left my mouth, I realized that this was like asking a Lapp how many reindeer he/she owns. They shrugged their shoulders, like … “not really sure. Probably not much fish…” As we parted my naivety made me laugh…
Trip statistics: 7,5km, 770 vertical meters, 2h:50 mins
Pictures from the hike:
