Back to afternoon hikes and business as usual…
Peaks visited:
| Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP |
| Hasundhornet | 533m | 93m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP |
| Garnestua | 653m | 415m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP |
| Rjåhornet | 598m | 105m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP |
| Vardehornet | 1009m | 99m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP |
| Nuken | 919m | 126m | Sogndal, Norway | |
| Storehaugfjellet | 1173m | 990m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP |
Hasundhornet (533m), July 30 2018
Monday: First on the agenda was to get Karma to the Vet. The ugly hot spot was cleaned and we agreed to not put her on antibiotics. OK, so the healing process would take longer, but at least we did our part in trying to avoid resistance. She got pain killers, though. Not that she seemed to be in pain. It was like the wound itself didn’t affect her at all.
The Vet told me to go easy on her, with respect to hiking. So we drove up to Fjelle and I let her walk up the gentle slope up to Hasundhornet. She seemed very happy, so we took a slightly longer route back down.
I seem to have wiped out the pictures (I presume I took some), so all I have left is the track…
Trip statistics: 5,4km, 250 vertical meters, 1h:10m
Garnestua (653m), July 31 2018
Tuesday: Karma seemed like her usual self, so I figured that a moderate increase from the day before, in terms of vertical meters would be OK.
We took the normal route up from Løset and halfway up, it began to rain. Hard! Karma’s wound was protected by bandage compress, so she was OK. In my hiking log, it says: “a hike I could easily have skipped“. So memorable, it was not…
I seem to have wiped out the pictures (I presume I took some), so all I have left is the track…
Trip statistics: 5,1km, 450 vertical meters, 1h:05m
Vardehornet (1009m), Aug 1 2018
Wednesday: Everything seemed to be on a rising curve. First, Karma’s wound and secondly, the weather. Among other things. I reckoned a longer hike wouldn’t do Karma any harm and decided to visit Vardehornet – a top on Saudehornet’s horseshoe ridge to the south.
I decided to follow the mountain service road to its end, continue up the bowl and then up to the ridge between Vardehornet and the western peak on Saudehornet.
Vardehornet’s primary factor is officially 99m – one meter short of entering the list of real Norwegian peaks. It would be fun to have it upgraded, so when I reached the saddle that defines the primary factor, I decided to make as thorough GPS reading as I could. Eventually, I landed on 907m. That would not necessarily be accurate, but relative to the reading on top, it would be of interest.
We continued up to the summit where the GPS refused to climb above 1003m. The official height is 1009m. The 99m comes from 1009m minus interpolated saddle height of 910m. I could ramble on, but this is way too nerdy. In any case, I won’t be promoting an upgrade of this top.
Whether the primary factor is 99 or 100m, the views are equally nice. It’s of course even better views from Saudehornet, but a view *towards* Saudehornet isn’t bad either.
We continued towards Nivane and had a nice view back to Vardehornet (foreground) and Saudehornet.
From Nivane, I looked down on Heidskredhornet and Lågehornet – neither very prominent tops. I made a mental note to come back and visit them. I’d like to have been on all named tops in my local region.
We took the normal route from Nivane down and enjoyed a nice view towards Ørsta along the way.
These days, Karma was upgraded to the driver’s cabin. I didn’t want her biting off the bandage compress. She seemed to enjoy 1st class…
Trip statistics: 7,9km, 925 vertical meters, 2h:22m
Pictures from the hike:
Rjåhornet (598m), Aug 2 2018
Thursday: Training day. Jogged/walked up to my local top Rjåhornet, from Djupvika. Nothing exciting to tell…
Trip statistics: 6,2km, 570 vertical meters, 1h:30m
Pictures from the hike:
Nuken (919m), Aug 4 2018
Saturday: Back in Sogndal with my girlfriend Anne. It was a rainy day and we decided to hike the local peak Nuken, from Åsen.
We hadn’t walked for very long before it started to rain and we moved into the fog, but the spirit was good!
We had high hopes that the weather would improve along the way, and we felt there something going on as we approached the top.
We didn’t get sunshine on top, but at least it wasn’t raining anymore.
On our way down, it really started to clear up, and I suggested a different route down – via Uglåsen. I *love* round trip hikes, and especially places I haven’t been to before. Uglåsen was such a place.
It didn’t take long before we could put the rain jackets in the backpack…
Uglåsen was a nice place. Green grass, sheep, old buildings, nice view and nice weather.
From Uglåsen, we followed a forest path which led us down to the road towards Åsen. Being a gentleman, I said to the girls they could sit and wait while I hurried up to Åsen to get the car.
Afterwards, we went to cafe in Sogndal.
Trip statistics: 8,4km, 400 vertical meters, 2h:43m
Pictures from the hike:
Storehaugfjellet (1173m), Aug 5 2018
Sunday: I felt for a hike to Storehaugfjellet, but Anne didn’t feel up to coming along. So I brought Karma along and drove up the airport road and parked by the sharp left-hand curve and followed the trail towards Hasleggi, then turned west and up the forest.
The hike up the ridge is always nice, with view towards Kjørnes and Sogndal.
As we approached Storehaugen, I could see that we would get fog on Storehaugfjellet. Well, Karma could probably too, but there’s no way of telling what she’s thinking about.
I am definitely not a stranger to fog on top of Storehaugfjellet, although this would only be my 10th visit.
The weather was NOT nice above 1000m, so I (hence, we) decided to run down from the mountain and back on the ridge, the weather was just OK again.
Upon descent, we took the path to Bjørkestølen, but then instead of going down to the airport road, I decided to follow a path I had never hiked before. This path brought us back onto the ridge trail, west of Hasleggi. Altogether a nice hike!
Trip statistics: 14,1km, 860 vertical meters, 3h:05m
Pictures from the hike:
