OK start to the week. Then came the rain…
Peaks visited:
| Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP |
| Rjåhornet | 598m | 105m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP |
| Høgkubben | 450m | 62m | Ålesund, Norway | WCP |
| Point 356m | 356m | 17m | Ålesund, Norway | WCP |
| Leirvågfjellet | 254m | 231m | Sula, Norway | WCP |
| Lidaveten | 592m | 439m | Volda, Norway | WCP |
| Breidfjellet | 424m | 56m | Ulstein, Norway | |
| Skeidshornet | 311m | 13m | Ulstein, Norway |
Rjåhornet (600m), Oct 29 2018
Monday: Today I had a specific task; go up to Rjåhornet and call in numbers from the visitor’s register. Some lucky hiker would win a nice price in the lottery.
I chose the route from Leikong for this hike. It was a pretty nice day with some fresh snow left.
Starting the week with a 600m mountain is always a bonus. That’s what’s considered as a “high top” in my local area.
And I always enjoy reaching the top of Rjåhornet. Which is definitely in the category “my mountains“. I’ll never get bored from the views.
Calling Elin (in the local trail group) and find random entries in the visitor’s register was quite a task. It was a cold, cold wind on top and my fingers went so numb that I had problems with almost everything I was supposed to do. It was really, really nice to put my hands in my pocket once the job was done, and head back down…
Trip statistics: 6km, 600 vertical meters, 1,5 hours
Pictures from the hike:
Høgkubben (450m), Point 356m, Oct 30 2018
Tuesday: Ålesund day, and after work I drove to Blindheim to hike Høgkubben. On my way up the forest, I noticed a path that I hadn’t seen before, and decided to follow it.
This path ran further north than my usual round-trip route, and eventually, it joined the route from Turheisa. I quickly decided that the route would become one of my favorites on this mountain.
Reaching the top was nice, as always!
On my way down one of the normal routes, I decided make a detour to the 356m forest hill southeast of Høgkubben. I’ve done many, many walks on this mountain, but I still hadn’t been to this top.
I followed a path up a valley until I had point 356m to my right. Then we (Karma and I) went off-trail up to the top. It always feels nice being in a new place!
If I had continued east, I would have ended up by lake Røssevollsvatnet, which would have made a very nice round trip, if there is a path that would take me back to the trailhead. As I don’t know of such a path, I didn’t go there. Walking all the way back along car roads wasn’t very tempting. So, we headed back to the Høgkubben trail and returned to our starting point at Blindheim.
Trip statistics: 7,2km, 510 vertical meters, 1,5 hours
Pictures from the hike:
Leirvågfjellet (254m) , Oct 31 2018
Wednesday: Ålesund for the second day in a row. The weather was NOT great, and I found no inspiration for hiking. But, I had to walk the dog and drove to Solavågen to walk across Leirvågfjellet. No big effort required…
I have a fixed round trip route on this mountain; up from the soccer field and down the southeast ridge.
When I returned to the car, I had no real sensation of hiking, but was happy that the dog could stretch out a little, after many hours in the car…
Trip statistics: 2,4km, 230 vertical meters, 36 minutes
Pictures from the hike:
Lidaveten (592m), Nov 1 2018
Thursday: After work, I drove to Berkneset to hike Lidaveten – along my new and favorite route.
When I got to Berkneset, I decided to push hard up the mountain. Which meant to jog a little, walk a little, on repeat.
Time spent up the ~600 vertical meter slope was 31m:48s. Which was not awful, given my current (bad) shape and form. In my head, I figured I would be good for 25 minutes, but that will probably never, ever happen.
Anyway, it’s always nice to be back on this mountain!
Trip statistics: 4,8km, 610 vertical meters, 1h:10m
Pictures from the hike:
Breidfjellet (424m), Nov 2 2018
Friday: How do you find inspiration for going hiking on a Friday afternoon, after a hard week of work, and on top of it all – it’s raining?
Well, it’s hard. But once you’re through the front door, it gets easier.
Today, I drove to Ulsteinvik to explore new paths. I went up to Bugardsmyrane and parked there. First, I would just hike up Morderbakken (Killer hill) and then decide what to do next.
On top of the hill, I noticed that the gravel road across Vikeskaret had been completed. Hence, I decided to follow it and later figure out how I could return to Bugardsmyrane. The road hadn’t “set” properly. It was boggy, but OK.
At Vikeskaret, we went off-trail and hiked up to Breidfjellet. It’s been many years since I went up there the last time. Reaching the top didn’t cause any particular sensation, but at least we had been to some kind of a top…
Afterwards, we continued down the gravel road in the direction of the waterworks building, but switched to a path marked “Bugarden“. Close enough to “Bugardsmyrane”…
The first part of the path was wet and boggy, but when we got down to the uppermost houses in Ulsteinvik, I discovered that there was a path running alongside them. And that path was just nice!
Before returning to the car, we stopped by Osberget…
Trip statistics: 7,9km, 430 vertical meters, 1h:35m
Pictures from the hike:
Skeidshornet (311m), Nov 3 2018
Saturday: Another rainy day. I returned to Ulsteinvik to explore further routes that I either hadn’t done before or didn’t remember.
Once again, I parked at Bugardsmyrane, and then followed the tractor road up to Nibben.
Then I followed the path towards lake Lisjevatnet upwards. After a while I decided that I didn’t want to go to Lisjevatnet, left the path and headed towards Skeidshornet.
And once again, I headed up the new trail/road crossing Vikeskaret.
I followed this trail/road (not sure what to call it) down to the waterworks building and followed a path that I’m pretty sure I’ve hike 10-some years ago. Eventually, I got on the same path as the day before and returned to Bugardsmyrane.
Trip statistics: 8,8km, 350m vertical meters, 1h:36m
Pictures from the hike:
Across Otrøya, Nov 4 2018
See separate trip report…