One more week with just a single highlight…
Peaks visited:
| Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP |
| Skeidshornet | 311m | 13m | Ulstein, Norway | |
| Hornseten | 190m | 152m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP |
| Myklebusthornet | 329m | 329m | Ålesund, Norway | WCP |
| Huldrehornet | 271m | 113m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP |
| Saudehornet | 1303m | 825m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP |
| Rambjøra | 132m | 109m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP |
| Rjåhornet | 600 | 107m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP |
Skeidshornet (311m), Sep 16 2019
Monday: And it just kept on raining!
But on a positive note, it was just rain showers. Which means that there is opportunity for some nice moments in-between. So, today I drove to Ulsteinvik to hike Osberget and Skeidshornet.
Already on the way down from Osberget, the first “nice moment” presented itself – a solid hail shower. In mid-September!
Once the hail shower passed, we were blessed with a double rainbow!
We had a nice hike up the forest and by the time we reached Skeidshornet, the weather was just very uneventful. Not at all what I came here to see.
But mother nature took my challenge straight on and sent a proper rain shower our way.
We took shelter behind the water building in Mørdarbakken, together with a pair from Croatia. Once the shower had passed, I got some nice shots.
And it was quite spectacular when it cleared up again…
Trip statistics: 5,2km, 310 vertical meters, 1h:20m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone8) from the hike:
Osnessanden, Ulsteinvik, Sep 17 2019
Tuesday: Taking Karma to the beach after work. This was the only running she got to do on this otherwise rainy day…
Pictures (Canon EOS RP):
Hornseten (189m), Sep 18 2019
Wednesday: The rain never seemed to end. I decided to walk the dog on Hornseten on Bergsøya island.
We were both quite wet when we reached the top.
Upon descent, we followed the nice gravel road across Heida. The “Gapahuk” is a nice place to get a break from the rain.
Fosnavåg was grey today…
Trip statistics: 4,4km, 300 vertical meters, 1h:4min
Myklebusthornet (329m), Sep 19 2019
Thursday: After work in Ålesund, I drove to Ellingsøya to walk across Myklebusthornet. I took this picture of a mushroom, as it was the only color I had seen all week…
I’ve done the hike from the Nes Stadion to Myklebusthornet a number of times, and I was eager to try out a new route.
But first, the usual summit picture and summit treat.
We continued eastbound and I noticed for the first time a path leading down to Volstad. This would mean 4km along the paved road back to Nes Stadion, but at least it was a walk I’ve not done before. It was just as boring as I had feared, but I was very happy about having done 2 hours and almost 10km in the rain!
Trip statistics: 9,5km, 400 vertical meters, 2 hours
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Huldrehornet (271m), Sep 20 2019
Friday: The week had been utterly miserable, in terms of hiking. If the rain continued into the weekend, then I would surely get a depression. We would just have to wait and see…
Friday had its occasional rain showers, but the weather wasn’t terrible when I left work. But I didn’t find any other inspiration than to hike across my very local mountain Huldrehornet. But it had been a while since I hiked via Dyrkyrkja, and I looked forward to get back up there.
I might have taken Karma up to the very top of Dyrkyrkja when she was a puppy, but not after she grew up. I could pull it off if she wore a harness, but she never has a harness when walking in the local mountains. So she was better off at the foot of the rock.
From Dyrkyrkja, I have a great view towards Myrvågtoppen – where I live.
We then continued across Lidafjellet and up to Huldrehornet. It’s really a nice forest for hiking, but the path needs maintenance in several places. So, we’ve got work cut for us over the coming years…
Trip statistics: 6,4km, 330 vertical meters, 1h:40m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone8) from the hike:
Saudehornet (1303m), Sep 21 2019
Saturday: Along with the weekend came the sunshine, and along with the past rain came the snow in the higher mountains. I drove to Ørsta without a particular target in mind, but fell completely for Saudehornet when it came into view.
I decided to hike from Vallabøen, and Karma immediately realized that she would have a tough hike ahead of her and submitted an official protest (by sitting down). Fortunately for me, she is a well behaved dog and after explaining that this would be an epic hike, she agreed to come along.
Not only was the weather great, it was hot too! Around 20 deg. C. when we left the trailhead. Not bad, given that we got a proper hail shower a few days earlier! I had to take the shirt off after a few minutes and wondered if I would reach the snowy top without a shirt. That would be the first time on this particular mountain.
The snow began at approx. 1000m elev. and it made the rocks slippery.
The snow was also deep in places and sneakers was not the best choice for this terrain. In the steepest part, I put Karma on a leash so that she would not kick loose any rocks. We had other hikers below us.
At 1200m it got a bit chilly and I had to put my shirt back on. It was still wet from sweating the first minutes of the hike.
And eventually, we reached the top!
The views from up here are SO awesome!
And an “endless” chain of peaks that I have either done or will do…
Eventually, it was time get off this mountain. Karma told me so.
We took it nice and easy down the steep part. This was not a place to get an injury…
This hike -almost- made the whole week. At least, I had forgotten about the many miserable rainy hikes for the past 2 weeks. It only takes one sunny day!
Trip statistics: 8km, 1260 vertical meters, 3,5 hours
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone8) from the hike:
Rambjøra (132m), Sep 22 2019
Sunday: There was a big project at work this weekend. Fortunately, I had only responsibilities on Sunday, which allowed me to hike Saudehornet on Saturday.
My working day started at 6am, and continued until 11:30am when I had the time to hike across my local mountain Rambjøra during the lunch break. The path begins at my house!
The weather was gorgeous, and the hiker in me felt great pain about not being in the higher mountains. But the professional worker in me also wanted to take part of the big project. So, it was OK. After all, I went up to Saudehornet the day before when many of my colleagues worked all day.
Karma and I took the usual round trip and descended to Dragsundflata. My 30min lunch break got extended to 45 minutes, but I didn’t miss anything important.
Trip statistics: 3,5km, 130 vertical meters, 45mins
Rjåhornet (600m), Sep 22 2019
Still Sunday: At 5:30pm, my 2nd part of the working day was over. I had to be back on in a couple of hours, and work into the late evening. But there was time for a short hike, and the choice fell on Rjåhornet.
I drove to Stemmedalen and hiked from there. The afternoon colors were beautiful and my local mountain Huldrehornet looked quite nice!
We kept a good pace up the mountain, but I never miss any views – and especially not on a day like this.
On top, Karma enjoyed her summit treat before we returned the same way.
And the view we are given on the way down is just superb!
Back home, I went straight to work again. It was altogether a strange day. I put in 15 hours of work, and hiked two tops (albeit one was pretty low). But the project turned out be a successful one and we all could make a BIG TICK on our task list…
Trip statistics: 5,9km, 600 vertical meters, 1h:19m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
