A hiking week way above the normal…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 23.08.21 | Vardaheii | 900m | 69m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 24.08.21 | Høgehaug | 546m | 63m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 24.08.21 | Kleppahaugen (Eggjahaugane) | 552m | 36m | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 25.08.21 | Oksli | 1286m | 46m | Sogndal, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 26.08.21 | Gråbrørne, Nordre | 716m | 78m | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 26.08.21 | Gråbrørne, Søre | 739m | 136m | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 27.08.21 | Blåfjellet | 1401m | 151m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 28.08.21 | Storehaugfjellet | 1173m | 990m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 29.08.21 | Stardalsfjellet | 1589m | 139m | Lærdal, Norway | FP | MAP |
Vardaheii (900m), Aug 23 2021
Monday: Round-trip hike from Dalåker and along the forest path to Vardaheii. From the top, we followed a path down to Hungerhaug and made it back to Dalåker via forest roads and some off-trail. A very fun hike!
Trip statistics: 7,9km, 515 vertical meters, 1h:50m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Høgehaug (546m), Kleppahaugen (552m), Aug 24 2021
Tuesday: Today, we took a trip to Leikanger and to the popular Kleppa trailhead. It was a grey day with light rain and anything higher than this wasn’t inspirational.
We had a good walk across Høgehaug and then we headed over to Kleppahaugen, which I hadn’t been to before. On the way back, we also visited “Dagsturhytta” in the former Leikanger municipality.
Trip statistics: 5km, 290 vertical meters, 1h:21m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Oksli (1286m), Aug 25 2021
Wednesday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Gråbrørne (716m, 739m), Aug 26 2021
Thursday: I took the dog and my bike and sat course for the Kaupanger forest. It had been a while since I visited the northern (716m) and southern (739m) Gråbrørne tops.
I biked all the way to Svartahol where I left the bike and then we headed off-trail up to the north top. We had a great view from here!
We hiked for the most off-trail over to the south top, where we picked up a vague path leading to the top.
We followed the Kyndilstjørni path down from the south top, until it was time to go off-trail and return to the bike.
Trip statistics: 5,9km on bike, 3,7km on foot, 600 vertical meters, 2h:03m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Blåfjellet (1401m), Aug 27 2021
Friday: Since I was on such a “roll”, why not go for a 1400m peak on a Friday afternoon, and still be back for dinner? Fair enough, the trailhead is at 600m elevation, but it’s still an effort.
We headed out from Rindabotn, followed the Høgehaug trail for a while before going off-trail towards Storakupa. This is terrain I visit seldom, as I’m mostly skiing here, and Storakupa is avalanche terrain.
We returned via Kambafjellet and Kambagrovi. Man, it takes MUCH less time to ski down to Kambafjellet than to hike! In any case we were back in good time before dinner!
Trip statistics: 9,2km, 820 vertical meters, 2h:20m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 8) from the hike:
Storehaugfjellet (1173m), Aug 28 2021
Saturday: Today, I decided to try the “fast route” to Storehaugfjellet – up along the power lines.
In the beginning, there was a visible path, but as the terrain got steeper the path faded. It was still fairly easy to hike in the forest, and once above it – very enjoyable!
This route was only 2,7km and it took us 1h:09m to climb the 700 vertical meters.
For descent, we hiked off-trail down the southwest ridge until we met the mountain road at 840m elev. At 720m, we left the mountain road and hiked via Skogasete. A fun round-trip!
Trip statistics: 8,5km, 700 vertical meters, 2h:30m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 8) from the hike:
Stardalsfjellet (1589m), Aug 29 2021
This hike is featured on a separate post…
