A good week…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 30.01.23 | Dragsund | – | – | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 31.01.23 | Osberget | 134m | 36m | Ulstein, Norway | – | MAP |
| 01.02.23 | Djupvikhaugen | 98m | 29m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 01.02.23 | Årvikveten | 458m | 205m | Sande, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 02.02.23 | Hestholmen | 40m | 40m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 02.02.23 | Roppehornet | 412m | 45m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.02.23 | Storehaugen | 177m | 17m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 03.02.23 | Blåtind | 697m | 697m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.02.23 | Åsefjellet | 141m | 83m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.02.23 | Hjørungneshornet | 185m | 157m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.02.23 | Helgehornet | 626m | 545m | Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.02.23 | Høgtua (Åsen) | 162m | 27 | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.02.23 | Indrehovdåsen (Høgåsen) | 187m | 66m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.02.23 | Ytrehovdåsen (Geitenakken) | 170m | 72m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Dragsund, Jan 30 2023
Monday: The story continued; I was having a really bad day but managed to give Karma a walk after work.
The weather was interesting. On our short walk, it varied from beautiful to pouring rain.
But I didn’t care. Karma got her walk, and I could jump into bed once home…
Trip statistics: 4,9km, 120 vertical meters, 1h:10m
Osberget (134m), Jan 31 2023
Tuesday: If I were to be positive, maybe I was feeling a tad better than the day before. In any case, I found the energy to drive to Ulsteinvik after work. The plan was just to get up to Osberget and take it from there.
We took the forest loop and then headed down to Skeide.
On our way back to Ulsteinvik, I decided to go down to the beach and give Karma an extra “treat” by visiting the sandy Osnessanden beach. She loves that beach.
Altogether an OK round-trip hike!
Trip statistics: 5,2km, 200 vertical meters, 1h:15m
Pictures (Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the walk:
Djupvikhaugen (98m), Feb 1 2023
Wednesday: When I woke up this morning, I didn’t feel like I had felt for the past 2 months. I was actually feeling OK! I was afraid to move in bed in case this was a “false positive” sensation.
But the good feeling continued and come lunch, I wanted to be out in the beautiful weather and took Karma for a walk across Djupvikhaugen.
Karma seemed a bit surprised. Either she thought this was the walk of the day and would be rightfully disappointed. Or – she realized that this was a bonus walk and would be pleasantly surprised. If that is emotions dog have. I don’t know…
Trip statistics: 1,9km, 100 vertical meters, 0h:28m
Pictures (Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the walk:
Årvikveten (458m), Feb 1 2023
This hike is featured on a separate post…
Hestholmen (40m), Feb 2 2023
Thursday: The nice weather continued, and I decided to take a slightly extended lunch break and go to Kjeldsund to walk the dog.
I like being there. The mix of mountains and sea is nice.
We took a walk up to the highest point on the island (off-trail) before returning home and back to work.
Trip statistics: 2,3km, 70 vertical meters, 0h:25m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the walk:
Roppehornet (412m), Feb 2 2023
Thursday: After work, I drove to Gåsneset outside Ulsteinvik to hike Roppehornet. This is a hike I enjoy, and especially after discovering an OK route down to Flø. The path along the sea back to Gåsneset is nice and very popular.
I also enjoy minimal amounts of snow along the coastline. If I want to go skiing, I can drive the same distance in the opposite direction. I like having the choice between hiking and skiing.
It is something special to hike next to the Norwegian sea.
Many coastal tops offer the same, nice sea view but Roppehornet is probably on my top-10 list…
Then it was time to head down to Flø.
There was more snow on the other side of Roppehornet, but we were still able to follow the path that I always lose track of when I reach a pole.
From that point, and down to the tractor road below, the terrain is cumbersome and not so fun. But this was the right season to do this hike, as cows rule this ground when the snow is gone. It’s no fun to bring Karma through a herd of cows…
Once down by the shore, we stopped by the sandy beach for some fun and some pictures.
Eventually – the 2,5km walk back to the car at Gåsneset.
Trip statistics: 6,9km, 435 vertical meters, 1h:54m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Storehaugen (177m), Feb 3 2023
Friday: Another lunch-hike and this time I went to Leikongeidet. All my lunch-hikes had been a 5-minute drive from my home. So, 20 mins for walking and 10 mins for driving, and I’d be back before anyone knew it. Which is just a phrase, as I’m mostly working from home anyway. But home office calls for even more discipline then actually going to work, and so it is important to be back on time.
Storehaugen is an insignificant hump that I discovered this morning. I don’t know how many times I’ve been hiking and skiing up here without being aware of this hump. But the hump has a name, and it was perfect for a lunch-hike.
The top required a short off-trail hike, but the rest of the hike was along the nice lit trail.
Trip statistics: 1,9km, 75 vertical meters, 0h:30m
Blåtind (697m), Feb 3 2023
Friday: Thinking I was all good after 2 months of illness, I didn’t really hold back this week. In the afternoon, I decided to hike Blåtind from Havåg.
It was an easy hike up the forest.
And the moon kept us company, which was nice…
As I was hiking in low terrain shoes, I was glad there wasn’t a whole lot of snow up here. That said, it was more than enough for my shoes, but my woolen socks kept me warm.
Below Grøthornet, I struggled a bit with icy snow and had to take a detour via Grøthornet to avoid a longer slide. I had spikes in my rucksack, but I just didn’t bother putting them on.
And then we were up…
It was a beautiful afternoon, and I just wanted to get the most out of this stunning weather window we had – remembering the awful months of January and February last year.
We took the same route down to the lower forest, where we took a different path back to the car.
Trip statistics: 8km, 700 vertical meters, 2h:25m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Åsefjellet (141m), Hjørungneshornet (185m),
Feb 4 2023
Saturday: Today was a very windy day and I felt no urge to go particularly high. It’s a good thing that my local area offers walks for all kinds of weather and today I decided to revisit Åsefjellet and Hornet by Hjørungavåg.
I was in the mood for a round-trip hike and parked the car by the local store in Hjørungavåg. After 1,7km along the main road towards Ulset, we headed for a meadow, hoping we could find a nice off-trail route up to Åsefjellet.
But the terrain wasn’t so pleasant, and so we had to find our way to the road to Engjaskaret.
The Åsefjellet path begins just behind the tunnel at Engjaskaret.
It was nice to be on the forest path. It was incredibly windy, even in the forest and I was glad I was down here, and not on Melshornet – where we experienced an inferno on top, 2 weeks earlier.
Along this path, my thoughts went back to 2016, where I came in 2nd place in the “Den Store Styrkeprøven” – a run from Eiksund to Hjørungavåg. 16,2km and 1260 vertical meters. I was in peak running shape then, and finished in 2h:17m:51s, solid behind the winner, but my time was better than last year’s winner.
I stopped running mountains in 2017 as my shape and form had an unexpected turn to the worse. It wasn’t until October 2022 where I considered picking up this activity again. I had one good week running local mountains and was even starting to think about ultra-runs.
But 1 month later (+) I got Covid, and have been riddled with inflammations since. Life sure has it ups and downs. In the greater perspective, I am still highly privileged, and has nothing to complain about when so many others struggle.
But at the same time, I am just a man, hoping to get well again. And by the looks of it, perhaps things were now going in the right direction?
After Åsefjellet, we continued towards Hjørungneshornet. I enjoyed myself and it wasn’t hard to see that Karma did too.
At Hornet, I had to decide the route back to the car. Like always, I was looking for routes that I hadn’t done before. Off-trail of course. I don’t think there are any paths on the Hareidlandet island that I haven’t hiked.
I decided to follow the path down to Hjørungneset and return to Hjørungavåg via the shore. That was nice.
The leg through the industrial area wasn’t that much fun, but eventually we reached the car and I was very happy about the hike.
Trip statistics: 11,6km, 435 vertical meters, 2h:254m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Helgehornet (626m), Hovdeåsane, Feb 5 2023
This trip is featured on a separate post…
Very nice picture of the 🌙 Moon.Keep an eye out at dusk for Jupiter and Venus which are moving towards a close conjunction in the western skies and the 1st of March is the closest.The daylight is rapidly growing here and you have to stay out later and later to see the stars but Jupiter and Venus are bright enough to power through the dusk.
Thanks Kevan. I’ll make a note of it, and locate my old 300mm zoom. The EOS RP isn’t very planet or moon friendly…