Trail maintenance begins…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 22.05.23 | Årheimsfjellet | 1007m | 177m | Stryn, Norway | – | MAP |
| 23.05.23 | Rjåhornet | 600m | 107m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 24.05.23 | Rambjøra | 132m | 109m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 25.05.23 | Hasundhornet | 533m | 93m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 26.05.23 | Rjåhornet | 600m | 107m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 27.05.23 | Nakken | 180m | 22m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 28.05.23 | Melshornet | 809m | 567m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 28.05.23 | Grøthornet | 745m | 57m | Ørsta/Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 28.05.23 | Sandhornet | 660m | 17m | Ørsta/Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Årheimsfjellet (1107m), May 22 2023
Monday: After spending the weekend in Sogndal, I had to get back to Sunnmøre and like in September 2022, I chose to walk the dog on Årheimsfjellet, Stryn.
It was a nice afternoon…
We took the regular path up the forest, and the plan was to head to Oppheimssætra first. But I missed the exit.
And so, we ended up at Raksætra instead.
No worries, as there was a path from Raksætra up to Oppheimssætra.
Now, we were back on track.
There was still snow on the mountain, which was excellent for Karma and not so fun for me…
But the snow didn’t take away much from my hike. There was just something about the weather and I loved being up here!
Did I mention that Karma loved the snow?
Instead of following the path to the top, we descended a little so that I could get a panorama picture of the valley near Stryn. I wasn’t willing to descend far enough to got Stryn in view.
Then, we went up to the top.
Like last year, we descended towards Raksætra. In September, I had no problems locating the path. That was not so easy in May and half the descent was off-trail.
But eventually, we got down to Raksætra and followed the path back to the trailhead.
Is NOK 85, – fair for a 2-hour parking? It’s a little stiff if you ask me, but that was the price for the parking, no matter how long your hike takes. Within a 24-hour period, that is…
Trip statistics: 8,2km, 760 vertical meters, 2h:05m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the trip:
Rjåhornet (600m), May 23 2023
Tuesday: The trail maintenance season started for real today – with repainting sticks. My first route was the Djupvika – Rjåhornet route, and I also got to check out the new wooden walkways put in place by my colleagues in “Turstiprosjektet Myrvåg/Tjørvåg”. Very nice!
The sticks in the lower part of the mountain were OK. I just made sure they were properly stuck in the ground.
The paint on the sticks was OK until the final hill. But then, I had to get to work…
The typical scenario was that the paint had been peeled off on one or two sides, while the remaining sides were OK. Of course, I gave all sides a refresh…
And then we were on top…
One route “down”. 3 to go…
On our way down, we took the Rjåhornet – Nakken – Djupvika route. Major bush-work needed on the Nakken route…
Trip statistics: 8km, 650 vertical meters, 2h:50m
Rambjøra (132m), May 24 2023
Wednesday: This was not a good weather day and I decided to spend it in the Rambjøra forest, ripping roots.
The rainbow was nice though…
The only problem with the rainbow was that we got soaking wet…
In any case, I got to do some good on another section of the path, while enjoying a nice light on the top of Rambjøra…
Little by little, the path is getting better.
And I finished yet another section before calling it a day.
Trip statistics: 3,8km, 130 vertical meters, 2h:18m
Hasundhornet (533m), May 25 2023
Thursday: The weather was incredibly bad today. As I had a bit of a down-day as well, I really considered staying at home.
After resting an hour after work, I was totally wrecked. All I wanted to do was to sleep for the rest of the evening and night. But, after a serious “interview” with myself, I managed to get out of the front door and set course for Fjelle and Hasundhornet.
It was raining on our way up and on top – the weather was really miserable. A cold, cold strong wind along with rain. Karma didn’t enjoy her stay up there.
On the way down, the wind increased. It was as far from memorable as it can get, but I had defeated the doorstep and that felt like a major, major win today…
Trip statistics: 3km, 200 vertical meters, 0h:39m
Rjåhornet (600m), May 26 2023
Friday: Today, I sat out for repainting sticks on route 2/4 to Rjåhornet. This particular section was the one connecting Rjåhornet to the Sollia trail. The weather was not great…
We got a good hike before the paintbrush came out of the backpack.
Fortunately, the fog didn’t cover Sollia…
…like it covered higher mountains.
Eventually, we got to the marked route to Rjåhornet, and I could start painting.
It was incredibly windy up there and I had to instruct Karma to keep her distance.
The wind decreased as we approached Rjåhornet, and Karma could maintain her usual “closeness”.
Getting to a top on a maintenance day is always a bonus.
On the way down, we took the Leikongbakken route. Karma had her hare-radar turned on. Not that she’s allowed to run after them, but she only remembers that if it’s an actual situation.
All in all, a nice hike!
Trip statistics: 9,1km, 580 vertical meters, 2h:54m
Nakken (180m), May 27 2023
Saturday: Another bad day, weatherwise. And so, I decided to rip bush on the Nakken forest top.
There is a significant leg that is in serious need of maintenance, but at least we covered one part of it today.
After reaching the top, we continued down to Leikong and returned to Djupvika along the main road.
Trip statistics: 4,7km, 230 vertical meters, 2h:05m
Melshornet (809m), Grøthornet (745m), Sandhornet (660m), May 28 2023
Sunday: No trail maintenance today. The weather was crappy, and I was in deep need for a new route on a well-known mountain. The choice fell on Melshornet, after discovering that there was a path adjacent to my regular skiing route – that I hadn’t hiked or skied.
We parked at Helgatun – and only a few meters from the regular skiing route, I found the path I had seen on the map.
It was a nice path. Soaking wet, but nice because it was a path that I hadn’t noticed before.
The path led us up to Melsætra.
After Melsætra the weather deteriorated significantly, and it started snowing. I mean, come on! It’s almost June! The snow didn’t melt upon touchdown, so the shower was legit!
Eventually, the snow shower passed, and the world looked normal again…
There was still a good amount of snow left on the mountain, but at this point I had already decided to descend via Grøthornet and Sandhornet.
When we got to the snow fields on Melshornet, Karma had a ball!
One thing is for certain – she brought colors to a grey day!
And then we were up!
The next stop was Grøthornet. Below the top, we got an incredible light. Not able to put light onto the camera, but it was special!
From Grøthornet, we continued towards Sandhornet – the top of the ski-lifts.
The plan had been to descend along the ski-slopes, but I changed my mind and went off-trail instead.
Eventually, we joined the normal skiing route – which we followed back to Helgatun.
All in all, a fun roundtrip hike!
Trip statistics: 8,9km, 650 vertical meters, 2h:18m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
