Mostly trail maintenance week
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 29.05.23 | Melshornet | 809m | 567m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 29.05.23 | Grøthornet | 745m | 57m | Ørsta/Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 30.05.23 | Øyrahornet | 417m | 42m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.06.21 | Sandvikhornet | 352m | 14m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | MAP | |
| 31.05.23 | Nakkenakken | 349m | 66m | Ørsta, Norway | – | MAP |
| 01.06.23 | Sollia | 661m | 661m | Herøy/Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 02.06.23 | Rambjøra | 132m | 109m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.06.23 | Øyrahornet | 417m | 42m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.06.23 | Slettheia | 553m | 49m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.06.23 | Liahornet | 1035m | 245m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Melshornet (809m), Grøthornet (745m), May 29 2023
Monday: Pentecost and really disappointing weather! The forecast suggested it would stop raining in the evening, so I delayed my hiking until the evening. Which really confused the dog – accustomed to normal patterns.
I decided to drive to Volda, without a clue on where we would end up. I had a short-list of candidates, and Melshornet was definitely not on it – as we were up here the day before. But guess where we ended up?
It was still raining when we headed out from Bratteberg. My only hope was that we would discover some path that I didn’t know about.
After following roads for a while, I discovered “Rasmusråsa” near the waterworks. I had not been here before and this trail would be new to us. Big bonus! Another bonus was that it had stopped raining. Totally according to the forecast!
At this point, I had my mind set on Vardehornet and not Melshornet. I figured a 600m top would qualify as OK for this afternoon.
The terrain was generally wet now. All around…
We then joined the road to Dinglavatnet. My mind was still set on Vardehornet.
But, at Dinglavatnet I thought – heck – why not go up to Melshornet now that we’re here. And so we did…
There wasn’t much to see, other than the path…
And then we were up – for the 2nd day in a row.
Now what? At least, we would descend via Grøthornet! And then take it from there…
At Grøthornet, we followed a marked path towards Rotevasselva. We hadn’t hiked before. Another bonus!
Soon, we were back in familiar terrain and followed the forest path back to Bratteberg. A good result on a bad weather day!
Trip statistics: 8,3km, 690 vertical meters, 2h:02m
Øyrahornet (417m), Sandvikhornet (352m), May 30 2023
Tuesday: The weather was not so great, so I decided to do some trail maintenance on Øyrahornet instead.
I spent some time ripping bush by the river. Karma waited patiently.
After a while, I put the lopper on the backpack and continued up to Øyrahornet, where I took the usual “bench photo”
As I try to do roundtrip hikes when possible, we continued (off-trail) to the Rysseviktua – Sandvikhornet ridge.
Which included a river crossing…
It was raining light as we approached Sandvikhornet. It was a nice hike, but quite uneventful and will – unfortunately – soon be forgotten…
Trip statistics: 7,2km, 530 vertical meters, 2h:50m
Nakkenakken (349m), May 31 2023
Wednesday: This afternoon, I chose to drove to Sæbø and chop wood for friends of us. I felt I had something to finish after the “Dugnad” at the end of April…
But first, I stopped by Joker Sæbø, and they still had my 2006 picture on their wall.
Inside the store, I noticed another picture – which I didn’t remember taking or sending to them. But it was my picture, no doubt about it. Big fun!
Then I went to Hustadneset and chopped wood for a few hours. Karma was entertaining herself.
Once there was no more room left on the outside, I called it a day.
On my way home, I decided to pay Nakkenakken a visit. I had only been there once before – in 2012. As Karma hadn’t been there, that would be “a bonus”.
I drove up to Hovdenakken and found parking by the tractor road that runs all the way to the top.
I – vaguely – remembered this route. It’s amazing how much you can forget in 11 years…
When we got to the top, I was really in the mood for a round-trip hike – without knowing if there was even an option.
But then I noticed a vague path going off in a different direction near the top and chose to follow it.
For a while, I thought this path would take us all the way down to lake Vatnevatnet (WHO gave this lake such a stupid name? Lakelake!), but eventually the path turned and took us down to the farm just below the trailhead.
A very good afternoon!Trip statistics: 2,1km, 190 vertical meters, 0h:33m
Sollia (661m), June 1 2023
Thursday: It was time to take on Sollia for repainting sticks and the first route was from Leikongeidet and all the way up to the top. Fortunately, the sticks don’t begin until we’ve hiked 3km, so Karma could let out some steam before then.
But then, we had to get to work…
The beating the paint up here takes in winter is real. So, repainting here is an annual event.
Eventually, we reached the top and I put my paintbrush and my ketchup bottle in my backpack.
On our way back, we descended off-trail to lake Holmevatnet.
The weather was slightly unpredictable. Was there rain in the air?
I felt some raindrops, but it didn’t amount to anything.
We also got a bit of an off-trail section on the way down to Leikongeidet. It was a perfect mix of do-gooding and off-trail fun!
Trip statistics: 11,3km, 640 vertical meters, 3h:13m
Rambjøra (132m), June 2 2023
Friday: I didn’t have energy to do much this afternoon. So, I chose to rip roots on the Rambjøra trail.
There’s not really much that can be said about it, other than that I ripped a bunch of roots.
Fortunately, Anne came later in the afternoon and brightened up my day.
Trip statistics: 3,9km, 130 vertical meters, 1h:25m
Øyrahornet (417m), Slettheia (552m), June 3 2023
Saturday: With the company of Anne and Karma, I took on the long route around Øyradalen valley. The goal was to repaint sticks from Øyrahornet to Slettheia.
We had a good job distribution. I hammered the sticks back in firm place and Anne redecorated them.
And then we reached the bench below Øyrahornet…
The nuts on the mailbox were loose but we had brought the right wrenches…
Oh, we almost forgot about you, Karma. You want treats?
The mailbox was now OK, and we moved on towards Slettheia.
I hate painting my house, but this is totally OK.
On our way, we added small cairns. When the sea fog hits here, it hits hard…
Eventually, we reached Slettheia, and the work session ended. Mainly due to light rain.
Now, we would enjoy an off-trail descent towards Sandvikhornet – via lake Øyravatnet.
It’s fun to just walk about and see what pops up.
On Sandvikhornet, the mailbox nuts were in need for tightening and Anne was the man for the job…
Then it was time head home and have a most excellent Saturday evening…
Trip statistics: 9,9km, 740 vertical meters, 4h:36m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max/Samsung) from the hike:
Liahornet (1035m), June 4 2023
Sunday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
