Returning to lake Tyin
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | MAP |
| 26.06.23 | Målegge | 1461m | 171m | Vang, Norway | MAP |
| 26.06.23 | Loppebolegge | 1444m | 154m | Vang, Norway | MAP |
Monday: I was still on “a roll” after the many nice, recent hikes. As I was still in Sogndal, and as the weather was still OK, I decided to finish work a little earlier than usual and drive back to up lake Tyin to hike Målegge and Loppebolegge – picking up from where we left off on Horntinden a few days ago.
I parked somewhere between Lortevikodden and Målnesodden (along lake Tyin) and headed up a gravel road, leading towards the uppermost cabin.
Then we went off-trail. It was supposed to rain later this afternoon, but I had a strong feeling that the forecast wasn’t accurate…
And sure enough, it started to pour down. And combined with the wind, it was unpleasant. I was soaking wet within minutes…
On the below picture, everything looks alright, but it was so unpleasant that I considered aborting the mission.
But then the rain shower passed, and everything was honky dory again.
Eventually, we reached the top of Målegge. We had Horntinden in the background, visited 2 days ago.
We had also pretty good views…
Next up was Loppebolegge. What a name. I freely translated it to “flea nest ridge”.
We descended towards lake Grytetjernet before crossing just below the Målegge – Loppebolegge pass.
The ascent to Loppebolegge was all off-trail.
A bit later, the second top for the day was “in the bag”.
I was quite happy about this. For more than 20 years, the goal was 100 new pf100 tops annually, and I always met my goal. Until the pandemic. After that, I settled down on 50 new pf100 tops per year and my 2023 count was now 20. A perfect number just before the summer vacation. I hoped that the number was 50 when the summer vacation was over. Any new tops in the autumn would be a pure bonus…
We sat course for lake Målnestjernet for our descent. The plan was to hike along the north side of the lake.
But when I discovered that the lake had an “arm” towards the west, we stayed on the south side…
And after a little while, our starting point came into view. All in all, a good way to spend a Monday afternoon…
Trip statistics: 10,8km, 680 vertical meters, 2h:37m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
