Beautiful summer days…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 26.06.23 | Målegge | 1461m | 171m | Vang, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 26.06.23 | Loppebolegge | 1444m | 154m | Vang, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 27.06.22 | Vardaheii | 900m | 69m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 28.06.23 | Gotdalsnipa | 1249m | 260m | Sunnfjord, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 29.06.23 | Skarphornet | 698m | 195m | Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 30.06.23 | Kongsvollen | 683m | 200m | Hareid/Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 01.07.23 | Øyrahornet | 417m | 42m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 01.07.23 | Sollia | 661m | 661m | Herøy/Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 01.07.23 | Nonshornet | 485m | 7m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 02.07.23 | Svartefjellet | 1327m | 118m | Stranda/Stryn, Norway | FP | MAP |
Målegge (1461m), Loppebolegge (1441m), June 26 2023
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Vardaheii (900m), June 27 2023
Tuesday: I was still in Sogndal, and I figured it was due time for visiting Vardaheii for the first time in 2023 and drove up to Dalåker. The trailhead had been upgraded with information since the last time I was here.
I simply LOVE this forest…
On this trip, I was keen on getting some new tracks on my GPS map. We followed the tractor road in the direction of Hungerhaug for a while, before I wanted to go off-trail.
For a while, I didn’t really know exactly where we were, but I had strong faith in that our “general direction” was good, which it turned out to be. After a while, we topped out on point 854m (not marked on the map), south of Vardaheii.
It was another hot day, and finally Karma got a chance to satisfy her thirst…
And then we reached Vardaheii.
Any plans I had about a longer hike was put to rest. For our return, we followed the regular path.
Then I had to take a picture that at least would give me 1 LIKE on Facebook – from Anne (Park Ranger)…
It was a really nice round-trip hike! And I look forward to returning to this forest!
Trip statistics: 8,3km, 590 vertical meters, 2h:14m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Gotdalsnipa (1249m), June 28 2023
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Skarphornet (698m), June 29 2023
Thursday: I was now back home on Sunnmøre but was quite “fed up” by the local mountains after the painting sticks project earlier in the month. So, this afternoon I drove to Volda to hike Skarphornet.
Instead of following the gravel road to Botnasætra (the normal route), I decided to follow a forest path just to the east of the gravel road. But first, we had to get through “sheep land”…
I had only hiked this forest path once before, and so I hadn’t gotten “bored” with it yet.
A bit up the forest, we passed an adjacent biking trail. I took a look at it and decided that I would never bike here. This is way above my biking skills…
Then the forest got way steeper before the path topped out on the gravel road near Botnasætra.
We continued to the start of the north ridge, with Koppefjellet in the background – visited less than 2 weeks earlier.
It was almost pleasing to see fog on top of almost all the surrounding mountains – even on Rotsethornet – which is lower than Skarphornet.
No fog on Skarphornet…
And then we were up…
We continued down the south ridge, following the path halfway down. I’ve never quite figured out this path and ended up off-trail once again before reaching the pass between Hornet and Skarphornet.
Next up was the valley and lake Horndalsvatnet.
I thought I had done all possible routes in this area, but this didn’t really feel familiar at all. The descent into the valley was steep, and it didn’t help that the path was overgrown. If it hadn’t been for markers in the trees, we would have a problem in getting down.
But eventually, we reached the meadow below.
Karma had deserved to hang out in the lake for a little while…
And then we moved on towards lake Rotevatnet and our starting point.
When I got home, I opened my map of GPS tracks and sure enough – I had no tracks in this valley. Until today…
Trip statistics: 10,5km, 700 vertical meters, 2h:47m
Kongsvollen (683m), June 30 2023
Friday: I was now a little “fed up” with both my local mountains and driving altogether. But when I discovered that I hadn’t been to Kongsvollen (Hareidlandet island) this year, I made an exception for my local mountains…
Hiking along the ridge is always fun. It’s just the part of getting there that is a bit tedious. But today, I decided that it wasn’t and had a nice hike.
Once on the ridge, I could enjoy taking pictures of mountains I knew quite well. Like the “Vartdal peaks”.
The hike across the ridge could begin!
“Bukketrappa” is both steep and not really steep. There are ropes that you can hold on to, but I’m always able to hike up and down without using my hands at all.
I’ve been thinking about exploring routes on this mountain for a long time and promised myself that I should start doing so – anytime soon.
And then we were up!
It seemed to be a good choice to go here, because all the high tops on Gurskøy island were wrapped in fog…
We sat out to return the same way we came up, but once done with the steep sections, we went off-trail and aimed directly for lake Løsetvatnet. This is a steep and slippery route, and one should expect to get ticks…
I had never been on this side of the lake before and decided to follow the south side of the lake. After a while, we joined the path from/to Ringstadbotnen. I don’t know what’s there, but promised myself to find out one day…
Trip statistics: 8,3km, 560 vertical meters, 2h:15m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Øyrahornet (417m), Sollia (661m), Nonshornet (485m), July 1 2023
Saturday: I had only one route left of my repainting sticks project, and that was between Nonshornet and Tjørvåg. I could of course just hike up Nonshornet and paint my way down the forest, but there wasn’t a whole lot of fun in that, and I started to look for a more fun round-trip hike. So, I decided to hike to Øyrahornet, across Rumpene and hike to Sollia via Konebrekkmyra – a place I hadn’t been before. Then I would hike from Sollia to Nonshornet and start painting. That sounded like a fun route on a hot and sunny day.
Instead of following the path along Øyraelva river, we hiked *in* the river. There wasn’t a whole lot of water and Karma appreciated the opportunity to drink whenever she wanted to…
Next followed the usual “ritual” on Øyrahornet…
Eventually we got to the point where we would leave the marked route towards Slettheia and aim for Konebrekkmyra.
The terrain wasn’t as awful as I had feared it could be. Worst are the turfs that don’t carry your weight and there are holes between them…
But it was nice to get up on the ridge and get firmer ground under our feet…
A bit later, we were on top of Sollia.
After a short stay, we descended to Nonshornet where the painting session would begin.
Karma knows the drill…
Unfortunately, there wasn’t a lot of shade for her, but I hope she had a good time hanging out with daddy… And now the summer repainting project was officially over! I think that would call for a beer (or two) in the evening…
Trip statistics: 12,7km, 815 vertical meters, 4h:19m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Svartefjellet (1327m), July 2 2023
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