A very good hiking week!
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 03.07.23 | Holstadhornet | 531m | 98m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.07.23 | Årvikveten | 458m | 205m | Sande, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.07.23 | Blæjeskardtinden | 1131m | 238m | Volda/Vanylven, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 05.07.23 | Sandfjelltuva | 1001m | 153m | Vanylven, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 05.07.23 | Skorene (Skurvethornet) | 724m | 71m | Vanylven, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 06.07.23 | Garnestua | 653m | 415m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.07.23 | Hasundhornet | 533m | 93m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.07.23 | Rambjørga | 204m | 45m | Stad, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 07.07.23 | Kjerringa (Vestkapp) | 497m | 334m | Stad, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 08.07.23 | Svartetindane | 1310m | 125m | Stranda, Norway | FP | MAP |
| 09.07.23 | Trollkoppehornet | 974m | 291m | Vanylven, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 09.07.23 | Sandegga | 907m | 42m | Vanylven, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Holstadhornet (531m), July 3 2023
Monday: This Monday was a grey day, and the doorstep was almost too high to conquer. But I got myself together and drove to Hareid to hike Holstadhornet – which I hadn’t been to so far in 2023.
The fog covered the high mountains, and it was raining. But once the blood pump got going, it was good to be out!
After passing the Håbakknotten bump, we sat course for Holstadhornet.
I normally associate this route with a very wet trail, but it wasn’t all bad, actually. At least not at the foot of the mountain…
On top, there wasn’t much to see.
Like always, we took a different route down the mountain. I don’t know what this route is called, and I don’t know the name of the place where it ends up, but it’s not far from our starting point – Hovled.
When we reached the first house, a man was sitting on the outside. We had a talk. I don’t think he really liked hikers passing through his property. But we had an OK chat. I’m fairly good at saying things people want to hear…
Trip statistics: 6,5km, 515 vertical meters, 1h:53m
Årvikveten (458m), July 4 2023
Tuesday: The weather was better than the day before, but it was soaking wet all around. I didn’t have the highest inspiration for hiking today but picking a fairly dry route would definitely help. The route from Drageskaret (on Gurskøy) and up to the mountain plateau is fairly dry, thanks to rocks on the path and slabs.
I hadn’t set a route in stone, but at least we would go up to Årvikveten. And take it from there…
I like this mountain plateau as well as the forest below. I’ve had many good walks here…
Eventually, we reached the foot of Årvikveten and just had one last hill to climb.
And again, the “classic” bench picture from the top of Veten…
But – now what? I decided to take the “round” across Torsethornet and Veten.
If we had someone that could have picked us up, we would gladly have gone all the way to Laupsnipa. I’m sure there are helpful people out there. I just don’t like to ask for favors…
Instead of Laupsnipa, we settled for Keipen (featured image).
From Keipen, we followed the path down to lake Langvetevatnet and then went off-trail for a little while.
Eventually, I got fed up with the off-trail terrain and rejoined the Veten route near Svedehornet.
All in all, a really nice walk!
Trip statistics: 10,4km, 580 vertical meters, 2h:35m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Blæjeskardtinden (1131m), Sandfjelltuva (1001m), July 5 2023
Wednesday: This trip is featured on a separate page…
Garnestua (654m), Hasundhornet (533m), July 6 2023
Thursday: As much as I enjoyed going to Vanylven the day before, I can’t drive that far every time the sun is shining. So, today I settled for local tops. More precisely – Garnestua and Hasundhornet on Hareidlandet island.
I’ve always enjoyed hiking Garnestua from Løset and especially the mountain view just after the first hill. But after the antenna came up, this view isn’t so nice anymore.
Fortunately, there are other good viewpoints on this route…
We left the path and hiked up to the very eastern edge of Flåna – a place I hadn’t been before. But we got a good view towards Hasundhornet from here.
And then we sat course for Garnestua.
This was my 129th visit to this top. Maybe I had ~30 visits before we got Karma. And I’m pretty sure she came along on all hikes since we got her…
Passing Flåna, we had an excellent coastal view.
Next up was Hasundhornet. I noticed that there were several paragliders encircling the top. I’ve never tried paragliding. It looks fun, but I don’t think I would be satisfied just floating around in the sky. My destiny (it seems) is to bike, hike, scramble or climb a mountain top.
From Hasundhornet, we followed the new trail – or should I say gravel road down to the mountain road.
We then had a 2,8km not-so-fun hike along the mountain road back to the car. In the “old days”, actually not too long ago, this was a round we used to run. I’m out of running shape right now, but I hope to do something about it…
Trip statistics: 10km, 620 vertical meters, 2h:11m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Rambjørga (204m), Kjerringa (497m), July 7 2023
Friday: This trip is featured on a separate page…
Svartetindane (1310m), July 8 2023
Saturday: This trip is featured on a separate page…
Trollkoppehornet (974m), Sandegga (907m), July 9 2023
Sunday: This trip is featured on a separate page…
