A good week of hiking!
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 14.08.23 | Levandehornet | 917m | 287m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 15.08.23 | Laupsnipa | 562m | 380m | Herøy/Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 15.08.23 | Lysløypa, Leikongeidet | 160m | 0m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 16.08.23 | Igesundhetta | 216m | 216m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 17.08.23 | Sylvkallen | 1310m | 180m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 18.08.23 | Eitrefjellet | 733m | 48m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 19.08.23 | Syrebakkane | 455m | 42m | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 19.08.23 | Sollia | 661m | 661m | Herøy/Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 20.08.23 | Storegga | 968m | 118m | Stad, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 20.08.23 | Blåfjell | 923m | 99m | Stad, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 20.08.23 | Point 936m | 936m | 61m | Stad, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Levandehornet (917m), Aug 14 2023
Monday: The weather forecast for the afternoon wasn’t all that good. In fact, rain was on its way in. But I wanted to start the week by hiking a fun mountain and maybe, just maybe we could get to the top before the rain sat in? I don’t mind rain on my way down, but NOT on my way up…
I chose to go to Levandehornet in Ørsta.
We started from Skorgedalen, like always. The parking is almost at 380m elevation, which is quite high in this region. There are not many high forest roads around here.
This is a really unique hike in the Sunnmøre alps. After just 1,9km of hiking – and 550 vertical meters, you are on top of a really fine peak! That’s good value for “the money”!
The plan was – like last year – was to descend the south ridge and return via Skorgestøylen.
But first – get to the top before the rain did…
The last part is steep. A short pause to catch the breath is quite in order…
And then we were up!
Not only is the peak quite fine, but the views are also fine too! No wonder this has become a very popular top!
There are so many fun things to do in this area!
Then we headed down the south ridge and I could feel the first raindrops.
And then it was raining properly! That’s when I put away the camera…
Trip statistics: 6,2km, 590 vertical meters, 3h:40m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Laupsnipa (562m), Aug 15 2023
Tuesday: There isn’t much to report from this hike. I chose to go Laupsnipa, well knowing that the upper part was covered in fog.
On our way up, we met a French family on vacation. I also met this family on the Rjåhornet hike on Sunday. My kind of tourists!
As expected, there wasn’t much to see on the top. But it was a good workout!
I kind of like hiking in fog and so when we got below the fog again, I was somewhat disappointed…
Trip statistics: 8,1km, 490 vertical meters, 1h:59m
Lysløypa, Leikong, Aug 15 2023
Tuesday: I drove straight from the Laupsnipa trailhead to “Lysløypa” (lit trail) at Vonheim. I had decided to pick up jogging again and had laid out a “sustainable plan”. I always go at this too hard and too fast. The plan now was to run this 5,4km trail 10 times over 5-10 weeks and cut the time by 10% after those 10 runs.
I decided to start off easy (7km/hour) and not focus on the time. I hadn’t been jogging for years and it was just painful to get going. But I was able to jog the whole lap and looked forward to how this would progress…
Trip statistics: 5,4km, 180 vertical meters, 0h:34m:40s
Igesundshetta (216m), Aug 16 2023
Wednesday: This was not a good weather day, and I was totally out of energy after work. But I had to walk the dog and settled for an easy round-trip hike across Igesundshetta on Bergsøya island.
Most mountains around were covered in fog, but Igesundshetta was in the clear. Bonus!
It was not extremely pleasant to walk around in the rain and wind, but I decided to do the hike around lake Storevatnet.
The water level in Storevatnet was mind-boggling low, but then I met a guy who told me that they were about to decommission the dam. I forgot to ask if the water would rise again or disappear altogether…
On our way back I decided to hike via the nameless top 186,6m. Somehow, that “saved” the day. I was happy when the hike was over and could return home for a warm shower…
Trip statistics: 4,4km, 355 vertical meters, 1h:12m
Sylvkallen (1310m), Aug 17 2023
Thursday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Eitrefjellet (733m), Aug 18 2023
Friday: The weather was back to just stunning, and I decided to hike Blåtinden (1217m, Ørsta) after work. This would a proper hike, to say the least, given that it was after work on a Friday afternoon. I chose to head out from Ørsta Skisenter.
I felt a negative vibe from Karma already when she saw the slalom hill we were to ascend.
I tried to overrule that vibe with firm “come on!” commands, and she walked a few meters. Then she did something she had never done before. She ran down, away from me.
I found her back at the car and I told her that I would deduct the parking fee (NOK 75, -) from her weekly allowance.
Joke aside, what the heck was going on? It was a hot day, but she’s never done this before. Was she sick? Only one way to find out, and that was to try the hike from a different trailhead. Preferably one where she didn’t see a steep hill in front of her.
I then drove to Valset, talked to some nice people who let me park by their house. And then we headed out along a grassy slope, aiming for a tractor road up the forest. Karma didn’t seem sick…
We had shade, water in a creek and no steep slalom hill ahead of us. Things looked good!
When the tractor road ended, we found a forest path that we continued on.
As we were rising above the forest, I had to plan the ascent route. Initially, I was thinking about going straight up just as we got out of the forest. But there was a river between us and the mountain. The river wasn’t the problem. Getting down there, and back up again was.
I had been to Blåtinden twice before – on foot from Tverrgrova back in 2009 and on skis with my friend Petter from the skiing centre back in 2017. The ascent route was the same on both occasions – via lake Trollvatnet. But I was impatient and wanted to begin the ascent without having to go all the way to the lake. So, we found a place to cross the river and aim for a ledge that I was certain would get us to the upper part of the mountain. Karma took her time in the river…
Then we aimed for the ledge, marked with an arrow on the below picture.
The terrain was steep and just terrible. Oh, my goshness! When we finally reached the ledge, a gorge was between us and an easy passage to the upper mountain. I looked around everywhere for a way to get up but had to give in. I could have gotten up, but not with the dog.
The descent was just as awful as the ascent. Once back down in the valley, I was not interested in going up to the lake for the normal route.
Instead, I chose to head towards Eitrefjellet – a hump that I hadn’t been to.
I was really disappointed in my poor choice of an ascent route, but little by little, the surrounding landscape helped me forget about it and instead, enjoy just being out.
We reached the top of Eitrefjellet and I was happy again.
On the way down, we stopped by lake Korsvatnet so Karma could “refill” again…
After some off-trail hiking, we found the path we followed on our way up and returned to the trailhead. We’ll be back. Karma will eventually stand on top of Blåtinden!
Trip statistics: 6,8km, 725 vertical meters, 2h:25m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Syrebakkane (455m), Sollia (661m), Aug 19 2023
Saturday: Today I sat out do something I had been thinking about for years – to start from Leikongeidet, hike along lake Raudsandvatnet and ascend Sollia from the east side.
After the “transport leg” up to the pass, we had Raudsandvatnet in view. Karma expected (of course) that we now would go up the mountain, like we always do.
Confused and happy, she took the lead down to the lake. There is a cool beach down there.
For unknown reasons, Karma had been thirsty out of the ordinary for a period. She had been under “close observation” without any particular finding by me or the Veterinarian. She seemed very satisfied about having unlimited access to water down here…
It was just cumbersome to hike along the lake, so I hiked the rocky shore while Karma hiked *in* the lake.
After a while, we were forced to hike in the terrain – which didn’t really invite to a repetition. But it was nice to be here for the first time. After a while, we passed a cabin which I’m sure the owners consider as a small paradise…
Eventually, we were about to move away from the lake and head up to the mountain. I told Karma to fill up properly and she seemed to understand.
Then we headed for the ridge.
The ascent wasn’t too bad. We found a vague path that is actually marked on the map. But after a while, I chose to leave it and aim directly for the top of Syrebakkane.
From Syrebakkane, we followed a much more used path towards Sollia.
It was a really hot day. Karma’s tongue was hanging low…
Finally, we were up on Sollia’s west top, with the east top only 100m away.
The two tops have always stood out to me as equally high, based on my GPS readings. But now that measurements done by laser are available on hoydedata.no, it’s possible to get a more accurate reading than with a handheld GPS. The reality seems to be that the east top isn’t 661m, but 660.3m. Slightly higher (by a few centimeters) than the west top. I haven’t updated my pages accordingly, yet…
On top, Karma was generously rewarded with treats…
From Sollia, there are two routes towards Leikongeidet – on each side of lake Holmevatnet. Today, we chose the route on the south side – passing point 598m along the way. Or – 596,2m – according to hoydedata.no.
In any case, Karma got to cool down and drink in the small lake below the tops.
Then she was good to go for the descent to Leikongeidet…
Trip statistics: 13,7km, 855 vertical meters, 3h:19m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
Storegga (968m), Blåfjell (923m), Aug 20 2023
Sunday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
