Beautiful, before the announced storm…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 30.01.24 | Haddalshornet | 611m | 103m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Tuesday: This afternoon was surprisingly gorgeous. The newspapers were full of storms here and there and incoming storms too. One of them, expected to hit my neighbourhood tomorrow. But that would be then. This was now and I decided to hike Haddalshornet from Aursnes. It had been some time since I did that route.
The Aursnes route is called “Nissevegen” and I really enjoy the forest part.
When you finally get Haddalshornet in plain view, it seems so far away. Compared to other tops and routes out here on the coastline…
Out here on the coastline, it was fully possible to hike a 600m mountain. Not so on the other side of the fjord. Better bring skis in the Ørsta/Volda region!
Daylight was fading, and Garnestua – which we hiked the day before – had a nice red/pink touch.
Haddalshornet got closer and it was time to decide on the ascent route. It was tempting to choose the north side. We would be in shelter from the cold wind, but we would also deal with snowfields where the snow was hard as rock – in steep terrain.
I decided to head straight up from Skjoratua. There was hardly any snow left here.
Daylight was going down the drain, but there was enough light to get to the top before switching the headlamp on.
Albeit cold, the wind was tolerable, and we both had a mighty nice walk up the mountain.
Karma was all over the place. So much to see!
And – scratching was particularly nice today!
Eventually, we reached the top.
We were minutes away from the headlamp coming on, but the Iphone magically pulled off a decent panorama. The clue is to move it very slowly…
It was already clear that we would be descending on the other side, but I wasn’t sure exactly where. But we ended up walking towards Sætrehornet (502m). The snow carried our weight and it was a pure delight just walking around.
From Sætrehornet, I decided to head straight down (off-trail) on the east side of Inste Havågselva river. It wasn’t so steep, but we had to deal with a lot of bushes. It helped to think that the ticks hadn’t come out of hiding just yet. Going this route in summer would have been totally insane.
Eventually, we reached the Havåg route, which we followed for a little while before breaking out on the Britahaugen route. No one had gone this way since the snow came. We would have seen tracks. Again, the snow carried our weight and it was just fun.
We came down to Britahaugen and crossed the bridge above the main road.
We got to Selvåg and the final 1,2km were pitch dark. The stars were countless and I even think I saw a shooting star!
Trip statistics: 9,7km, 720 vertical meters, 2h:37m
