Embracing spring…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 01.04.24 | Galden | 1419m | 140m | Vang, Norway | – | MAP |
| 02.04.24 | Skavegga | 1075m | 254m | Gloppen, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.04.24 | Rjåhornet | 600m | 107m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.04.24 | Nakken | 180m | 22m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 04.04.24 | Sollia | 661m | 661m | Herøy/Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.04.24 | Hestefjellet | 621m | 83m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.04.24 | Selsteinen | 598m | 90m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.04.24 | Blåtind | 697m | 697m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.04.24 | Haddalshornet | 611m | 103m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.04.24 | Storehornet | 278m | 78m | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.04.24 | Nupen (Nupatinden) | 242m | 69m | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.04.24 | Kråkereidet | 131m | 48 | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.04.24 | Svedehornet | 404m | 30m | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.04.24 | Årvikveten | 458m | 205m | Sande, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.04.24 | Grøthornet | 298m | 50m | Sande, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Galden (1419m), Apr 1 2024
Monday: This trip is featured on a separate post…
Skavegga (1075m), Apr 2 2024
Tuesday: This trip is featured on a separate post…
Rjåhornet (600m), Apr 3 2024
Wednesday: I was back home on Sunnmøre after a very nice Easter break in eastern Norway, with a good mix of very bad and very good weather.
The weather now was mediocre, and for my afternoon hike, I decided to hike Rjåhornet from Djupvika.
With one eye closed, I had briefly gazed at the weather forecast and knew that the evening weather would not be so good. I just hoped we were off the mountain by then. But, as we approached the top, we could see showers (with unclear content) moving in.
So far, we were in the clear.
I decided to return via Nakken and so we took a different route down the mountain.
The contents of the showers were clear now – snow!
I have a ritual. Every time it snows in April, I hum the Prince song (Sometimes it snows in April). I am a huge Prince-fan…
And for the Nicki Minaj fans – no “the Prince song” here wasn’t Darling Nikki…
All in all, a good hike. Despite the snow…
Trip statistics: 8,2km, 660 vertical meters, 1h:46m
Sollia (661m), Hestefjellet (621m), Selsteinen (598m), Apr 4 2024
Thursday: This turned into an interesting hike. I hadn’t checked the forecast and just assumed it would be overcast for the rest of the day and decided to hike Sollia from Moltudalen and return via Hestefjellet and Selsteinen.
Despite the fresh snow, this should be a fairly straightforward walk.
I paid extra attention when we passed Hestefjellet, because when there is snow covering the trail to Selsteinen, it’s just too steep and one has to seek towards the road we were on. There wasn’t so much snow, but the little there was would be a problem.
So far, the hike progressed nicely and Sollia came into view.
It was all nice and quiet…
Eventually, we took on the final hill.
When we got on the summit ridge, I could see fog moving in, really fast.
I didn’t pay too much attention to it then and we proceeded to the top of Sollia.
After Karma got her treats, it was time to pay attention to the incoming weather.
It was clear that Hestefjellet and Selsteinen would be wrapped in fog within minutes. But the question was – was it just fog, or would it snow or rain also?
Fog doesn’t scare me on my home turf and so we headed up Hestefjellet.
It was only snowing lightly. Nothing to mention, really.
I was glad I paid attention to the snow on Hestefjellet on my way to Sollia and had no problems finding a good route down the steep hillside. And then we continued up to Selsteinen.
This fog can be scary for those who are not used to the rapid change in weather that the coastline can offer. Which is an extra motivation for developing well-marked paths.
Trip statistics: 10,2km, 625 vertical meters, 2h:16m
Blåtind (697m), Haddalshornet (611m), Apr 5 2024
Friday: The blue sky was back, and I decided to hike Blåtind – the highest top on Hareidlandet island – from Eiksund.
It had been a while since I did the Eiksund route, and it was nice to be back.
This feeling was shared by the both of us!
I prefer the Havåg route, but the Eiksund route has a nice fjord view!
There was a little snow left on the mountain, and Karma made it her mission to enjoy every square meter of it…
Although I’ve seen this view a million times before, I never get tired of it…
On top, the snow was harder and Karma went off the rails…
I just had to wait until she was finished…
And then we were up!
On the way down, we had a little fun with snowballs. Karma always gets her snowball!
When Haddalshornet came into view, I just had to go up there too. Walking on the snow was so enjoyable!
Soon after, we were on top!
We took the Havåg route down and had to follow the road back to Eiksund.
Trip statistics: 9,1km, 815 vertical meters, 2h:31m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP) from the hike:
Storehornet (278m), Nupatinden (242m), Apr 6 2024
Saturday: The weather was back to crap and I struggled to find motivation for going hiking. Wind and rain. But in the end, I got myself out of the house and sat course for Drageskaret (above Larsnes, Gurskøy) to hike Storehornet and Nupatinden – aka Nupen.
The plan was to return via the shore – a route I’ve done a couple of times, and infrequent enough to always forget how little eventful this hike is.
On the way to Nupatinden, again I cursed the person who didn’t give a rats ass about larger dogs when setting up this fence crossing.
Eventually, we reached Nupatinden. It was windy, but I didn’t really mind the wind nor the rain.
We made it down to the Gursken fjord and had 2,4km along the shore until we reached the road in Sandvika.
35 minutes later, we were in Sandvika, looking back on the ridge we had hiked and the shore we returned along.
Earlier, we have followed the road up from Sandvika but now I decided to hike across Kråkereidet – a forest top Karma hadn’t been to. I didn’t know (or remember) about any paths and so we just took the brutal route up to the ridge.
First, we reached a hump called Storetua – “Big Turf” – a great name…
Then we reached the highest point on Kråkereidet. Congrats to Karma for a new “top” …
Below Kråkereidet was a cabin I couldn’t remember. It was locked, otherwise it would be tempting to take a rest there…
Finally, we followed the old road back up to Drageskaret…
Trip statistics: 10,1km, 550 vertical meters, 2h:46m
Årvikveten (458m), Grøthornet (298m), Apr 7 2024
Sunday: The weather forecast promised better weather in the afternoon, but I just couldn’t wait. When I got outside, it was pouring down and my motivation dropped like the Twitter stock once did…
I decided to drive in the direction of Larsnes and hoped the rain would stop. When I reached Drageskaret (which we hiked from the day before), the rain stopped and I decided to go Årvikveten.
In the beginning, everything was honky dory fine.
But after passing Svedehornet, it got windy. Really windy. The type of windy where you don’t control all your steps. I checked the weather website and saw that the gusts were reaching 20 m/s.
Karma was giving me the “are we sure about this?” look.
Indeed “we” were sure and moved on.
I wondered how it would be like on top…
Because it was quite windy down here…
On our way up the final hillside, we met a guy coming down. He told us he was scared that he would be blown off the mountain! I decided to put Karma on a leash. Just in case…
On top, it wasn’t particularly windy. We were clearly there between gusts…
I didn’t want to stay there too long and had to decide where to go next. It was tempting to take the fastest way off the mountain, which meant that we would have to hike along the lakes. Which was OK by me. I like hiking in this area.
We’re used to wind out here, but this was outside the normal. The grass was bending sideways.
And off we went…
We followed a marked route down to lake Nyksvatnet. There, I discovered another marked route that I hadn’t seen before and decided to follow it.
It was still windy, but not bad for hiking.
We passed a couple of guys fishing – struggling to get the line into the water. Not their best fishing day…
After a while, I lost track of the marked route, and we were going off-trail until I decided what to do next. The decision was to hike across Grøthornet.
It was windy on Grøthornet too…
From Grøthornet, Drageskaret was only a short hike away.
Along the way, we could enjoy some nice rays…
Trip statistics: 9,5km, 550 vertical meters, 2h:30m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the hike:
