Mostly grey weather week…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 08.04.24 | Skolma | 636m | 483m | Hareid/ Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 08.04.24 | Signalhornet | 627m | 83m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 08.04.24 | Sneldelida | 633m | 104m | Ulstein/ Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 09.04.24 | Rambjøra | 132m | 109m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 09.04.24 | Huldrehornet | 271m | 113m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 10.04.24 | Signalen | 231m | 231m | Giske, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 11.04.24 | Rambjøra | 132m | 109m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 12.04.24 | Rambjøra | 132m | 109m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 13.08.24 | Hovdenakken | 474m | 176m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 14.04.24 | Ulsettua | 389m | 261m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 14.04.24 | Ramnfloget | 206m | 12m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 14.04.24 | Åsefjellet | 141m | 83m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 14.04.24 | Hjørungneshornet | 185m | 157m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Skolma (636m), Sneldelida (633m), Apr 8 2024
Monday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Rambjøra (132m), Huldrehornet (271m), Apr 9 2024
Tuesday: Today, I would be starting trail maintenance on the path to Dyrkyrkja, in Huldrehornskogen forest. But I didn’t want for Karma to start a hike just waiting for me. So, I decided to give her a walk to Rambjøra first.
She looked happy and confused. Happy to be on Rambjøra, but confused because this is not where we typically go when it’s not raining…
With Karma “warmed up”, we could go to Huldrehornskogen…
The path to Dyrkyrkja was in desperate need of maintenance…
After a while, my arms were hurting and I decided to call it a day. But first, a hike up to Huldrehornet…
I left the brush cutter in the main junction in the forest, before continuing up to Huldrehornet.
Afterwards, I picked up the brush cutter and we went down the Myrvågskogen path which I had recently cleared. This path was a motorway now!
Rambjøra: Trip statistics: 2,4km, 140 vertical meters, 0h:34m
Huldrehornet: Trip statistics: 5,2km, 335 vertical meters, 2h:42m
Signalen (231m), Apr 10 2024
Wednesday: Working day in Ålesund and time for Karma’s monthly Librela injection. As usual, I took the 6:20am ferry, which means I have to get up 5am. Which is 2 hours too early for me. I just hate these days, but the upside is that I could get a nice hike in the Ålesund region after work.
Today looked like it could be an OK day, perhaps a little cloudy? I made all sorts of plans for us, after work.
But when my working day had ended, the weather was CRAP! Wind and rain. But we had to go somewhere! Well, technically, we didn’t HAVE TO, but I hadn’t skipped a hike so far in 2024 and I was sure enough not going to start today! So, I drove to Valderøya to hike the island high point – Signalen.
After passing the Skjonghellaren cave, we entered the Sætredalen valley from the north.
The wind was strong, but so far, we were in shelter from the worst gusts.
It was really the perfect route, given the wind direction (from the southwest)
But on top, it was really unpleasant for Karma. Fortunately, there is a huge cairn which provides shelter.
Now, we just had to muster the will to take the weather head on, as we would be descending down the south ridge.
On our way down the south ridge, we met a guy and I told Karma to fall in behind me. She did. The guy stopped and said something. I couldn’t hear him, due to the wind. I asked him to repeat. He yelled: KEEP YOUR DOG ON A LEASH!
Something snapped inside of me. A woman yelled exactly the same thing on our hike from Flø 2 days earlier. Karma was on a leash when I passed her. Afterwards, I took the leash off to take a picture of her. I could hear the woman shouting: KEEP YOUR DOG ON A LEASH! Except for the hare on the mountain, there was no living animals or people around.
I asked the guy – are you afraid of dogs? Because, as you see, she has fallen in behind me, opposed to being on a leash 2 meters ahead of me. He wasn’t.
He was just generally “concerned”. I asked him what he was concerned about. He said he was a hunter. I asked him if he was afraid the dog would spook the animals he planned to kill? No, it wasn’t that either (and he didn’t seem to catch the irony)…
He was concerned about the signal I sent to other dog owners. It was a frickin’ storm up there and there were no one else on the mountain. I just sighed and pointed towards the dog, seeking shelter from the wind behind me. He seemed to be happy about getting “the message” out there and we parted, wishing each other happy trails…
Trip statistics: 5,9km, 275 vertical meters, 1h:21m
Rambjøra (132m), Apr 11 2024
Thursday: Anne came up from Sogndal and the weather was still crap. I proposed that we should bring the rakes and clean up some of the bush I’ve been cutting on the Rambjøra trail.
The good thing about trail maintenance in bad weather, is that you forget about the bad weather…
And, not to forget – the path looks so much better afterwards!
It wasn’t much of a hike, but we did some good and we defeated the doorstep!
In the evening, I did some Gym exercises and decided to try out one I hadn’t done in like, 40 years. I was on my back, with my legs in the air, “cycling”. Then I figured it would be smart to bend my legs behind my head, to stretch the hamstring.
I woke up 1 hour after going to bed, almost incapable of moving my head…
Trip statistics: 4,8km, 140 vertical meters, 2h:07m
Rambjøra (132m), Apr 12 2024
Friday: We were going out for dinner with friends in the afternoon, and so I decided to bring Karma for another trail maintenance mission on Rambjøra first. The main goal was to drain water off the path.
My neck was still locked in the same position I left it, last evening but I didn’t have a problem with walking and using my arms.
But on my way upwards, I noticed that there was something very OFF with Karma’s tail. Oh no! Yet another hot spot. I cancelled the maintenance work, went up to the top and then returned to the house for medical attention that would last for at least two weeks…
Trip statistics: 2,9km, 140 vertical meters, 0h:48m
Hovdenakken (474m), Apr 13 2024
Saturday: Everything was just sad. The weather was sad, my neck was sad, Karma’s tail was sad. But we had to do something, and I proposed to hike Hovdenakken from the northeast. The strong wind came in from the southwest, and in theory, we would be in shelter most of the way.
We headed out from the Golf Course near Hareid and had a 100% wind-free ascent up the forest.
Anne really liked this forest. I was 99% sure I’ve brought her on this hike before, but she didn’t remember it.
We were still in shelter from the wind, and all was good…
As we approached the top, we had to mentally “embrace for impact”
On top, it was unpleasant, but it wasn’t Armageddon. Anne even found the inspiration to sign the visitor register. Personally, I don’t do that in weather like this, as the books don’t tend to like it in the long run. But I don’t like telling people what they should or should not do…
We descended the other side of Hovdenakken, then curved around for an off-trail forest descent – which I always do when I do this route. Anne enjoyed the forest big-time!
Trip statistics: 6,9km, 470 vertical meters, 1h:52m
Ulsettua (389m), Åsefjellet (141m), Hjørungneshornet (185m), Apr 14 2024
Sunday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
After this hike, Anne went to Lundeura on Runde island to check out the puffins. She reported that she had never seen so many puffins at the same time before. Good news!
