Walking the dog, on my way home from Sogndal
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| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 13.05.24 | Årheimsfjellet | 1007m | 177m | Stryn, Norway | – | MAP |
Monday: After work, I left Sogndal and sat course for my home on Gurskøya – a 3,5-hour drive. Clearly, I had to find a place to walk the dog and preferably – a top that we hadn’t done so far in 2024. Getting a brand-new top would not fit my time schedule and so my choice fell on Årheimsfjellet in Stryn.
I drove up to the Oppheim and paid the stiff NOK 85, – price for parking. I would have paid 50, – without thinking, but 85 is just too much. But OK, we could start hiking from ~300m elevation.
It was a really hot day and Karma wasn’t super-enthusiastic. Fortunately, there was plenty of access to water along the way.
When we reached Oppheimssætra, we were also done with the forest.
From here, we could follow a really nice path up to the high ridge.
The top was now just a 2km hike away…
The snowfields were a bonus. Karma could properly cool off!
It was nice to be completely alone on this mountain!
And then we were up!
I didn’t bother descending for the Stryn views. The plan was to hike Gryta (on the other side of the valley) at some point and I would get my Stryn views then.
I didn’t need the Stryn view. The views were good enough as they were…
Like always, when I hike this top, I descend via Raksætra. Today was no exception and so we went off-trail, assuming we would find the Raksætra trail in not too long.
We did, and in not too long we were down at Raksætra.
Raksætra is a popular hiking goal, and we met a few hikers as we continued down to the trailhead.
We still had good access to water, but now – Karma was good…
It was a great hike. I wasn’t home until 10pm in the evening, but clearly worth it!
Trip statistics: 7,6km, 760 vertical meters, 1h:54m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the trip:
