Hiking near Tingvollfjorden, part II
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Eidshaugen (Meisalfjellet) | 807m | 154m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Litlhaugen | 745m | 46m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Melåsen | 777m | 72m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Dauen | 778m | 68m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Skarven | 980m | 176m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Salfjellet | 954m | 59m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
| 20.05.24 | Grønfjellet | 677m | 569m | Molde, Norway | – | MAP |
Eidshaugen (807m), Skarven (980m)
Continued from Åbakkfjellet…
Monday: On the 2nd day of Pentecost (and as such – public holiday in Norway), I woke up early morning in my car close to lake Meisalvatnet near Tingvollfjorden. I was freezing cold!
Man, the temperature had dropped during the night! I was hiking in shorts the day before!
I went to “bed” again, hoping the temperature would rise. And 1 hour later, it was safe to put on the shorts again. I’ve never experienced a temperature change like this.
Today, we would hike the tops surrounding lake Meisalvatnet and the first top on the list was Eidshaugen, aka Meisalfjellet.
It was a short and nice stroll to the top, which we reached 9:40am.
It was indeed a beautiful morning!
We were in the outskirts of Trollheimen – a mountain region I’ve never been to. I plan to change that…
The next goal was Skarven, but to get there, we had to cross a few minor tops. The first one was Litlhaugen.
In addition to Trollheimen mountains, we could also enjoy the wild Romsdal mountains.
After Litlhaugen, we sat course for Melåsen.
Karma had plenty of access to water – and occasionally – snow…
We had two tops ahead of us. At the time I didn’t know which was the highest – Melåsen and Storhaugen, and so I had to check the map. Fortunately, the one that the ridge was leading us to – Melåsen – was 19m higher than Storhaugen – which would have been a detour.
It was nice to reach Melåsen. Now we could finally set course directly towards Skarven.
On our way to Skarven, we cross Dauen, which I wondered actually meant “the death”…
Approaching Skarven, I had to start thinking about the ascent route. We would have to avoid steep snow, as the snow was hard as rock.
The only way up seemed to be via the south ridge, but there were snowfields or cornices all over.
Finally, I found a place that allowed for a safe ascent.
And then we could ascend Skarven…
I made a mental note (with capital letters) that I would have to come back here soon. I wasn’t aware that Åbittinden and Trolltinden were so accessible, given the high Meisalvatnet trailhead (~600m).
But for now, I was happy about Eidshaugen and Skarven.
The view from Skarven was – awesome!
The final top was Salfjellet – a lower hump just below Skarven.
The big question now was – how would we get down? Based on what I could see on Skarven from the trailhead – a descent would involve steep snow. I hoped that Sandvikskardet would offer a nice and easy route down.
We ended up heading straight down until the snowfields forced us further west. Eventually, we found a route free of snow.
I assumed the rest of the route back to the car would be trivial…
But, the crossing the drain from lake Kvennsetvatnet required full balance.
Aiming for the car, I could now see all the tops that we had hiked across.
Great hike!
Trip statistics: 14,4km, 850 vertical meters, 4h:10m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the trip:
Grønfjellet (677m)
Monday: The short trip to the Tingvollfjorden region had been quite rewarding – with 5 new pf100 tops and 10 tops altogether. But the day was still young, although I had a 4-hour drive back to Gurskøy awaiting, and so I decided to go for one more top.
Grønfjellet above Eidsvåg was the natural choice, especially since there seemed to be a toll road to Kvamsætra, which meant we could start hiking from 365m elevation.
But before we could get going, we had to wait until this thing crossed the road. It was the poisonous Norwegian viper (“Hoggorm”). Not deadly per se, but it would be very cumbersome (and not to mention expensive if the dog got bit) to locate a veterinarian or Doctor on a public holiday…
After following the road past come cabins, the mountain path was easy enough to find. There was a “Grønfjellet” signpost at the beginning of the path.
The route was also marked with sticks.
If I didn’t know better (which means if I didn’t check the map) I would probably have thought that the mailbox and the cairn meant that we were on the high point.
But we weren’t. The high point was 0,5km to the northwest…
The view was pretty much the same as I had earlier in the day, but a couple of new mountains popped up in the horizon…
With 6 new pf100 tops in 24 hours, I was really satisfied and now the long drive home would be so much easier.
I already started looking forward to my next trip up here. Maybe I would finally get myself a Trollheimen top?
The traffic was busy (given Pentecost) and so I decided to NOT drive to Molde and take the ferry. Instead, I drove via Eikesdalsvatnet and Isfjorden and had a great drive back home…
Trip statistics: 5km, 360 vertical meters, 1h:20m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the trip:
