A nice hiking day in Trondheim
Summer vacation, day 19,20
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 23.07.24 | To Trondheim | – | – | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 24.07.24 | Storheia | 565m | 422m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 24.07.24 | Rundheia | 500m | 54m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 24.07.24 | Gråkallen | 552m | 158m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 24.07.24 | Stadsheia | 465m | 115m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 24.07.24 | Geitfjellet | 416m | 111m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 24.07.24 | Sunset | – | – | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
To Trondheim, July 23 2024
Tuesday: This was traveling day. We left Brønnøysund after breakfast and it was pouring down all the way to Trondheim.
In the afternoon, we checked into Clarion Hotel Brattøra and took a walk to become familiar with the surrounding area.
I liked the hotel. It wasn’t too expensive, and dogs were very welcome (at a stiff price). The hotel also looked nice.
That is, *I* became familiar with the area. Anne already knew this area quite well, after numerous work trips to Trondheim.
The agreement was that the next day, Anne would have a Trondheim day while I could finally hike the 4 tops in Bymarka – with a prominence of 100m+
I was looking over to Byåsen and wondered if I would be looking back at the hotel the following day…
I’ve been to Trondheim many times in my life, but I’ve been mostly passing through – on my way further north. As such, it was very nice with a walk downtown.
In the evening, we left Karma in the hotel room and went out for dinner.
I had a delicious noodle meal. Anne had … something else…
Storheia (565m), Gråkallen (552m), July 24 2024
Wednesday: After breakfast, I left Anne and drove up to Bymarka.
My starting point for the hike to Storheia and Gråkallen was Skistua.
I had never been hiking in Bymarka before but enjoyed it from the very beginning.
There was (of course) a network of gravel trails.
Storheia was clearly the longest of the hikes I had planned for the day…
Without realizing it, I took what I thought was a shortcut, but it was a path up to Rundheia (500m)
Fortunately, I found a vague path that took us back to the gravel trail we were on earlier.
The gravel trail turned into a mountain trail, which we followed to the top.
Storheia could only offer fog today, but it was OK.
When we left Storheia and aimed for Gråkallen, the fog started to lift.
And after a while, it was a honky dory nice day!
We were almost back at Skistua when we turned onto this path – taking us up to Gråkallen.
It took me by surprise that there was a military installation on top, and the high point was on the wrong side of the fence. There was a signpost saying that trespassing was forbidden.
Being a law-abiding citizen, I didn’t try to cross the fence and concluded that after a) traveling to Trondheim and b) walking all the way up to the fence – I could claim this top. I know some would disagree (only the real top matters), but I don’t care. I’m not breaking laws to get to a mountain top.
I didn’t take pictures of the military installation either. This picture from a cairn outside the fence will be our memory from this top…
I had more tops to do and we sat course for Skistua…
I could see Geitfjellet from Gråkallen, but I decided that Stadsheia would be our next top.
We also had a view towards Trondheim, but I hoped for better city views from Geitfjellet.
The view towards Trondheimsfjorden was better…
Trip statistics: 11km, 630 vertical meters, 2h:27m
Stadsheia (465m), July 24 2024
Wednesday: After hiking Storheia and Gråkallen, I thought long and hard whether I should do the two remaining tops from Skistua. Noon had just passed, but I wanted to be with Anne before it got too late in the afternoon.
I figured it would be 3km just to get to the Stadsheia trailhead. Then another 2km to get to the Geitfjellet trailhead. And then an additional 2,5km to get back to Skistua. I figured the hike to the tops would be somewhere between 7 and 9km and to add 7,5km to that – felt like a long day ahead.
I decided to drive down to Ila and drive up the Tømmerdalen road and just do the hikes along the easiest routes.
I drove to the end of the Tømmerdalen road to hike Stadsfjellet. I figured following a signpost towards lake Herbernsdammen would be a good choice of route.
After a little while, I got confirmation about being on the right track.
My oh my, this path was wet. Soaking wet. I was maybe spoiled by excellent trails earlier in the day, but I was disappointed with this.
Now and then, we were able to follow solid forest ground, but for the most part it was wet.
I got a strong feeling that this is not the most visited place in Bymarka.
But eventually, we got to Herberndammen.
My inner compass was now spinning. What I thought was Stadsheia was Svartdalsfjellet. Stadsheia was in the opposite direction.
Now, we had to go south for a while and follow a path that took us up to the pass between Stadsheia and Herbernsheia. A short while after, we were on top of Stadsheia!
We could see Storheia in the distance…
And Gråkallen too…
And our next goal – Geitfjellet.
I didn’t want to go back the same way and decided to descend via Herbernsheia. There, I picked up a vague path which we followed across the meadow.
This path merged with a wider path, which eventually led us back to the trailhead.
Trip statistics: 4,5km, 280 vertical meters, 1h:13m
Geitfjellet (416m), July 24 2024
Wednesday: After returning to the car, we drove back to the northernmost of the Geitfjellet trails, near Fjellstua/Tempervollen. It was a little difficult to find parking. This area was clearly more popular than Stadsheia.
This trail was wide, well-worn and dry!
On the boggy sections, there were wooden walkways.
Eventually, we had Geitfjellet ahead of us, and we met more and more people.
Soon, we joined the other trail, and minutes later, we were on top of Geitfjellet – along with lots of other people.
This was the best viewpoint of the day. Gråkallen dominated the view to the west.
The view towards Trondheim was also good.
On Geitfjellet, I could see – or at least know I was seeing – Stadsheia, for the first time. That was not a memorable hike!
And that was it! We had now visited all the 4 tops with prominence > 100m in Bymarka. Job done! Time to return to the city and join Anne!
Trip statistics: 2,6km, 160 vertical meters, 0h:40m
Trondheim, July 24 2024
Wednesday: In the evening, it was time to celebrate a good day in Trondheim. We left the hotel and had a very nice meal at the Indian Tandoori restaurant.
Afterwards, we went up to the hotel roof.
We enjoyed a nice sunset before calling it a day. The next day, we would be setting course for my place on Ytre Søre Sunnmøre. But hopefully, including a couple of good hikes along the way.
