Many good hikes!
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 02.09.24 | Hyningane | 1018m | 368m | Ørsta, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.09.24 | Rjåhornet | 600m | 107m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 04.09.24 | Røddalshorn | 563m | 100m | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.09.24 | Helgehornet | 626m | 545m | Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.09.24 | Gjugra | 1294m | 425m | Volda, Norway | – | MAP |
| 07.09.24 | Sunndalsnipa | 1396m | 566m | Volda, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 08.09.24 | Skavegga | 1075m | 254m | Gloppen, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Hyningane (1018m), Sep 2 2024
Monday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Rjåhornet (600m), Sep 3 2024
Tuesday: During the morning walk with Karma, the knee made “clicking noises“. I decided to suspend any plans I might had about going back to the Sunnmøre alps.
So, after work, I drove to Djupvika (on Gurskøy island) to hike one of my regular tops – Rjåhornet.
The knee was a bother. It felt like there were “moving parts”, from time to time locking the knee. It helped to do a sideways karate kick. There would typically be a “snap”, and the locking sensation was over.
More of a concern was the stomach. I still had a strong belief that it was muscular – perhaps from all the monotonic work with the brush cutter, before the summer break. I would have a talk with the Chiropractor about that the next day. Not exactly in his line of work, but you never know what people knows…
Eventually, we reached the top of Rjåhornet, and I could enjoy one of my favourite viewpoints. In the below picture, you see; (from the left) Hareidlandet island with Ulsteinvik, Sunnmøre alps further right, the Volda tops and Voldsfjorden – Austefjorden.
Karma knows very well that she has to pose before getting any treats…
On the way down, I decided to take a detour via Nakken. Karma hates as much as I do, to hike back the same route. And she strongly suggested a different route by stopping in the fork, leaning towards the other route, while staring at me.
While Nakken is just a small hump, the top has all the “signs” (mailbox, signposts and a trig. Point) that means treats.
Once that was taken care of, we could set course for the Djupvika trailhead.
Trip statistics: 8km, 670 vertical meters, 2h:02m
Røddalshorn (563m), Sep 4 2024
Wednesday: After the Chiropractor had done adjustments to my knee and my neck, I asked if he could have an opinion on my stomach problem. He could, and he buried his fingers so deep into my belly that I was about to faint. He was pretty sure that there was an inflammation or strong irritation in the large muscle above the intestines. I was quite relieved hearing that, and then I decided to give it some more time.
Just a few days later, I stopped mentioning the stomach in my “health diary”, as it was no longer a problem…
After weeks of bad sleep, I was dead tired after work but decided to do a hike to Røddalshorn in the thick fog.
As we approached the summit ridge, “something happened” and I hadn’t expected that at all…
We were above the fog!
That’s the type of thing I maybe can hope for when I hike the higher tops in the Sunnmøre alps in the fog. But never at this altitude. This was just such a tremendous bonus.
The fatigue was instantly blown away and I decided to do a roundtrip hike.
The plan was to hike to the Storetua saddle and descend to lake Simavatnet, even if it meant going back down in the fog.
The fog was magical to watch…
After going into the fog again, we got a break as we crossed the westernmost part of Røddalshorn.
But after that, it was all thick fog. I tried to navigate using my knowledge about the terrain. After all, I do know my way around this island…
Still, I ended up much further down in the valley than the plan was. The off-trail hike up to lake Simavatnet was not fun.
But after the lake, we soon got below the fog and there were no more mishaps on our way back to the car.
Trip statistics: 7,3km, 530 vertical meters, 1h:57m
Helgehornet (626m), Sep 5 2024
Thursday: Another typical night these days; went to bed at 23:00, woke up at 2am with tension headache. Was working on killing it until 5am. Not much sleep until I got up and 7am. If I didn’t have an exciting job to get up to, I don’t know how things would be like. In any case, I had to seek better treatment for the neck problem.
Dead tired after work, and the fog from the day before was still lingering on the coastline. Not much inspiration to find so far, but I pulled myself massively together and drove to Volda to hike Helgehornet. As I had assumed, there was no fog there.
I enjoy looking at fog, not being in it…
The weather wasn’t stunning, but I was happy enough. It felt like a big win to just go hiking today.
The shooting range below the mountain has made Karma permanently nervous about hiking here. She didn’t want to go at first, but when I said “Listen! No shooting going on”, she (reluctantly) came along.
Like always, we descended along the south ridge.
The drive back home was almost better than the hike. I just had to stop at Eiksund for pictures…
Trip statistics: 4,9km, 445 vertical meters, 1h:43m
Gjugra (1294m), Sep 6 2023
Friday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Sunndalsnipa (1396m), Sep 7 2023
Saturday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Skavegga (1075m), Sep 8 2024
Sunday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
