Back again with Anne, 14 years later…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 26.10.24 | Skriki | 1232m | 514m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Saturday: This morning, Anne was keen on a hike, and I immediately proposed that we should go to Skriki and do a hike from Øvstedalen to Nornes. Just like we did back in 2010, not long after we became a pair, were in love and …
… fit…
Besides, I hadn’t been to Skriki since 2020, and it would be really nice to get back up there.
We left one car at Nornes and then we drove up to the Øvstedalen parking.
The weather wasn’t great, and the forecast mentioned rain in the afternoon. But it was for sure good enough to hike a 1200m mountain. There was hardly any wind.
While yesterday’s route to Hesteggi was close to 800 vertical meters, Skriki offered 100 meters more.
It started to rain early on. Eventually, I put my rain jacket on, but Anne was OK with just the sweater.
It was nice to get above the forest. It felt like we were closing in on the top, even if it was still 500 vertical meters to go…
Eventually, Anne put her jacket on. It was a tad windier above the forest…
Little by little, the views began to appear.
When we reached the top, we got a “heavenly view”.
It was good to be back. I considered taking another “throw-snowball-in-Anne’s-face”, but the snow was wet and heavy, certainly not light as the June snow and I skipped the idea. Anne appreciated that…
That said, never let go of your inner child! That’s what’s keeping you young when age isn’t helping…
Karma was patiently waiting for her rewards, while the humans were going back and forth…
In 2010, we descended the southwest ridge. This time, we headed down the southeast ridge, but like then – aiming for Breiesete.
The terrain was easy enough, but the Reindeer lichen was slippery and treacherous.
After a while of off-trail hiking, we picked up a path that eventually took us down to Breiesete.
When we got to Breiesete, we stopped for food and looked at the onward route. The plan was to follow a forest path down to Nornes, as we were both convinced that in 2010, we followed the tractor road down to Norum.
It wasn’t difficult to locate the forest path, but after a couple of minutes, I noticed that Anne was lying on the ground. She had snagged her foot on a root or something and fell with her chest onto a rock. Her ribs were hurting, but she seemed otherwise OK.
I enjoyed the hike down the forest, thinking I got myself a brand-new route for my all-my-hikes GPS track map. But it turned out that we did the same route back in 2010, so next time, it will have to be the tractor road…
Then we got to the Klanten viewpoint. A very fine viewpoint indeed!
Below Klanten, the forest trail was steeper and slippery from leaves and recent rain. We took it nice and easy and didn’t have any further accidents…
Eventually, we reached Anne’s car at Nornes and drove back up Øvstedalen to retrieve my car.
After a quick rest and shower back home, we went to the theatre to see Riksteatret’s “Bare Elling” – with Per Christian Ellefsen in the leading role as “Elling”. Anne and I met Per Christian in a birthday party for a mutual friend some years ago.
Trip statistics: 11,7km, 990 vertical meters, 4h:15m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max from the hike):
