At mom’s “base-camp” in Brønnøysund
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | MAP |
| 08.07.14 | Øveråshøgda | 345m | 162m | Brønnøy, Norway | MAP |
| 08.07.14 | Kamman | 229m | 100m | Brønnøy, Norway | MAP |
| 09.07.14 | Ørntuva | 102m | 102m | Vega, Norway | MAP |
| 09.07.14 | Kjulsveten | 272m | 259m | Vega, Norway | MAP |
| 10.07.14 | Seljemarkfjellet | 375m | 277m | Sømna, Norway | MAP |
Continued from: Marmorslottet & Hauknestinden, July 6-7 2014
Øveråshøgda (345m), July 8 2014
After more than 2 wonderful weeks on the Helgeland coastline and in Salten, we had arrived in Brønnøysund and checked into mom’s “base-camp”
The next day, we brought my mom along and drove to Velfjord to visit Øveråshøgda. We drove up to Øverås and parked at the end of the open road, leading to Dyrkroken.
Then we followed the tractor road up to the pass at Dyrkroken.
From Dyrkroken, we followed a faint tractor road up Monslia.
Then we crossed the meadow and aimed for the unmarked high point.
This was not a memorable hike, but it is a top with prominence > 100m and as such, it counts…
We returned the way we came up.
Pictures (Canon EOS 60D from the hike):
Kamman (229m), July 8 2014
After visiting Øveråshøgda, we left Øverås and drove in the direction of Hommelstø. We turned on to the Langfjord road and drove 1,8km to the watershed. Here, we turned left and drove up to the Asplia farm. No one was home, so we parked discretly in the outskirts of the farm and went straight into the forest.
After a very short hike (0,4km) we reached the top and found a bolt. At the time, we thought that Kamman only had a prominence of 96m. As such – it was not on the list of Norwegian mountains with a prominence >= 100m
But, after more recent measurements, and if you accept rounding up and down, the top is at least 228,6m and the saddle (at Langfjordvegen) is at most 129,3m. So, I think we can add another top to the distinguished list..
Ørntuva (102m), July 9 2014
After spending one day at mom’s base-camp in Brønnøysund, the adventures were calling again. We got on the early morning ferry to Vega to do the tops that I was still missing out on.
The first top we would visit was Ørntuva on Igerøy island. When we have a chance to do so, we like to visit island high points.
It was especially nice to return to Vega, because a picture I took of Anne back in 2010 had gone “viral” up there. It was even printed on the new map of Vega.
We started out from Igerøydalen.
The terrain was easy enough…
Taking ferries on the Helgeland coastline in the summertime may require your uttermost patience. Today, a ferry had crashed into the harbor at Forvik – adding additional challenges to the already busy coastline traffic.
All we could do was to hope for the best and plan for the worst…
It’s just too bad that I associate Vega with pure stress, because it is just such a wonderful island...
After the hike to Ørntuva, we drove to Nes – on the north side of the island.
Pictures (Canon EOS 60D) from the hike:
Kjulsveten (272m), July 9 2014
After spending an whole hour at Nes, I got restless. I wanted to hike. Anne wanted to lick sun and have a swim in the ocean. I wanted to hike. We decided to figure out something that made both of us get what we wanted.
We drove to Åkvika and Anne dropped me off so I could hike Kjulsveten and she could chill down by the sea.
I followed the marked route to the top.
On my way up, I had a good view towards Ørntuva on Igerøy island…
Eventually, I reached the top…
It was odd to be on Vega and not hike the higher mountains…
Upon descent, I returned via Tårnet and had a cumbersome journey down to Åkvika.
When I got to Åkvika, it was a true delight to hit the water…
It was 30 frickin’ degrees Celcius above the water…
It’s such a shame that Karma doesn’t seem to enjoy the water, for the water itself. She is a water retrieving dog but she doesn’t approach the water unless there is something to retrieve. So, we gave her something to retrieve…
So far, I had been able to forget the stress involved taking ferries, but now it came creeping. Anne knew me well enough by now and said it was OK to wait in line for the ferry for an extra couple of hours…
Because of the accident at Forvik, the 5pm ferry never came. But just after 7pm, a ferry came along. It was really nice to onboard it…
Pictures (Canon EOS 60D) from the hike:
Seljemarkfjellet (375m), July 10 2014
On our last full day in Brønnøysund, I took Karma on a trip to Velfjord. I still hadn’t been to Seljemarkfjellet (technically in Sømna).
I drove to Nedrehongset and parked a few hundred meters past the last farm. The road onward was just too bumpy for my taste.
We followed Hongsetveien down to Remkleivvatnet and turned right. We then followed this road 0,8km until we reached a farm gate.
We turned left and went off-trail just after the gate.
After a while, we got on the ridge above Ursskaret. It was in general better to stay more left than right in this slightly complicated terrain.
When we reached a couple of small cairns, we left the ridge and headed straight for Seljemarkfjellet.
It was a hot day and the flies were a pain.
We left Nedrehongset 9:05am and reached the top 11:10am.
Although I hadn’t been to this top in the past, the surrounding mountains were quite familiar…
On our way back, I aimed for lake Krumvatnet and passed the lake on the east side. The terrain wasn’t very pleasant…
We got on the ridge leading up to point 123m and a bit later, arrived at the old pasture farm “Krummen“.
We kept our distance to the main building so we wouldn’t be spotted by the herd of cows, grassing there.
A bit later, we got on a tractor road that took us back to the farm gate and then we followed the road back to the car.
Pictures (Canon EOS 60D) from the hike:
Continued on: Åarjeltjahke, Kappfjellet, July 11 2014
