Summer vacation, day 9
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 21.07.25 | Heian | 161m | 110m | Bodø, Norway | – | MAP |
Continued from summer vacation, day 8…
Monday: It was time to leave Brønnøysund and get to our rented house at Finnes, Gildeskål. This transport leg would be 479km – a good 8-hour drive.
As such, we didn’t have a lot of time for hiking. Anne checked the map for what we call “bonus tops”. This means tops with a prominence >= 100 meters, that doesn’t take more than 1 hour (or so) up and down. Heian – on the peninsula at Ljønes – looked like a perfect candidate.
We stopped in Mo I Rana for the traditional “hi” to my uncle and auntie. My cousin Marius was there too. I hadn’t seen him since he was a young boy. He was a fully grown man now.
Going across Saltfjellet, we had rain. That was a bit weird, given the recent weather and current forecast. As we started to descend towards Storjord, the temperature was 17,5°C. When we got to Storjord, the temperature was 32°C!
We left the E6 and drove “Kulturvegen” to Misvær. The “cultural landscape workers” lied scattered along the road. The part near the guardrail was basically a really long toilet…
Eventually, we had Heian in view.
We followed Ljønesveien until its end by Ljønesodden. We thought we started out along the trail leading to the top, but we weren’t. The path we were on was leading down to the sea.
We adjusted our course and were soon on the path going up the gentle ridge.
We met a couple coming down from Heian. They explained the views – like Mjånestindan – across the fjord.
…and Blåmannsisen glacier.
After passing the 119,5m top (which is actually 129m), we had the main top in clear view.
Poor Karma – this was a hot hike for her. Not too much water around either, except for the water I carried in my rucksack.
The hike was not so hard for us humans.
In not too long, we had another pf100 top in the bag.
We didn’t hang around and returned the way we came up.
On the other side of Graddstraumen, we could see Skjerstad. This is a beautiful region.
We followed the path to its beginning, along Ljønesveien. We entered the road 0,2km west of the car. Karma looked SO old and tired, but then a moose came running across the road. Karma didn’t see the moose and we were curious about her reaction when she crossed the moose track.
Bang! From dragging her feet, her new plan was to get into the forest and find what this fascinating scent was all about. We asked her to bury the idea, and she reluctantly came back to us.
We continued towards Finnes and found our rented house. The house looked alright from the outside and old on the inside. I didn’t mind at all. As long as it was functional. Notable was the enormous balcony. Two levels, no less!
The main problem was the temperature in the bedroom, in the upper floor. It was unbearable. We opened all windows, trying to create as much draft as possible.
Anne wanted to cool down in the sea. She asked a neighbour where we could access the shore, as there was high grass everywhere. Instead of saying that she wanted a swim, she said that the dog needed cooling off. So, the neighbour proposed to spray the dog with his garden hose.
That wasn’t exactly what we had planned, and so he told us that it was an open alley from his house and down to the shore. That was most excellent!
Anne got her evening swim…
…and Karma got cooled down.
When we returned the house, we noticed some very interesting pinnacles below Finnesfjellet.
We looked forward to checking them out, when it was time to hike Finnesfjellet.
Anne strongly considered taking a mattress outside. I just thought about the insects and decided to try my luck in the bedroom. In the end, she did too. None of us slept very well the first part of the night.
But we were happy. We had arrived at our destination, we had the week all to ourselves and the surroundings were beautiful.
Trip statistics: 3,8km, 245 vertical meters, 1h:07m
