Summer vacation, day 16
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 28.07.25 | Keiservarden | 366m | 128m | Bodø, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 28.07.25 | Løpsfjellet | 352m | 63m | Bodø, Norway | – | MAP |
Continued from summer vacation, day 15…
Monday: After breakfast at the “Wood” hotel in Bodø, we decided to do a long walk in “Bodømarka” – directly from the hotel. After all, the main concept of this very hotel is outdoor adventures.
The main goal would be Løpsfjellet, which I thought was a pf100 top, because the Peakbook app said so.
We decided to go there via Keiservarden – a top that we visited back in 2016, together with Karma.
I actually didn’t remember much of the 2016 hike, but I did remember the terrain.
Unfortunately, it was a foggy morning, but we still enjoyed the walk in fresh air!
It was emotional to remember Karma being with us here in 2016, given that she passed away, two days earlier.
We descended down to the pass and then sat course for Løpsfjellet. I asked Anne – “did you really feel we descended 100 meters?” She said “no”.
We had fog on Løpsfjellet, but it was OK. We had our fair share of views from this region during our stay at Geitvågen 2 years earlier.
There are two high points on Løpsfjellet. The southern “top” is 352m, the northern 351m. That’s very hard to see in the fog.
We continued towards Bertnesskardet, from where we followed a trail going parallel to our route towards Løpsfjellet.
We met a guy, who told us that he never seen anyone else on this trail before. I guess that says something about us. We go to northern Norway’s largest city (per Jan 2024), go for a hike and then someone tells us that we are the first ones he’s seen on this trail. What can I say? We like round-trip hikes…
The next goal was to find the easiest route back to the hotel. It wasn’t easy, as there were numerous paths on the map that weren’t really paths, but in the end, I think we followed the most optimal route.
We also stopped by Jakelikollen (209m).
It had started to rain a little and we were eager to get back to the hotel and get some rest before going downtown for shopping.
We returned to the hotel via lake Svartavatnet.
If Mr. Stordalen is reading this blog (very unlikely), I have 3 recommendations:
If the concept of this hotel is to inspire to make people go on hikes, then:
– Offer a drying room for wet clothes and shoes.
– Build a cold plunge pool for recovery. The Bodø backyard is massive, and feet get weary.
– If Mr. Stordalen wants people to return safely to the hotel, then please modify the “Stordalen” signposts to “Stordalen (not the hotel)” so we don’t end up miles away from the hotel 😉
No complaints, though. We had a very nice stay at hotel Wood!
Again, a very nice dinner at the hotel restaurant. This was our last night in Bodø and on the next day, we would be heading south.
As for Løpsfjellet, it wasn’t a pf100 top. The prominence was only 63m. Someone had made a math error while calculating the prominence (these things can happen) and since I haven’t updated the app in a long time – plus the fact that the app doesn’t seem to be reading directly from the website’s database – we ended up with a very long walk without getting a new pf100 top in reward. Collateral damage. Still, it was a really nice walk and in any case – we just love Bodø.
One minor complaint, perhaps. After the hike, we went downtown for shopping at the sport’s shops. I finished first and waited for Anne in the car. In the middle of the downtown, I was observing some drunks fist fight in the middle of the street. It just went on and on. Where were the police or the security guards? Quite annoying! There were children in the street.
Good sports shops, though. I finally got a new pair of La Sportiva Ultra Raptor…
Trip statistics: 14,7km, 640 vertical meters, 3h:45m
