40cm fresh snow and a stunning light
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 11.01.26 | Tilremshatten | 318m | 262m | Brønnøy, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Sunday: I woke up to a pile of snow outside. I thought I only had to clear the driveway…
… but mom had even more important things for me to do.
Once I was finished with the driveway and the terrace, I had to clear the snow from the roof on the outdoor shed.
But after my chores were done, I decided to go to Tilremshatten one more time. Approx. 40cm of snow had fallen during the night and from experience, I know the trailheads get the lowest priority from the entrepreneurs. Tilremshatten was a safe bet. No parking. I walked from my mom’s house.
Across the fjord, I could see Trælneshatten – which I visited a few days ago. It seemed to be windy up there, but I didn’t expect the wind to be very bad on Tilremshatten.
There were a set of tracks up to Skardsåsen, which helped a little but not much. I was well prepared to re-establish the trail all the way to the top. The question was: how hard would this get? I was already a bit tired after 2,5 hours of shovelling snow.
Short answer: Hard work!
When I got on the “Flata” ridge, things got a bit easier. There wasn’t so much snow on the ridge.
As the morning hours shovelling snow quickly passed by, I had a feeling I was witnessing sunrise. But the sun would go down 2 hours after I took the below picture.
I was so glad I had brought my Canon. If I hadn’t, I would have been crying all the way to the top!
The main ridge was hard work. I had snow up to my knees the whole time, but I didn’t care. I loved being here and it was just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other.
The spindrift was just beautiful. But I hadn’t seen “anything yet”!
I clearly understand why this is mom’s favourite mountain. She has been up here more than 2400 times!
Andalshatten also seemed like a windy place today.
The ridge route is mainly going upwards, but with many ups and downs along the way. I’ve been struggling all week to figure out how many vertical meters it is to the top. The GPX tracks always shows different numbers, but after a LOT of research, I’ve concluded that “in average”, the ascent to the 318m top gives ~400 vertical meters. Maybe as much as 430. The descent gives ~100.
Sunset was in progress, but I still had the feeling of sunrise…
I was happy about setting the track, but with this wind, I didn’t expect the tracks to last for long.
The light in the forest was drop dead gorgeous.
It was one of the hikes I will be remembering the rest of the year…
The hike would have gone much faster if I didn’t stop for pictures, every other minute…
Finally – I had the top in view. That is, the high point is beyond the top in the below picture, but the forest hike between the tops doesn’t take too long.
I stopped for a panorama picture and gathered strengths for the final hill.
The final meters…
…and I was up!
After a few pictures, I turned around.
The mountains were starting to get this golden glow, which I wasn’t able to capture properly.
I was in shelter from the wind on the ridge…
…but wondered how “Flata” would be like. I assumed the spindrift was “just for show” and that it wouldn’t be worse than when I headed up.
And then I went bonkers with the camera…
So many nice motives…
It was indeed windy on “Flata” and the snow was whipping my face. But nowhere as bad as on Thursday, when I really struggled to walk across here.
The spindrift was magical to watch…
Back at the upper “Gapahuk” on Skardsåsen, I enjoyed a nice view towards Brønnøysund.
And when I passed the lower “Gapahuk”, my final picture was this WWII canon…
A superb day!
Trip statistics: 8,1km, 505 vertical meters, 3h:10m
