A few cm of fresh snow…
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 14.02.26 | Garnestua | 654m | 417m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Saturday: I woke up to a few centimetres of fresh snow, but I had other plans than hiking for the first part of the day. I had to assemble my new bed. The instruction sheet clearly stated that two persons were required, I figured I could it do it alone. The worst part was the pure logistics, as I had get my two old beds out and I had to store them in a room where were already two other beds.
Some hours later, the bed was assembled and I was exhausted. I allowed myself an hour rest in the new bed. It felt heavenly. I relaxed in a whole different way.
After my rest, I decided to go for a hike. I chose to hike Garnestua via Martinråsa. I like this route. It’s straight up, all the way.
I soon found out that the shape and form wasn’t as it should be. I didn’t recognize myself in this hill. I had to stop numerous times, just to get the pulse under control.
But on the upside, every time I stopped, I also took pictures.
When I got to the steeper terrain, I considered climbing the rest. I tested a move and the rock I held on to, snapped. I held the piece of rock in my hand. That’s not the “handholds” you’re looking for. I decided to proceed on foot.
Finally, I was up on the plateau. I “celebrated” with throwing some of the fresh snow up in the air.
The summit was close by.
I felt a bit better now that the vertical climb was over. I enjoyed myself and took lots of pictures.
Then I went over to Flåna, hoping to get some nice sunset pictures.
But the sun was still quite high, and I didn’t want to hang around too long.
This would clearly be a round-trip hike, and I sat course for Løset.
But halfway down, I decided to go off-trail, to minimize time spent on the boring road, once I got down there.
This could have been new terrain for me, if it hadn’t been for that I went up and down this forest several times back in 2019, helping a friend to find his lost dog. The dog was found, but not by us.
I was a bit worried about the sudden drop in shape and form. The coming days would surely be interesting!
At least – when I got back home, I had a brand new, nice bed to recover in!
When I reached the Løset road, the car was only 750m away.
Trip statistics: 5,5km, 560 vertical meters, 2h:34m
