A nice round-trip on Bergsøya island
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 08.03.26 | Storehornet | 196m | 74m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 08.03.26 | Igesundhetta | 216m | 216m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 08.03.26 | Hornseten | 190m | 152m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Sunday: I had a feeling that Anne was in for an easy day, given the long hike across the Sandsøya tops the day before. As I already had met my weekly goal of vertical meters, I was happy to suggest an easy hike to Igesundshetta on Bergsøya. After a little while, she came around and we drove to Øvre Myklebust and started hiking.
When we reached the fork to Storehornet (196m), I asked Anne if she was up for a round-trip hike and she was.
Anne still remembered the snowstorm here, back in 2023.
After Storehornet, we sat course for Igesundsvarden.
Shortly after, we were on top of Igesundsvarden (189m) and enjoyed the only rays of sunshine on our entire hike.
From here, we had a good view of the old and new bridge to Nerlandsøya.
It was a hazy day, and on some pictures – like the below – I had to use the Lightroom dehaze function.
Our next stop would be Igesundshetta.
I was, if possible, interested in some new tracks and we decided to see if it was possible to cross between lakes Storevatnet and Vikevatnet. That was indeed possible.
We discussed scrambling directly up from the lake, but I found the upper part too steep and so we followed a grass gully instead.
Above this gully, we had the final section in view, and I wasn’t quite sure where we should go up.
But then we came across an old path that I remembered.
And soon, we were on top of Igesundshetta.
We both enjoy this terrain a lot. Steep, rocky and nice paths.
After a short stay, we sat course for Fosnavåg. The plan was that we would follow the main road back to the car. But now, I launched my secret plan B. Why not return to the car via Hornseten?
Anne didn’t like this plan but after hard negotiations, she was up for it if we found a café in Fosnavåg.
As we were looking for an open café, my old buddy Håvard Notøy appeared in a door and waved us in. Inside was the new golf simulator and we were given an introduction to how this works. Håvard delivered a shot that has to be world class. Even his buddy said this was a crack shot.
That was big fun, but now Anne needed a café. Fosnavåg Brygge had just opened for the day and we ordered a mighty nice cheesecake and coffee. Anne was happy!
My treat, of course. After all, it was International Women’s Day!
Now, we could set course for Hornseten!
Håvard had told us about the new staircase from Nørvågen. He had been one of the driving forces behind it. I didn’t know about it and looked forward to getting there.
The staircase was just great. The ascent up here will be easier for everyone, except dogs.
It’s quite steep at the end. Or in the beginning, depending on which direction you come.
Then we reached Hornseten…
… where we met my buddy Vidar. Very nice! Some years ago, Vidar took Anne and me to Skorpa island in his boat.
We took a different route back down and joined the Heida route.
Passing Sunnmørsbadet, Anne just had to try out the kids’ playground. I joined in too. All of a sudden, there were kids around and they cheered on us with an unmistakably ironic tone.
I went over to one of the kids. He pretended to be a little uneasy about my presence. “Are you going to kidnap me, or something?” “Nah”, I said. “I just want to tell you something”…
“You’re a kid now, and kids love climbing” The kid nodded.
“But when we get older, most of us stop climbing”. The kid nodded. And then said:
“But you didn’t!”
“That’s right“, I said. “I never did. And that’s how you stay young all your life”
“Cool”, he said. “I will play football all my life then!”
He got the point and he will probably discover that it’s easier to climb than to play football at our age…
Trip statistics: 9,8km, 680 vertical meters, 4h:19m (incl. some long breaks)
