Dumb decision or bad luck…
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 06.04.26 | Amlaholten | 508m | 265m | Sogndal, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.04.26 | Fjordstien | – | – | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 07.04.26 | Fløtravarden | 869m | 59m | Gloppen, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.04.26 | Snøfjellet | 1005m | 177m | Gloppen, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 11.04.26 | Hasundhornet | 533m | 93m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 11.04.26 | Kjeldsund | – | – | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 12.04.26 | Røddalshorn | 563m | 103m | Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Amlaholten (508m), Apr 6 2026
Monday: After breakfast, we checked out of “Hotel Skjeskroken” in Hov, Søndre Land and said goodbye to our friends Eva & Bjørn. It was very nice spending a few days with them again.
The storm “Dave” had left its footprints in southern Norway and the mountain passes that weren’t closed, had convoys. We were originally supposed to go back to Sogndal on Sunday, but due to the weather in the mountains, we postponed the travel until today.
The roads were dry but due to the wind, there was a strong spindrift on Filefjell. Nothing to complain about. The trip across the mountain went just fine.
After arriving in Sogndal, I dropped Anne off and sat course for Amlabukti to hike Amlaholten.
The hike from the fjord is my absolute favorite forest route.
I always try to find new variations to the route.
Sometimes, new variations turn into dead ends…
As expected, there was no snow in the western side of the mountain.
I enjoyed an interview with Kristin Harila, talking about her upcoming project to summit Everest without bottled oxygen. She has been to Everest 3 times already, and together with Tenjen “Lama” Sherpa, became the fastest team to summit all of the 14 8000m peaks. They did it in 92 days.
In the busiest period, they did one 8000m peak every 5th day for 45 days. That’s an insane achievement. When she gives advice, they have clearly been tested and proven…
Like almost always, I picked a random, off-trail route back down. Then I drove up to visit friends who recently had bought a smallholding. I got a tour through the buildings, but I think my favorite part was the view towards Amlaholten.
On my way back to Sogndal, I had some time to kill before picking up the pizzas that Anne had ordered. I drove up to Røvhaugane and enjoyed a nice Sogndal view before moving on.
Trip statistics: 6,4km, 560 vertical meters, 1h:54m
Fjordstien, Sogndal, Apr 6 2026
Monday: After the pizza, we went down to Sogndalsfjøra to do a walk along Fjordstien.
The sun was about to disappear behind the mountains, but the temperature was OK and there was no wind.
We noticed a couple out in a rowing boat. That was an unusual sight. We normally see kayaks and canoes.
We never do this walk without having some fun, and sometimes you meet nice people and have a good chat.
I really like this fjord path. Every town should have one. At least the towns by a fjord or a lake…
Walking through the park, we noticed some kind of exhibition of photographies. One had been stolen. I didn’t really catch was the exhibition was about. Maybe some photo contest.
On our way back to the car, we passed my favorite bus stop. Not because I take the bus, but I like the decorations…
Trip statistics: 3,8km, 50 vertical meters, 1h:22m
Snøfjellet (1005m), Apr 7 2026
Tuesday: After finishing my working day in Sogndal, I sat course for Sunnmøre after being away from home for 10 days. The drive went just fine until I got to Frudalstunnelen and had to wait for a convoy to take us through. I am so fed up with the everlasting maintenance in this tunnel…
The plan was to ski Snøfjellet from the Utvikfjellet parking. I talked to other skiers, who told me that there were tracks to Snøfjellet (snow mountain), but not prepared tracks. I made a dumb decision to ski on the same cross-country skis that I had been using all Easter. I figured I was quite used to them by now and we had done a bit of skiing outside the prepared tracks.
Although the snow was soft and poor, there was no problem going UP the mountain.
After a while, I met the local reindeers.
They didn’t seem to be bothered about my presence, and now that they were leaving Fløtravarden, I could go up there.
There wasn’t a lot of snow on Fløtravarden, but enough for skiing.
Next stop was Snøfjellet…
I followed a track up to Snøfjellet, enjoying a good podcast along the way.
The views were nice, like always.
Descending on this challenging snow with cross-country skis was a bad idea, but I survived the descent from Snøfjellet.
On my way down from Fløtravarden, it all went to hell. The skis dug into the snow, and I probably tried to avoid falling flat on my face, which resulted in a seriously strained hamstring. I don’t think it’s torn.
The pain was a overwhelming, and I had to spend a few minutes in the snow before I found a way to get back up. The rest of the trip back to the car was just horrible. I’d rather forget about it than talk about it.
I had now approx. 2 hours left of driving and just sitting on the seat was pure torture. Using the pedals and changing gears was a huge challenge. In the end, I found a good way of controlling the car using the cruise control.
Injuries are part of the outdoors activities I am doing, but it’s been a long time since I had an injury like this. I don’t know how long this will take to heal, but it will for sure set me back for a little while.
Trip statistics: 11,7km, 520 vertical meters, 2h:07m
Hasundhornet (533m), Apr 11 2026
Saturday: After 3 days of resting, my hamstring strain started to ease, but I developed severe pain along the outer part of my right thigh, with sharp radiating pain down the leg when sitting, and significant discomfort when walking up the stairs.
There was absolutely no improvement on this “secondary issue” and so today, I decided to walk the gravel road up to Hasundhornet.
I had been told that I shouldn’t do anything that was painful, but it was already painful and I couldn’t see how it could get worse.
But first, a working day. I worked non-stop from 8am to 1:30pm. Then I took a break and drove to the Fjelle trailhead.
Driving to the trailhead was torture and I looked forward to start walking.
Walking uphill was just as painful as walking up stairs. It didn’t take long before I started walking backwards. That was not painful at all, and I had a better view…
I was determined to reach the top though. I’d limp if I had to.
It was a gorgeous day. The temperature was 13 °C when I left the car. My Teams app was going dong-dong-dong from other colleagues that were still working. I tried to ignore it. I would catch up later.
There were quite a lot of people on top, enjoying what was possible the first real day of spring.
Looking down on Ulsteinvik, I suspected that there were people down there, enjoying something nice to drink in the outdoor restaurants, and taking in the sunshine.
I was more focused on the snowy mountains in the distance.
Then it was time for the descent. To my delight, I didn’t feel any pain on my way down.
I got inspired and decided to go for a short bike-trip after working some more.
Back home, I worked from 3pm to 6pm and then I took the bike for a trip to Kjeldsund. The trip was very painful, and I didn’t enjoy it one bit.
I now hoped that I could enjoy a quiet afternoon, but at 8pm, I had to join another meeting. Oh well…
Trip statistics, Hasundhornet: 3km, 200 vertical meters, 0h:53m
Trip statistics, Kjeldsund: 8,8km, 100 vertical meters, 0h:39m
Røddalshorn (563m), Apr 12 2026
Sunday: My working day started 8:30am and well past noon, I was at liberty to go for a walk. My foot felt overall better than 24 hours earlier. I strongly felt that yesterday’s walk to Hasundhornet did me good. Contradictory to any doctor’s order, so soon after the injury.
I decided to up the ante today and double the vertical meters. I drove to Holtane to hike across Røddalshorn, and I had left my bike at the regular Røddalshorn trailhead. I assumed I would end up with ~450 vertical meters.
It was yet another beautiful day and I enjoyed Friday’s episode of “National rap show”.
There was no need for long underwear or a jacket today. But it was quite windy, so shorts would have been – inappropriate…
I didn’t have all the time in the world, as I had to get back to work in not too long, but I decided to not rush it and avoid any new injury at all costs.
The Teams app on the phone went dong, dong, dong, like the day before. My colleagues were busy. Very annoying, when you’re trying to listen to music.
The hike was significantly less painful, compared to the ascent to Hasundhornet the day before. In fact, the thigh was so much better and the hamstring felt better too.
Things were clearly moving in the right direction! Quite fast also, which surprised me. I had anticipated a few weeks of struggling. Well, maybe that could still happen. We’ll see.
I arrived on the western top on the Røddalshorn massif – 4 meters lower than the eastern top. It was so windy that I couldn’t get my jacket on. I had to find a sheltered spot to add the extra layer of clothing.
It was a very nice walk between the Røddalshorn tops.
Eventually, I was on top of the highest of the Røddalshorn tops.
I expected the descent to be an easy, painless walk, but now I could feel issues in part of the leg that I hadn’t felt before. I understood that I couldn’t fully trust my leg and took it nice and easy.
Eventually, I reached the trailhead and picked up the bike. I had the wind against me, and the bike didn’t feel steady. At 59km/h, I decided to not push my luck and touched the brakes very gently. No point in making a total mess of an already problematic situation.
I got the answers I needed. I don’t see the need to take it easy just for easy’s sake. I was a bit surprised about the 590 vertical meters, but I won’t be going for the 600m tops already tomorrow. I think…
Trip statistics: 5,8km on foot, 4,8km on bike, 590 vertical meters, 2h:09m
