The usual “across and through” route…
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 31.05.26 | Torghatten | 258m | 258m | Brønnøy, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Sunday: On the ferry from Andalsvågen to Horn, after hiking Hornstinden, I had made up my mind. My second hike for the day would be Torghatten, and it would be the classic “across the top and through the hole” round trip.
To my surprise, there was plenty of parking space at the Torghatten trailhead.
As I got closer to the mountain path, I decided to hike off-trail up the slabs, adjacent to the mountain path. I love these slabs.
Across the fjord was Trælneshatten. I visited this top in January, but it would be a good after-work candidate in the coming week.
I joined the mountain path on top of the lower ridge, and my next challenge was to hike up the cool ridge without using my hands.
Alas, I chose to follow a route adjacent to the path and this route was wet and slippery. The hands had to come into play…
I looked forward to getting to the top. The weather was beautiful and the views are awesome.
A few minutes later, I was on top of Torghatten.
I pulled out my cell phone to capture panoramas…
Vega had been wrapped in clouds ever since I got to Brønnøysund and today the island was almost free of fog.
I tried to spot Hornstinden, but Mosaksla was obstructing the view.
Then it was time to descend the north side. I looked forward to it.
I hadn’t seen anyone on this hike, which was a bit surprising – on such a gorgeous day.
I had decided on which route to take to the hole. It would not be via the normal trailhead, but instead – along a boulder field that would get me to the path from the northeast halfway up.
What is interesting about the north route, is that the path is very visible and looks well worn. But this route ends in a sudden drop where – IMHO – you need to have some experience with scrambling in order to get down safely. I just can’t picture tourists doing this route, so maybe the tracks are from the Brønnøysund locals.
I looked forward to getting to the hole, but first I had to get down the somewhat tricky section.
The “somewhat tricky” section was plain tricky today. My usual route – which requires one or two good hand- and footholds was wet and slippery. I just couldn’t get it to work. The solution was to go further west and scramble in Hail Mary style before putting the feet on solid ground. I never had issues here before. I’ve taken Karma down here, and even my old mom. But today, that would have not been possible. I barely made it myself.
Then followed the boulder field…
… and a forest section I don’t think I want to experience one more time.
A little bit later, I was on the normal route to the hole. The Sherpa work is mind-boggling.
I have no idea how many times I’ve been to this hole. When I was a child, I wasn’t logging any walks. PCs didn’t exist, nor did the internet…
The light was just different today.
It is indeed an impressive hole…
And then I came out on the southwest side.
Folks were chillin’ and it was just a great day altogether.
I was eager to get back to my mom’s place and jogged down the stairs.
Well, actually I wouldn’t mind one more hike, but my vertical meter count for the day was 1350 and I figured that was good enough. And besides, I had more work to do in mom’s garden.
And Trælneshatten would surely be visited after work in the coming week. I don’t know when I’ll be going home yet, but my neighbour sent me a message – apologizing for the noise. She’s building a new bathroom. I told her to hammer all she wanted as I was far, far away. So I’ll be up here for a few more days, for sure.
Trip statistics: 5,2km, 400 vertical meters, 1h:41m
