Iungsdalshytta, day 3
| Date | Trip |
| 26.06.26 | To Iungsdalshytta |
| 27.06.26 | Stolsbergi, Skorpa |
| 28.06.26 | Fødalsbrea, Toviknuten, Djupsnuten |
| 29.06.26 | Halldalsnuten, Iungsdalsnuten |
| 30.06.26 | Reineskarvet |
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 28.06.26 | Fødalsbrea | 1459m | 179m | Ål, Norway | – | MAP |
| 28.06.26 | Toviknuten | 1447m | 105m | Ål, Norway | – | MAP |
| 28.06.26 | Djupsnuten | 1493m | 141m | Ål, Norway | – | MAP |
Sunday: Breakfast at Iungsdalshytta started at 8am and we sat with the couple we had dinner with, yesterday evening. I didn’t feel anything from the 20km hike the day before, and Anne looked quite fresh too.
The plan for today was to take it a bit easier, and “just” hike across Fødalsbrea and Toviknuten. It would be a much shorter and easier hike than the day before.
Before we could get onto the Fødalen valley path, we had to cross the river.
Then we followed a nice path up Fødalen.
It was truly a beautiful valley, but my main focus was to spot where could get up to the Galdane massif, if that became our destination the next day.
Once we had agreed on a doable route, I could focus my attention to the present hike.
After a while, we turned onto the path leading up to the ridge near lake Klevavatnet.
There was an open cabin here. And it seemed that one could spend the night there, for a fee of course. I don’t know if this cabin had to be booked in advanced, or if it was a whoever-gets-there-first concept.
From this cabin, we followed a vague path up Fødalsbrea.
The terrain was easy and we looked forward to reaching a new top without too much effort.
The ridge to the summit was nice…
… and 100 minutes after heading out from Iungsdalshytta, we were up!
Then followed the usual round of pictures before taking a short break.
Stolsbergi and Skorpa – which we visited the day before – didn’t look very distinct:
The terrain towards Toviknuten looked straightforward.
We followed a cool ridge down Fødalsbrea…
… and hiked off-trail up to Toviknuten.
Toviknuten was my 28th new pf100 top this year. I was well on my way to reach the (new) annual goal of 50 new pf100 tops.
Now what? I knew exactly what I wanted to do – to hike Djupsnuten. But I didn’t think Anne was interested. But perhaps I could suggest that we parted? She could hike back to Iungsdalshytta while I visited Djupsnuten. I just had to present this in a good way. After all, we were supposed to be hiking together.
Then Anne said – “why don’t you hike Djupsnuten while I hike back to the cabin?” She knows me just too well. I thanked her for the kind offer and accepted gladly.
But first, we had to get down to Toviki.
It was tempting to do the shortest route possible, but it was very steep terrain. For some reason, Anne insisted that we should try to find a way down the cliffs and I went along with it, convinced it was a waste of time.
But we did find a route! Guaranteed the only route on the whole mountain face.
Big bonus! And now were on the path towards Toviki.
Down by the river, we could see people chasing a flock of sheep up the mountain. We hurried down to the gate and tried to be as invisible as possible, while the owners tried to get the sheep through the gate and up the mountain.
Now, we could just cruise down to Toviki…
At Toviki, we parted. Anne headed for the 4km path back to Iungsdalshytta, while I would follow the Mjolgebotnen tractor road.
Djupsnuten – here I come!
I had already decided on my route and after 0,6km along the tractor road, I went off-trail.
The bush terrain was not fun, but I made progress.
Halfway up the mountain, the terrain got easier and I stuck to the route I had planned while coming down from Toviknuten.
Eventually, I reached the top and was happy with my new pf100 top #29 this year.
I had a short break and a round of pictures…
… before heading back down the same way I came up.
Back at Toviki, 4km back to Iungsdalshytta awaited.
I was a bit tired, but the path was easy and I did the 4,1km in 48,5 minutes.
Iungsdalshytta was full of small children (DNT Barnas Turlag) and the dining room would be even more packed today.
I said hi to Anne (resting), went for a shower, ordered a beer and took my PC to “Peisstua” and made a draft of this report. It would be weeks until I got it published and it would help if I wrote down the essentials from the trip. I always do this.
Trip statistics: 18,2km, 1050 vertical meters, 6h:31m
