Finally got to visit the eastern top
| 03.09.26 | Skogmofjellet | 458m | 125m | Brønnøy, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 03.09.26 | Liafjellet Øst | 485m | 74m | Brønnøy, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Thursday: The weather was nothing like the miserable forecast. It was actually very nice and I looked very much forward to my afternoon hike. But as I had an appointment with some friends in the evening, I had to keep the hike rather short.
I decided to revisit Skogmofjellet, from Veddal. I hadn’t been up there since 2009, and I didn’t remember anything from that hike. But I hiked half the route in May this year, when I hiked to Seterfjellet. In May, I started from the racetrack. Today, I started from the other road.
The forest path was wet and muddy, but there was enough rock to prevent it from being a total disaster.
Higher up, there are stone steps.
It was nice to get above the forest!
Next was the Seterstignasen ridge.
The autumn colors were beautiful! I really enjoy this ridge.
I passed the dam and observed construction work in progress. Apparently, they are strengthening it.
I was mentally halfway up and looked forward to reaching the top.
The weather was still nice, but I could see the fog was closing in on the mountains – again.
Better get to the top before all the views were gone…
On the other side of the lakes was an unnamed top that I hadn’t been to yet. I wasn’t sure if I had time for it. I would decide when I reached the top.
I was almost up, but the fog had started to cover the mountains.
But no fog on Skogmofjellet. Not yet, anyway.
This mountain doesn’t have a map name. The locals call it Skogmofjellet (or Skomofjellet). Peakbook.org calls it Tverrlifjellet and on the map, it says Liafjellet on the ridge I came up from the dam. I am not going to fight the locals, but based on the map, I would have called this mountain Liafjellet.
The mountain on the other side of the valley doesn’t have a name either. Peakbook calls it “Liafjellet Øst” (Liafjellet east top). That’s not a good name either and I am not happy with it. But I don’t have any better suggestion. In any case, I decided to go and visit it.
The other top had more complex terrain than Skogmofjellet and I really hoped that I could stay clear of the fog. As I was in a slight hurry, I didn’t want to spend time on navigation.
I just headed straight down from Skogmofjellet and it was a little bit steep in places, but nothing problematic.
The wall on the other side looked dramatic and difficult at first glance, but I followed a natural break in the rock face diagonally up the mountainside and had zero problems getting up.
Now I had the top in view, but I was confident that there was at least one more curveball awaiting…
There was, but nothing problematic.
There was always an obvious route in otherwise challenging terrain.
And then I was up!
A flock of birds flew in circles above me. Not sure what kind they were…
I was exactly “on plan” and didn’t waste time by hanging around. Now I had to find the best route down to the lake, on first attempt.
I found a very friendly ridge that took me down to the path to/from Seterfjellet, which I followed back to the dam.
Excellent hike and if I may say it – perfectly timed, given the time I had available.
Trip statistics: 6km, 600 vertical meters, 1h:52m
