A wet morning near Vassfjellet in Trondheim
| 06.09.26 | Klasåsen | 304m | 121m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 06.09.26 | Klauvsjøåsen | 323m | 157m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 06.09.26 | Ståggååsen | 409m | 45m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 06.09.26 | Storbrenna | 410m | 137m | Trondheim, Norway | – | MAP |
| 06.09.26 | Bjørsetknippen | 427m | 215m | Melhus, Norway | – | MAP |
Klasåsen (304m), Klauvsjøåsen (323m), Sep 6 2026
Sunday: I knew this would be a wet morning even before I pulled the curtains in my room at Stav Hotel. The weather would get better later in the day, but I couldn’t wait that long. I would have to do my hiking in the morning and take the long drive home in the afternoon.
I had set my eyes on 3 forest tops near Vassfjellet, south of Trondheim. I could do 2 of them in one fell swoop and the last top was just a short drive away.
I drove in pouring rain to Hyttfossen and parked at Tovmyra by Fremovegen. It was raining so hard that I actually considered to just keep on driving back home. Luckily I didn’t, because it was raining significantly less here.
I decided to hike Klasåsen first. I was basing my route on a GPS track from a friend of mine. I was hoping he had followed a path but realized after a minute that he hadn’t.
There was no path here. Just tall, wet grass.
I was soaking wet after 1 minute, which was a good thing. Now, I didn’t have that to worry about…
And this didn’t seem to be a long walk, either. After a short forest section, I found the high point. Not memorable…
I went back the way I came – more or less.
My next stop would be Klauvsjøåsen. I was really hoping there would be a path.
There was a path close to where I had parked. I followed it, but as it didn’t seem to run up the forest, I went off-trail once again.
The terrain ahead of me looked very steep. I was not surprised that my buddy had found this to be a useful route, as he likes terrain like this.
Once close to the cliffs, the only possible route presented itself, straight away.
As soon as the terrain allowed for it, I started moving to the left.
Then I found a vague path, which led me to a viewpoint. From here, I had a pretty good view towards Klasåsen.
A minute later, I continued towards the top.
I decided that a large rock would denote the top of this forest hill…
I returned the same way and was back at the car 1,5 hours after leaving it.
Trip statistics: 3,8km, 290 vertical meters, 1h:31m
Ståggååsen (409m), Storbrenna (410m), Sep 6 2026
Sunday: The 3rd top on my list was Storbrenna. This seemed to be a reasonably short hike from Gamle Sjøen skole. I parked there and checked Peakbook.org to see if anyone had hiked from the school. Then I read something about new measurements and maybe Storbrenna wasn’t the highest top in this forest after all?
It seemed clear to me that I should also visit Ståggåsen to be on the safe side and I decided to drive to Vinnsmyra and start from there.
I had no complaints about this tractor road, which seemed to run almost to the top of Ståggåsen.
It was still raining, but being as wet as I was, there was no point even thinking about it.
Ståggåsen offered yet another meadow where the high point is impossible to identify, for the naked eye. So, the solution is to hike all over the place, matrix style…
Then I followed the high ridge, in the direction of Storbrenna.
The terrain wasn’t difficult, but the wet ground drained the energy right out of my body.
The top of Storbrenna pretty much looked like the top of Ståggåsen. The high point could be anywhere.
I don’t think the pile of rocks (a ruin?) on Storbrenna marked the high point, but it wasn’t far off…
On my way back, it stopped raining! I also got some views towards Vassfjellet…
Back at the car, I changed into dry clothes and looked forward to driving non-stop to Sunnmøre.
Trip statistics: 3,7km, 255 vertical meters, 0h:59m
Bjørsetknippen (427m), Sep 6 2026
Sunday: I was happy enough with 3 new P100 tops in the morning, but it wasn’t noon yet and now the weather was really getting better. I figured I would have time for one more hike and spent a little time finding a candidate where I wouldn’t end up with wet clothes again.
My choice fell on Bjørsetknippen in the Melhus “Lake district”. I had never been to this area before and looked forward to the visit.
I decided to follow the tractor road from Branemsflåtten. This road seemed to run almost all the way to the top. There was no parking along the main road (Bennavegen) and spent a good five minutes making sure I didn’t block for any tractors coming down the road. Because there were clear signs of tractor activity here.
3 minutes later, I learned that I could have saved myself from the trouble. There would not be any tractors passing through here.
I got incredibly curious about the log blocking the road. What was that all about? A neighbour feud? Or a landowner trying to keep ATVs out? Or perhaps even E-bikes? I got a mental picture of a really grumpy, old guy. I am probably being very unfair and there is hopefully a reasonable explanation for this roadblock…
The road went on and on and on…
But I didn’t complain, of course. The weather was OK and I didn’t have to fight bush.
Eventually, it was time to leave the tractor road and head up to the high point.
The high point on Bjørsetknippen was easier to identify than the other high points, earlier in the day.
I almost had some views too!
I was a happy dude when I returned to the car. 4 new P100 tops today, 7 this weekend and 11 in total during my drive to and from Brønnøysund.
My plan was to drive E6 and then Romsdalen, but now that I was halfway between E6 and E39, I decided to go for E39 and the two extra ferries. Getting to E39 really involved back-country sightseeing!
I arrived at Halsa 1 minute before the ferry was leaving. I had to wait 4 minutes in Molde for the ferry to Vestnes and I was quite confident I would miss the Sulesund – Hareid ferry by 1 minute. But I made it in the nick of time, as the last car onboard.
It had been a long day, a long weekend and a long week altogether. I looked forward to relax the remaining part of the Sunday evening, knowing that come Monday, I would miss being on the road…
Trip statistics: 4,1km, 240 vertical meters, 0h:52m