Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal

Keipen (431m), June 22 2012

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The route, as seen in Google Earth

The route, as seen in Google Earth
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When Anne came to Sunnmøre on this gorgeous Friday afternoon, the question about what kind of recreational activity we should go for, came up. Normally, we settle for something local on Fridays, but Skorpa island suddenly popped up in my head. I immediately called my friend Vidar - who took me (and my former dog Troll) to Skorpa in June 2006 - and asked him if he had any naval plans for the evening.

Fortunately, he had, and Anne and me now had a ride to Skorpa! Yeah!

 

Vidar - captain of the boat

Vidar - captain of the boat
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Vidar dropped us off at the Skorpa harbor and went fishing with his daughter. Anne and me headed out from the harbor at 6pm and had a nice walk up the mountain path. We reached the top of Skorpa 43 minutes later. The view was just as beautiful as I remembered it, and Anne seemed very glad to be up here...

 

On top of Skorpa

On top of Skorpa
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We didn't want Vidar and Helene to wait for us longer than necessary so we went back down after a 5-minute stay on top. We saw the wild goats on the west side of the island, and the herd seemed twice as big as back in 2006...

We returned to the harbor 7:17pm and met with Vidar and Helene. We also got a good glimpse of some goats who chose the shore over the mountain...

 

Wild goats on Skorpa

Wild goats on Skorpa
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What a good way to start the weekend! Many thanks to Vidar for taking us out to this beautiful island! I also hope he's there for me/us when there is opportunity for skiing this mountain!

 

Skorpa island

Skorpa island
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Pictures

The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 550D + Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS USM F 4-5.6

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To Skorpa island

1. The route 2. Leaving Nerlandsøya 3. The Bergsøya-Nerlandsøya bridge 4. Ready with the camera... 5. Skorpa, in the distance 6. Skorpa island 7. Click-click-click 8. Skagetåa 9. Skorpa harbor 10. Vidar is leaving

To Keipen

11. Time to change clothes 12. Good to be back! 13. On our way... 14. A very green shore! 15. Rødkløver - Trifolium pratense - Red Clover 16. The harbor 17. Towards the ridge 18. Veten on Hidsegga, Gurskøy 19. Up the ridge 20. Good views, all the time 21. The top comes into view 22. Sunnmørsalpane in the background

Keipen panoramas

23. Wide-angle view from Keipen 24. Zoom view from Keipen

Other pics from the top

25. Anne on Keipen 26. Me on Keipen 27. Wild goats 28. Going crazy with the camera 29. Nerlandsøya 30. Sandsøya 31. Gurskøya 32. Anne sorts out the directions 33. Flåvær 34. Runde and Kvalsvika

Descent

35. Descending Keipen 36. Svinøya 37. More wild goats 38. More wild goats

Return to Nerlandsøya

39. Skagetåa 40. Skagetåa 41. Skorpa 42. Skorpa 43. Skorpa 44. Stone cabin with WWII history 45. Skagetåa 46. Skagetåa 47. Caves below Skagetåa 48. Skagetåa 49. On the way home... 50. The bridge again

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