Norwegian Mountains, Møre og RomsdalBlåtind & snowdrift, Mar 11 2009To the main Blåtind page (maps, route descriptions, other trip reports, etc.)
Lately, the time between 5:30pm and 8pm has been allocated for mountain magic. There's so much nature magic going on outdoors, and I don't want to miss anything. But today, I didn't expect much magic as I headed up Blåtind by the southwest ridge. It was a nice and quiet evening. I left Haddal 5:40pm, expected to be on top 6:40pm and back at the trailhead 7:15pm. I reached the top 6:37pm and was back at the trailhead 7:13pm. Not completely on target, but close enough... I was a bit surprised about the strong wind that came down Klungsdalen, as there was absolutely no wind at the trailhead. I expected that the wind was local to the valley, but it wasn't. When I reached the snow high on the mountain, the wind was whipping up most of the snow that had fallen earlier in the week. What a sight! I had to dig out the winter gear from the backpack rather quickly, as Blåtind's summit ridge was a very, very cold place.
On the summit ridge
After a short stay on the summit, I headed down towards the northwest ridge. The windborne snow carried my weight, and I was as joyful as one can get (without beer). I hurried, or even hurtled down the ridge and was back at the trailhead just minutes before the headlamp had to come on. Then I drove to the Huldrehornet trailhead, hoping to see that huge moon that's been around the last couple of days. But to my big disappointment, it was gone. |
The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 450D + Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS USM F 4-5.6
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