Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal
Kiberget & Breifjellet, Apr 21 2008
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Nice view from Kiberget
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and Breifjellet was quite an uneventful walk. But that can be ok sometimes. The view towards the Ørsta peaks is actually an event in its own right. I had some problems finding the trail head and asked around. A woman took pity on me, and insisted that she would drive ahead and show me the way. At the parking lot, she wanted us to walk up a gravel road in order to show me the path. Thankful as I was, I feared she might insist to guide me up the mountain too...
Kiberget
16:25PM, I headed out from the trail head below Lågskjervene. It was a beautiful day, but the path was long, muddy and a bit boring. My dog Troll and I discussed the possibility for him to walk a bit, but the conclusion was that he would ride in the backpack. At least until we found a dry and gentle ridge. Half an hour later, we arrived on the ridge. It was gentle, but only a short section dry. Anyway, Troll insisted to battle with rotten snow. He's a brave soul..
We reached the high point 17:13PM. The air was crystal clear and the Ørsta peaks were as pretty as they get. Another hiker arrived on the top and we chatted a while before I moved on.
Breifjellet ..
was a really boring experience. I couldn't determine whether the meadow in-between was bog or a lake with floating turfs on top. Once on the ridge to Breifjellet, there was no path. Just soft turfs. I continued hastily across the top (18:03PM) and descended in the direction of the Lågskjervene viewpoint, where I picked up a path. Further down, I took a wrong turn in a trail fork and was on my way to some place west of trail head. That would have been fine, had I not determined that I wanted to be on the 19:00PM ferry. After a quick short-cut across another annoying meadow, I was back at the trail head 18:31PM - in good shape for the ferry.
