Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal

Kjerringa via Trongegjølet, Dec 28 2011

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Kjerringa and Trongegylet

Kjerringa and Trongegylet
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Today, I wanted to take Anne to the top of Kjerringa - an ultra-cool pinnacle/rock feature high above Flø. I hadn't been up here since June 2009, when I had a most interesting round trip hike with Erling Flø.

The only visual traces of the violent hurricane "Dagmar" was a lot of rubbish here and there, and we could see that the waves had almost reached the road in places. Which - according to a local - was "something completely new". The sea and the winds had calmed down, but still the sea was a magnificent sight...

 

 

Waves at Flø

Waves at Flø
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We headed up Trongegjølet (not 100% about the pronunciation) and scrambled up to the pinnacle. As expected, Anne found this to be a very enjoyable place. Not only was there a ridiculously sharp and airy rock that she had to sit on, but there was also a cave with all sorts of interesting things inside...

 

 

On top of Kjerringa

On top of Kjerringa
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Afterwards, we continued up to the plateau (Djupmyrane), and enjoyed fantastic colors in the sky and a superb view.

 

 

Great view from Djupmyrane

Great view from Djupmyrane
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We headed down directly into Ytreflødalen. If it hadn't been for social engagements later in the afternoon, it would have been very tempting to do a round trip across Smørkinna, Sneldelida, Signalhornet and Skolma. But that will have to wait until another day.

 

 

Descending into Ytreflødalen

Descending into Ytreflødalen
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This round trip hike was 6,8km, 400 vertical meters and took us 2,5 hours - including fun time on Kjerringa...

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 Kjerringa (the pinnacle)

1. The route, in Google Earth 2. Waves at Flø 3. Waves at Flø 4. Waves at Flø 5. Waves at Flø 6. Waves at Flø 7. Waves at Flø 8. Our route, ahead 9. To the couloir 10. Up the couloir 11. Up the couloir 12. Up the couloir 13. Grasøyane Fyr 14. Leaving the couloir 15. To the pinnacle 16. A cave on Kjerringa 17. To the pinnacle top 18. To the pinnacle top 19. On Kjerringa 20. On Kjerringa 21. On Kjerringa 22. Flø 23. Anne studies the cave again 24. Here, but not any further... 25. Climbing down 26. Godøya island 27. Leaving Kjerringa 28. Runde island

To the plateau (Djupmyrane)

29. Up the couloir 30. Rising up from the couloir 31. On the plateau 32. On the plateau 33. Skolma 34. Sukkertoppen and Ålesund 35. A cool sky 36. A cool sky 37. Enjoying the view 38. A cool sky 39. Moving on 40. On Djupmyrane 41. A cool sky 42. A cool sky

Descent via Ytreflødalen

43. Descent to Ytreflødalen 44. On snow 45. Happy girl ;) 46. Waves at Flø 47. Kjerringa pinnacle 48. Waves at Flø 49. Waves at Flø 50. Ørskogfjellet tops 51. Vanylven colors

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