Norwegian Mountains - Route Descriptions

My route around Storøya
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The weather being great all day, I decided to leave work a little earlier on this Friday afternoon, and visit Storøya - just outside Tjørvåg on Gurskøya. But by the time I arrived at Herøy Industripark (my chosen starting point), it had turned into a rather cloudy afternoon. But there was no turning around now.

My 4th trip in the "Hawk" started 3:15pm and I had a smooth ride around Litløya and Storøya. I visited the "high" point, closely observed by someone in a real boat. Am I the "talk of the town" now?

It started raining as I reached Røyrasundet, but it didn't amount to anything else than cool raindrops on the water. The whole trip took 1h:35m and after hanging the "Hawk" up to dry in the bathroom, I went up to Huldrehornet and enjoyed fun scrambling/climbing on the back side of the mountain.

Already accepted by the sea birds
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Måløya, Oct 24 2009

My route around Måløya
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This Saturday morning, getting up was particularly hard. My leg muscles were so stiff that I understood that my body was protecting me from myself. "Hell if you'll do any hiking today!" Was it the recent soccer training? Or the 40km biking & hiking from last weekend? I guess I never should have done that "How old are you" internet test. The result - Age 20 - must have gone to my head...

So the only thing I really felt like doing was to bring the semi-dry "Hawk" out of the bathroom and put it into the trunk of the car. I decided that I wanted to visit Måløya (Måløyna) - a small island outside Jøsok on Gurskøya.

The Måløystraumen marker
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I headed out from the Jøsok harbour 10:50am, and the water was perfectly still. But the tide was turning, so I knew it wouldn't last. The plan was to do the south side first, and enjoy smoother water on the north side - on the way back. A guy I met before heading out, suggested the opposite and I decided to follow his advice. In retrospect, this didn't seem so smart. The south side got quite bumpy when the tide came along.

A small boat with three people came close. I guess they wanted to see what kind of person would row these waters in an inflatable rubber boat. "Any fish?", they shouted. "No fish", I replied in a vain effort to blend in..

Masdalhornet & Vardehornet
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The trip around Måløya took 1h:50m. I still wasn't in the mood for hiking, so I decided to go on a combined bike and hiking trip; from Myrvåg, up Ringstaddalen, then hike up Garnestua (653m), continue by bike to Ulsteinvik and back to Myrvåg. Altogether 29,4km on the bike and 4,6km on foot.

Other "Hawk" trips : Yksnøya, Kjeholmen, Bakarholmen and Furøya.