Norwegian Mountains, Møre og RomsdalSukkertoppen: Autumn pics 2007Back to the main Sukkertoppen page
Autumn is here, and thus, many spectactular weather moments.
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Nov 23 2007, Troll's birthdayWhat a better birthday present than to take Troll to Trollråsa on his 14th birthday? He seemed overwhelmed by the combination of fresh snow, ice and darkness. These are conditions dachshunds live and die for! If it hadn't been for his frozen tail, I'm sure he would be wagging it. This was the first proper snow on Sukkertoppen this winter season. Conditions down Trollråsa were difficult! My friend Olav had a group of scouts making fires down by the shore, and just like last year, a dozen headlamps were looking up to Sukkertoppen as I descended. I assumed they were thinking; what a couragous person, climbing this steep mountain side after darkness, and in snow and ice!. A phone call with Olav later in the evening revealed the bitter truth; the scouts had told Olav that a moron had attempted to descend Sukkertoppen, but chickened out and headed back up...
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Nov 19 2007, Deep red skyWhat a wonderful afternoon! Gorgeous weather, a shiny moon and a deep red carpet in the sky. The clue is to be there on time. Not before, and not after...
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Nov 14 2007, Up Trollråsa after darkFirst hike (w/Olav) up Trollråsa after dark this autumn/winter. When you're in Trollråsa by yourself, after dark, solitude will slam you in the face. It is a magnificent place and a magnificent feeling..
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Nov 1 2007, 1st after dark hike this autumn
1st after dark hike to Sukkertoppen this autumn. I had brought a new Trollråsa "flag" which got
"raised" 20:15PM this evening. It was raining quite a bit as I drove in, but once I was on the
path, the weather settled. Like many times before...
There was traces of snow on the mountain, and the Trollråsa route was about to freeze. I thought
I was scrambling on solid ice, but it was still water. A few hours later, I would assume it would
have been very slippery here. I replaced the flag. Only 7cm left of the old one...
I was curious to see how Troll would do on the way down. His vision is rather poor these days.
He struggled quite a bit. I lit up the path for him with a very strong flashlight, but he didn't
seem to take advantage of the beam. He went into the bush a number of times, looking rather helpless.
Well, for us humans, it's just grass. To him, it's bush.
In any case, it wasn't uplifting...
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I was on my way to Sukkertoppen, talking to Olav on the phone. A major shower made me turn around,
and I didn't have any rain gear. Then Olav called be yellow...
At least I got to see some spectacular rainshowers..
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It was one of the all-time worst of weekends, raining almost constantly.
The only good memory from the weekend is these pictures taken after a hike to
Sukkertoppen. The last picture is from the morning after.
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It was a rather GREY evening in Ålesund, and I decided NOT to bring the camera on my evening hike
to Sukkertoppen. I'll regret it until the day I die, because I "missed" the greatest sunset I've ever
seen in my life. The first picture (just a glimpse when I got back home) illustrates my point.
Later in the evening, there was much to see above Ellingsøyfjorden...
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Yet another one of my regular afternoon walks to Sukkertoppen. It had been raining ALL day,
and I wasn't really planning a walk this afternoon. But when I noticed a glimpse of blue sky in the afternoon,
I moved quickly. It started to rain again on my way up the west ridge - in fact it hailed - but
all in all, this hike goes into the history book.
Along the shore
To Sukkertoppen
Descent
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It doesn't get better than this....
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Two pics from a hike where I headed from the Aquarium, headed up Trollråsa, down the normal route until I hit the forest,
then headed off-trail to the gravel soccer field in Skarbøvika before following the road back to the Aquarium.
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A few moments from Sukkertoppen, on this nice evening. The last two pictures (moon) are taken from
my house.
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Buddy Olav, my dog and me went chillin' in Trollråsa, now that we suddenly, and unexpectedly
got a break from the "everlasting" rain. Good for the body. Good for the soul..
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