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Furehornet & Elvehornet, Feb 18 2012


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The route, as seen in Google Earth

The route, as seen in Google Earth
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It was one of those mornings when you really, really don't want to step outside. And if it hadn't been for the fact that I've promised myself to visit (at least) 100 new mountain tops per year, I would probably have stayed indoors as well...

I decided to go to Stadlandet and visit a couple of lower tops that I had been saving up for a rainy day. Be sure, this was such a day.

 

Passing Gursken. Sigh...

Passing Gursken. Sigh...
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At Sandvika (on Stadlandet), I caught a glimpse of a large deer on my left-hand side, while I was driving.. eh .. in accordance with the speed limit. 100 meters down the road, I tried to analyze the captured image I had in my head. It was a fine deer, no doubt. But wasn't it very close to the road? And didn't it look rather ... calm? And ... moreover ... didn't I see a fence? A large fence? And more deers? I needed answers to all these questions, and I put the car in reverse. Sure enough - all of the above was true. I made a mental note to do a net search for deer farms on Stadlandet when I returned home...

 

Oh deer...

Oh deer...
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When I arrived on top of the pass between Drage and Hoddevika, snow covered the road and the mountain tops were hidden in fog. But just like a wave from a magic wand, it stopped snowing and the fog lifted. Hallelu...!!

I decided to visit Furehornet first, then Elvehornet. I didn't see any path, which I found odd. After many trips to Stadlandet, my impression is that there are paths EVERYWHERE!

Near the Elvehornet - Furehornet saddle, I joined a path but I didn't understand where it came from. Then I followed it up to Furehornet which I reached 12:37pm - 30 minutes after heading out. As I didn't know the south side of Stadlandet too well, it was nice to be up here and study interesting rocks, cliff and ... places. 

 

Ytre Fure

Ytre Fure
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What a great day it was. I was absorbing energy from everything around me; the company, the scenery, the sunshine, the works! Even breaking trail from Lotsstøylen and 1,4km up the mountain road felt just brilliant. Many thanks to Lise who mercifully allowed me to be the point man (for a little while), and feel that I contributed with something useful.

At 620 meters, we left the mountain service road and continued across Revureholten before turning southeast - in the direction of Svartegga. Looking back on the others and the stunning background produced some hard-to-forget moments...

 

Across Revureholten

Across Revureholten
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We reached the summit of Svartegga 2:12pm - 2h:25m after heading out from Lotsberg (170m). This was indeed a great place to be! Ove went nuts and kept jumping around, while Anne was running around in the snow taking snow baths. Only Lise and me kept a civilized appearance - and without resorting to monkey business...

 

Ove - going nuts on Svartegga summit

Ove - going nuts on Svartegga summit
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The grand finale was of course the descent. The snow quality was more than perfect and this would be a big blast! We descended directly into Lotsbergdalen and enjoyed 300 vertical meters of pure delight. It tastes so much better when you've actually worked for it...

 

Descending from Svartegga

Descending from Svartegga
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We returned to Lotsberg 3:21pm, after a most inventive route down the forest. A million thanks to Lise and Ove for a most excellent weekend at Lotsberg. I was high in the sky with Lucy, all the way back to Sunnmøre...

 

Forest fun above Lotsberg

Forest fun above Lotsberg
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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 Svartegga

1. Nordfjord view from Lotsberg 2. Gjegnalundsbreen and Hyeneshesten 3. Gjegnalundsbreen detail 4. Me - going nuts over the view 5. Heading out from Lotsberg 6. Up a forest road 7. Shadows 8. Across Åsen 9. Across Åsen 10. Happy skiers 11. On the mountain road 12. Passing Lotsstøylen 13. Anne and Lise at Lotsstøylen 14. A winter moment 15. A cabin at Lotsstøylen 16. To the sky! 17. Trying to keep up with the sun 18. Towards Svartegga 19. Happy shadows 20. Svartegga 21. Magic! 22. More magic! 23. Ove 24. Lise and Skjerdingane 25. A merry Anne 26. Sunndalsnipa 27. Towards the top 28. Ove - and his backyard 29. Høgefjellet 30. Closing in on the summit 31. Lise and Høgefjellet (Sagtendene) 32. Almost up

On Svartegga

33. Lise on top of Svartegga 34. Me and Anne 35. Anne takes a snow bath 36. The group on Svartegga 37. Lise 38. Anne 39. Ove 40. Ove goes nuts

Wide-angle view from Svartegga

41. Wide-angle view from Svartegga

Zoom views from Svartegga

42. Zoom view from Svartegga 43. Zoom view from Svartegga 44. Zoom view from Svartegga

Other pics from Svartegga

45. Høgefjellet - aka Sagtendene 46. Dombesteinseggene 47. Eidskyrkja and Sunndalsnipa 48. Glitregga 49. Jakta 50. Trollvasstinden and Keipen 51. Ljosuregga and Felden

Descent

52. The first turns 53. Omigod, omigod... 54. Lise - and some great colors 55. Lise is sailing 56. Lise - in a blaze 57. Ove follows 58. Into Lotsbergdalen 59. Ove - part I 60. Ove - part II 61. Ove - part III 62. Lise - the dancer 63. My guess is that Anne had fun too 64. More Anne... 65. OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!!! 66. Just about perfect... 67. Gliding down Lotsbergdalen 68. Forest fun 69. Ouch - how will this end? 70. Anne - safely out of the forest 71. Back at Lotsberg

Later...

72. The moon, seen from Folkestad

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