Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal

Bolleberget from Dyrkorn, Jan 1 2007

For Information, maps, trailhead and route descriptions, click HERE.


Nothing beats kicking off the new year on the good foot, and with a new top in the bag. The New Year Eve celebration was modest, and I was on my way from Ålesund rather early in the morning.

The target was Blåfjellet on Vaksvikfjellet. Well, on a fine day, it wouldn't have been, but on this grey and rainy morning, Blåfjellet was the perfect candidate. A short hike up from the Grytalisætra trailhead, and besides, I had plenty of pictures from the area already.

It began to snow (hitting ground and staying there) as I passed Sollisætrea (300m), and I decided to go for plan B - Bolleberget. My trust in the car, being able to start again, was only 50%. It was scheduled to go the garage for service the day after, but today was today. Did I really want to take my chances with the ignition so far away from people? And besides, how much snow would fall? I drove back down to the highway and continued to Dyrkorn. I drove up to 140m and parked the car. Snow wouldn't fall this low, there were houses (and probably starter cables) and besides, perhaps the dog would walk as long as there was a proper road?

We left the trailhead 10:25AM, and the dog did indeed walk on the proper road. In fact, he walked all the way to the place where I decided to leave the road, at 350m elevation. We were in the snow-zone and the dog seemed to enjoy it.

I looked around for the path that was on the map, but I didn't find it. Thus, I picked a direct line up the mountain, bypassing whatever obstacles came in my way. The weather settled. It stopped snowing as I entered the fog and the (small) forest, and it was a really nice day.

It began snowing again, as I reached the Bolleberget cairn 11:45AM. The dog was shivering, being wet, and apparently cold. He finished his lunch-box, still shivering, while I took a look around. It was quite steep to the north. What should I do now? Hike across Skurdfjellet and down to Gjerdsstølen? For what? The views were non-existing. And the dog was still shivering. I decided to stop by point 612m and then head back down.

On the way down the road, I looked at my dog and started to laugh. It looked like he had five legs! I hadn't paid attention to "this scene" before, and didn't stop laughing until we were back down at the trailhead, 12:40PM. And my faithful old car didn't give me any grief.

Pictures from the Jan 1 2007 hike

To Bolleberget

1. The trailhead for the day (taken after the hike) (238KB) 2. Ytresætra/Gjerdsstølen junction (231KB) 3. Toll road begins here (245KB) 4. Off-trail, towards Bolleberget (269KB) 5. A quick forest-fight ahead (286KB) 6. Hello .. (204KB) 7. Entering fog (200KB)

On Bolleberget

8. Summit cairn, view 1 (187KB) 9. Summit cairn, view 2 (146KB) 10. Steep north side (156KB) 11. Limited views (618KB)

Descent

12. On point 612m (250KB) 13. Vikahornet (193KB) 14. My five-legged buddy (222KB) 15. Wow.. (240KB) 16. Dyrkornelva (300KB)

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