Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal

Vassberget from Fyllingsvatnet, Nov 26 2006

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Extremely wet after having visited Åsnakken in Vestnes and Høgåsen in Skodje on this rainy Sunday, I arrived the Vassberget foothills. This would be the last top in the region that I was about to complete.

I had a choice between following tractor roads up from the Skodje side, or go off-trail in the forest from the north side. I chose the off-trail route, and left the car 12:51PM. Initially, I followed a tractor road (under construction or "face-lift") that (ref. the map) seemed to go all the way to Skodje. Thus, I left this road after a couple of muddy, hundred meters, and headed off-trail up the northeast ridge.

A branch of the tractor road was under construction on the lower part of the ridge, but then I entered true forest, and could enjoy the forest silence. It had stopped raining, and there were fractions of blue sky above. It was simply a matter of following the ridge upwards until I reached a point that just HAD to be the high point (13:20PM). The GPS concluded that the elevation was correct. Since there were no views, I turned around and headed back down after letting the GPS do its measurements. I was back at the car 13:41PM and looked forward to a warm house and dry clothes back in Ålesund.

Pictures from the Nov 26 2006 hike

Pictures are shown in sequential order

1. Tractor road under construction on the NE ridge (382KB) 2. In the forest (437KB) 3. The high point (350KB) 4. A touch of blue sky (189KB) 5. White-backed woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos, Kvitryggspett (291KB) 6. My Høgåsen route earlier in the day (205KB) 7. Back at the starting point (245KB) 8. Skodje kirke (church) (163KB)

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