Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal

Vetehaugen on Lundsfjellet & Nøta, Oct 5 2008


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Vågen. Lundsfjellet to the right

Vågen. Lundsfjellet to the right
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Ever since moving to Møre & Romsdal, the plan had been to visit Vetehaugen on my way to or from Åndalsnes. But after quite a number of trips to and from Åndalsnes, I still hadn't found the time to make the stop at Vågstranda. But on this rainy and windy October Sunday, I decided to make the (long) trip from Ålesund. Lundsfjellet was about to be bagged.

I was a bit concerned about driving across Ørskogfjellet while it was snowing in the mountains. If the weather forecast was slightly wrong, snow could fall on the road. With summer tyres, that could easily become a problem.

But the snow never fell below 700m, and the road was in good shape. And while driving towards Vågstranda, the weather below that altitude was quite OK too. My plan was to hike from Vågen, visit Vetehaugen first and Nøta afterwards. I parked at Vågen and headed up to the nearest farm. As I ususally do, I rang the doorbell, but no one was home. I found a forest road behind the barn and after a virtual coin-toss, I went to the right (I should have gone to the left).

The forest road led me to a pass. I was now at the foot of Nøta, but decided to stick to the plan about visiting Vetehaugen first. I turned north, and hiked off-trail towards Vetehaugen. I had been looking forward to a possibly strenuous scramble up the steep forest. But at the Brudeskaret pass, I came across a marked path that led me all the way up to Vetehaugen. I had mixed feelings about this, as I was in the mood for a good old forest struggle.

On the way up Lundsfjellet. Steep trail

On the way up Lundsfjellet. Steep trail
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Because of the forest, I didn't see much from the top of Vetehaugen, which I reached 12:07pm, 40 minutes after leaving the car. After a short stay at the top, I returned to Brudeskaret and followed the forest road to see where it would lead me. It led me directly to Nøta. The path to Nøta was difficult to follow upon ascent. I reached the top of Nøta 12:45pm, and I couldn't see much from this top either. A shame really. I felt cheated out of some fine Romdalsfjord views. But I did see a black grouse take off. Normally, I just hear them (and skip a heartbeat or two). Man, these birds are huge. That was something...

I was able to follow the path down from Nøta and was back at the car 1:06pm, 1h:40m after leaving it. Which was indeed shorter than the 2h:30m drive from and to Ålesund..

 

Old, sad woman on Nøta

Old, sad woman on Nøta
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The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 300D + Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS USM F 4-5.6

 
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To Vågen

1. Kvitnyken 2. Remmemstinden 3. Smørhylla 4. Lundsfjellet 5. Nøta 6. The trail head

To Vetehaugen

7. On the road to Nøta (wrong road) 8. Nøta cliffs 9. The path to Vetehaugen 10. Nature preserve sign 11. In the Lundsfjellet forest 12. In the Lundsfjellet forest 13. Vetehaugen ahead 14. Big roots 15. On Vetehaugen

To Nøta

16. Prosten massif 17. Nøta 18. Below Nøta 19. Forest face 20. Route to Lundsfjellet 21. Nøta cliffs 22. Vågen 23. The Nøta plateau

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