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Steindalsnosi (2025m) on skis, Apr 30 2012
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The route, as seen in Google Earth
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It was the finest weekend so far this spring, and the day before Anne Rudsengen and me skied across Steindalseggi - an incredible fine (and long) round trip. Today (Apr 30), we wanted a restitution day. Steindalsnosi on Sognefjellet came up as a good restitution candidate...
It's a beautiful drive from Sogndal to Sognefjellet, and we enjoyed every second of it - with the roof down of course. And I felt good vibrations as we passed Turtagrø. Mighty peaks appeared in front of us...
Hurrungane
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We found a spot alongside the road, parked the car and headed out 11am sharp. I was slightly worried that we had started bit early and that the snow in the steepest part would be icy. But there were several skiers ahead of us, and I assumed that a) they knew what they were doing and b) that the sun would do its job within the next hours. The first challenge was however to get going...
A fun start
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Next followed a nice, but uneventful plod up towards Steindalsnosi. I was counting 10 skiers ahead of us, and there were most likely a few more on the summit. As we were approaching the steepest section, we could see that some chose to deal with the upper section on foot. I was curious about exactly how steep this section was...
The big hillside
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The upper section wasn't too bad, and the main track was a motorway. We now had only 0,5km to the summit point, and could enjoy first class seats to the mighty Hurrungane mountain range.
Mighty Hurrungane
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We reached the top of Steindalsnosi 12:37pm - almost at the same time with the others that had been ahead of us. Even if I knew exactly what we could see from up there, the view was still breathtaking. We should have more restitution days like this...
On top of Steindalsnosi
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We didn't quite look forward to the descent. It was true - it was a bit too early in the day and the snow was hard and icy. All the tracks made skiing in the upper section really difficult. A long string of skiers were on their way upwards, and I had to tell myself a couple of times that it was OK to look silly. But a bit further down, conditions improved dramatically, and we could finally enjoy some nice skiing...
Descending from Steindalsnosi
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We returned to the trailhead 1:35pm and had a nice drive down from Sognefjellet. We went to Gaupne to visit friends and we made the barbeque dinner just in time... A very nice end to a mighty fine day...
Back at the starting point
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