Norwegian Mountains, Oppland

Tronoberget, Nov 8 2009


To the main Tronoberget page (maps, route descriptions, other trip reports, etc.)

 

Tronoberget

Tronoberget
(Click for larger image)

 

Saturday night, I met up with Anne Rudsengen (on her way home from Tronheim) in Lom. The plan was to ski Blåhø/Jetta (1617m) the next day. We rented an apartment at Fossheim Hotell, located in the centre of Lom. After lighting the fireplace, we enjoyed a few glasses of a nice red wine before heading down to the hotel restaurant to check out its famous cuisine. Crab soup, veal and Crème brûlée. Yeah!

 

Lom by night

Lom by night
(Click for larger image)

 

Over the last 2 weeks I had been fighting a virus which had it's peak this Saturday night. I hardly slept at all, and Blåhø was the last thing on my mind when I got up Sunday morning. At breakfast, I told Anne that the project was off, and that I was on my way home. Before leaving, she wanted to take a look at the sandbanks down by Otta river, and I decided to come along. I have driven through Lom numerous times without noticing these sandbanks.

The sandbanks were quite amazing. We walked 170m out on the river from the north shore before reaching melting water.

 

In the middle of Otta river

In the middle of Otta river
(Click for larger image)

After walking about on the river, I became aware of the mountain on the north side of the river. Two ladies walked by and I made my inquiries. They told me that a trail began next to the bridge, and after checking the elevation on the GPS, Anne and I decided to take the trip up the mountain. I was fed up with feeling sick and tired, and knew that an easy walk would do me good. At least for a few hours....

We headed out 11am and enjoyed the well-worn trail and the open forest. I was actually quite surprised about the forest, which reminded me of a coastal forest. We reached the top 12:36pm, after a long and interesting talk with a philologist that we met close to the top.

As we were still not above the tree line, Anne climbed the antenna for extended views. With a fresh weather report from Strynefjellet, it was time to head down. We were back at the trailhead 1:41pm - 2h:41m after heading out.

 

 

Anne taking in the Tronoberget views

Anne taking in the Tronoberget views
(Click for larger image)

 

As expected, I felt quite OK while driving back home to western Norway. The exercise had done me good (for a while), although it was probably not exactly doctor's advice. The 3,5 hour drive seemed only like an hour's drive thanks to the soccer cup final between Ålesund and Molde. For the first time in history, Ålesund had reached the cup final and by the time I reached Nordfjordeid, Ålesund had won the final after a penalty shoot out. What tension! What drama!

 

 

Keipen

Keipen
(Click for larger image)

 

Pictures

The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 450D + Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS USM F 4-5.6

 
Javascript slideshow

(Full size images)

 

  Flash slideshow

(Images scaled down.
Right-click on images and select 'open in a new window' for full size version)
(No panoramas)

 

 

To Lom, Nov 7 2009

1. Rinddalshyrna 2. Botnenibba 3. Stolshyrna 4. On Strynefjellet 5. On Stynefjellet 6. Moose 7. The apartment at Fossheim Hotell 8. Unintended effect 9. Lom ny night

Otta river, Nov 8 2009

10. Otta river and Lomseggen 11. Otta river 12. Otta river 13. Otta river

To Tronoberget, Nov 8 2009

0. Trip tracks 14. Tronoberget trailhead 15. Tronoberget trailhead 16. On the way to Tronoberget 17. Investigations 18. A well-worn trail 19. Lom 20. Eagle above Lomseggi 21. Up the forest 22. Bird-watching techniques 23. Lom 24. Otta river 25. Otta river 26. Reaching snow 27. The upper mountain 28. Top of Tronoberget

On Tronoberget, Nov 8 2009

29. View from Tronoberget 30. Anne aims for the sky 31. SHAKE that thing! 32. The mountain continues 33. On Tronoberget 34. Lomseggen 35. Snowy mountains 36. Descending Tronoberget 37. Tronoberget

To Sunnmøre, Nov 8 2009

38. Reflections 39. Reflections and a green river 40. Storskredfjellet 41. Fosnes church and Hjellehyrna 42. Hornindalshornet 43. Keipen

No Javascript:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 0 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

 

westcoastpeaks.com Other Oppland mountains Other Norwegian mountains