Location: North 62.47094, East 007.25433 (GPS at the summit)
Sunnmøre, Norway
Difficulty: (YDS) class 2
Climbed March 17. 2018.
Information:
How to get there:
Locate the town Stranda in Møre og Romsdal. There is
a ferry connecting across the fjord. On the other side, drive towards
Ålesund, that is, first towards the small community called
Stordal. About 5 km before Stordal, another valley forks right and
the road going that way has signs for a ski area called Øverøyane..
Follow this sign, you will locate the ski area on your left hand side.
Continue along the ru until it ends in a large (pay) parking area.
Pay at a machine (NOK 50 in 2018), then park. This location is
at N62.42468, E007.22316, elevation about 390 meter.
Route description:
There is a groomed track from the parking (continue a short bit along
the road passing a closed gate), all the way into Jolbotnen.
Leave (right) the groomed trail around location N62.46053, E007.22024, elevation
about 570 meter. Continue up the slope directly ahead (north), then traverse right
near elevation 800 meter. Continue into the upper bowl, then ascend to the col between
Storbua and Kvasstinden or slightly more direct, on the Storbua (right) side of
the col.
From here, follow the ridge, then ascend about 100 vertical meter on a somewhat
steeper slope before reaching more gentle terrain and the large summit plateau.
The highest point with a
cairn and a nice visitors guestbook is located near the
east tip of the plateau, that is, bear left. Be aware that there may be dangerous
cornices along the steep sides of this summit plateau.
Comments:
Eric and I skied this mountain the day
after we climbed Høgstolen.
The weather was still just gorgeous.
We started at 0915 and followed the nice groomed ski track all the way
to the uphill really starts in Jolbotnen.
The skiing was nice as we gradually
climbed and the scenery steadily improved with new peaks appearing behind the
closest ones. Again, a short rest
was called for, some convenient rocks
and a nice view back.
We made the summit at 1315,
so 4 hours at a leisurly pace.
The summit register
showed us to be number 3 and 4 for 2018, while a total of only 8 people had
signed in for all of 2017. Surprisingly few, given the easy access and the very
large community of mountain cabins near the end of the road.
We stayed around the summit
for 30 minutes, then skied back to the car
in 1:15, arriving at 1500. The skiing down was nice,
we took a slightly steeper
and more direct route
in the lower part,
joining our route of ascent down in
Jolbotnen.
