Location: North 60.51679, East 006.41724 (GPS at the summit)
Voss, Norway
Difficulty: (YDS) class 2
Climbed February 11. 2018.
Information:
How to get there:
From Bergen, drive Hwy. E-16 to Voss (about 100 km),
do not drive through the tunnel, but keep right and go through
the center of Voss. Continue straight until you arrive at the
bridge. Cross the bridge, turn right and then immediately left.
The road should have a sign for Rong.
This road first climbs the hill a bit left, then turns right and
enters into the valley called Bordalen.
Continue along this road until it crosses the river, then about
1.5 kilometer more. Locate a side road that forks left, slightly
downhill. Find parking here, a short distance down this side road
or close to the intersection. This location is
N60.54477, E006.47482, elevation about 365 meter.
Route description:
First, continue along the main road about 300 meter where you
locate a flat area on the right hand side of the road, as well as
an uninhabitated house just before this point.
Start here, ascending up the clearing,
then zig-zag up a steeper section to reach
nice, pretty open pine forest.
Higher up, on a pretty level slope, you see a cliff band
ahead and to the right. Proceed left below these cliffs to locate a natural ramp
that connects with the upper end of the cliff. Ski up here and gain better terrain
above. Contine ascending, then make a fairly horizontal traverse across to a small
valley that separates you from the main slopes of Eggjane. Ascend the broad ridge
above on your left then continue straight uphill towards the summit.
There is a large cornice extending horizontally across just about where the slope
gets slightly steeper. There is a natural passage up the middle marked, very
conveniently by a small tree at the upper side. From here, continue to the
summit. The slope is more gentle near the top and you will see a large cairn slightly
left. The highest point is a bit further ahead, not marked with any cairn.
This route is quite suitable for skiing and should be very good right after new snow, in
particular if the slope stays out of strong wind.
Comments:
I had scheduled this as a Bergen Mountaineering ski trip (DNT Bergen Fjellsport) already
back in November last year. Considerable interest as more than 20 participants signed up.
Still, with late cancellations, the group ended up at 12, including Fredrik (co-trip leader)
and myself.
The group met in downtown Bergen at 0750 and drove to the trailhead, ready to ski around 1000.
We skied up in 3:10. The weather was pretty ok, with fair visibility, except near the
very top where white-out and gale winds ruled.
We started back down around
at 1325 and arrived at the cars by 1450. The skiing was nice, perhaps best snow
in the middle section, while the surface was more wind-blown higher up.
Thanks are due to trip co-leader Fredrik Brun for always keeping an eye on the
last person in the group as well as being the only brave skier on Norwegian
fjellski (thinner Telemark skis), while the rest of us used randonnee skis.
