Location: North 62:27.391, East 007:23.669 (GPS at the summit)
Climbed October 21, 2006
Difficulty: YDS class 2.
information:
How to get there:
Approximately 49 kilometer from the E39/E136 junction (between Ålesund and Molde),
along E136, there is a small place called Innfjorden. This is about 10 kilometer southwest
of Åndalsnes. There is a side road here with signs for Bøstølen. Drive 7
kilometer along this road, then make a right following signs for Bøstølen. Pay toll
at the self service toll station (NOK 50, in 2006), then continue more steeply uphill for another
5.1 kilometer. Take another right (still towards Bøstølen) and continue 1.3
kilometer to a fairly large parking area. One may drive another 200 meter to a smaller parking
area just before crossing the creek.
Park here, this is the trailhead, location
N62:25.988, E007:22.989, elevation 472 meter. Route description:
Cross the small bridge and head right up along the good trail following
the creek that comes down on your right side. After about one kilometer,
cross the creek and head up the open and easy slopes that form the lower
part of the Nonstinden south ridge. As you ascend higher, this ridge becomes
only slightly steeper before it again continues with a gentle angle all the way to
the summit. Ascending along its right side, there is much steeper slope off to the
right and good views across to the shapely Middagstinden (1569m), as well as the
impressive peaks closer to Romsdalen further east. There is a nice cairn with a trail
register at the summit.
Comments:
I did this hike with Anthony Dyer (an author of the book
Walks and Scrambles in Norway and
Arnt Flatmo.
They picked me up from the Molde ferry and we drove
to the trailhead above Bøstølen.
There were clouds all around, but a pretty big blue patch developed right
overhead. Thus, we had sunshine and a very warm and nice hike. Exceptionally
overhead. Thus, we had sunshine and a very warm and nice hike. Exceptionally
warm and nice for being late October. Just small patches of (new) snow near the
summit reminded us that winter is actually a bit overdue.
We left the car at 1100 and hiked at a leisurely pace up the gentle slope, arriving
at the summit at 1345. The summit register showed only a few visits, only two since the
end of July.
We enjoyed the warm weather and the fantastic 360 degree panorama
view until 1415, then headed back down to the car, arriving there at 1630.
This was my last summit on the
Norway "Finest 100" list
located in Southern Norway. There are still 41 peaks remaining, all located in
Northern Norway, an almost impossible challenge.
Resources:
Images
Nonstinden. The route heads up the
slope on the right. The summit is further behind.