Stormauken
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I stayed at Vollan Gjestestue in Nordkjosbotn, phone (+47)77722300,
the night before, since coming from the north.
This is quite a nice place with reasonable rates (NOK 695 for a night).
Route description:
From the end of the road, head out west (a very short section) along
the trail that has been established by the farm. Very soon, this trail
curves right and heads uphill through the forest.
The route will take you near a small cabin owned by the Lillevoll
farm, then continue uphill and exit from the birch forest near location
north 69:05.007, east 018:56.386, elevation about 550 meter. From here,
do an ascending traverse to the area just north of lake 796 between
Mauktippen (1151m) and Stormauken. The steepest part of the route is next,
ascend east and south (a few zig-zag moves) to attain the more gentle
slope about 100 meter higher. Continue ascending south aiming for a point
on the ridge well to the west (right) of the Stormauken summit. Attain the
ridge and follow it to the summit. The distance one way is about 5.3 kilometer.
Comments:
I did this climb solo. It was a nice day with blue sky and only weak wind.
I talked to the Lillevoll farmer and he adviced me where to park my car.
The day was just beautiful as I set out up the hill. Upon reaching the summit,
more clouds started accumulating in the south and west, but the view was still
very nice. I had a good ski downhill and then a nice chat with Lillevoll and
his wife when passing their cabin. The nice weather had convinced them
to schedule their lunch up there. They told that they had been watching
part of my ascent as well as descent from their veranda.
I had started out at 0815, made the summit at 1045, so 2.5 hours. After spending
15 minutes at the summit, I skied back down in one hour including the chat with Lillevoll,
thus arriving at the car at 1200 noon.
By the time I was back at my car the weather sky was completely covered by clouds.
This was high prominence peak number 11 in my T5 trip.
Next peak Sætertind.
Previous peak Blåtinden.