Vanntinden
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One can stay overnight at
"Hansnes Kro og Overnatting", located right next to the ferry, phone (+47)77747410.
They were very friendly indeed, served a nice dinner and provided self service
early breakfast the next morning. Should be recommended.
Route description:
Locate the small creek that comes down from the mountain. Proceed up on the
left side of this creek, a small trail runs up here. As you get higher, there is
a small valley straight ahead. On either side, two ridges continue uphill.
The steeper and slightly more direct route runs up the left ridge, while
a more gentle slope can be followed on the right ridge. Higher up, the route on the
right ridge curves left above the valley and enters the broad summit ridge.
Comments:
I climbed this peak solo. After a nice dinner and good sleep at
Hansnes Kro og Overnatting, I took the first (0640) ferry to Vanna. This ferry
visits Karlsøy first and did not arrive at Vanna until 0800. I left the car
at the trailhead at 0815. The lower part of the ridge was largely free of snow, so I
carried my skis to elevation 323 meter. From there, I took the left (steeper) ridge up
and arrived at the summit after 2:15 at 1030. The scenery was unbeliveably nice, deep
blue arctic ocean all around, scattered islands with snow peaks, then more massive mountains
to the east, hidden in haze and some clouds. I stayed 15 minutes, then skied down the more gentle
ridge, very nice skiing with predictable snow. In 30 minutes, I was considerably further down
than when I put my skis on going up. Another 15 minutes and I was back at my car at 1130.
This peak is well north of 70 degrees, thus one of the northenmost Scandinavian peaks with
prominence exceeding 1000 meter.
This was peak number 9 in my T5 trip.
Next peak Blåtinden.
Previous peak Lille Russetind.