Summiting a Sonfjällets peak + Norway drive-through
Pointillist memories🔗
Day 1🔗
- got into a big-arse Volvo, picked my friend up and drove to Sonfjällets nature reserve
- stopped in Gävle to get some supplies (and a beaver, which turned into the trip's mascot)
- several icecream stops later we were in the parking lot
- was getting kinda late so decided to hike up the hill until the ground leveled to camp-able levels and deploy the camp
Day 2🔗
- stashed the backpacks next day and went for the summit
- weird triangle shaped summit structure
- good views over the Swedish flatlands
- nice weather, had a little race on the way back to the basecamp, then a very steep climb off
- back to car, decided to drive to Norway (because it was right there)
- simulation detail level increased considerably once we crossed the border
- met with some moose who were just chilling on the road
- had a nice lunch (dinner?) at a hotel overlooking a lake; girls helped with phone charging, took some stinky cheese for dessert
- over the border drove around, found a camping spot, tried to pay but couldn't figure out Norwegian swish
- camping spot even had a little beach + some weird electrical posts jutting from the middle of the lake
Day 3🔗
- drove to Trondheim, had some sandwiches on the Atlantic shore
- took an the Atlantic road down, passing through Spongdal, Øydegard, Kristiansund, etc.
- chilled at the awesome Storseisundet Bridge
- took a last minute booking at a Cadillac, "50's were the greatest", "'Murica" sort of dude
- his wife was definitely running things, but the dude was just handy and built a ton of cabins for tourists
- he even had a favorite cabin, criterion being the way the Sun hits it when it rises
- played with a giant Norwegian pussy
Day 4🔗
- lost a bunch of time driving against Google and reaching a dead-end
- no worries though
- lots of fjords, don't remember exactly but this is when we found out about the massive 40kg apricot production of a fjord farm near the 7 Sisters waterfall
- Magerholm, Urke, Øye, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Stryn and finally to Brikdalsbre
- guerilla camping in a thick forest patch near the glacial river
- thank the Lawd for earplugs
Day 5🔗
- saw a glacier, dipped feet in its glacial lake
- very cool waterfalls, loud too!
- lots of driving
- almost smashed some sheep, a rabit and a gang of racoons
- run, rabbit, run!
- Ole, ole, ole, oleeeeee
- toll road, very empty
Day 6🔗
- back to the low-res simulation
- but very nice to have varied berry picking opportunities at pit stops
- almost died when overtaking
Photos🔗
Sonfjällets🔗
Norway🔗
Last update: 2023-01-02