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29.06.2013
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Gråtinden on snowshoes

Datum:
01.05.2013
Tourcharakter:
Schneeschuhtour
Tourlänge:
3:00h
Entfernung:
6,6km

On the first of May we decided on a sunset trip to Gråtinden on Ringvassøya. You can start from the highest point on the road to Skarsfjord, which means you only have to climb about 400 m. The first part is quite steep, but after that it's easy going until it again gets steeper near the top. We went on snow shoes, snow conditions were variable (icy at times, crusty at others, and plenty of bare patches of rock). After about 1.5 hours (note: I am about the slowest person in Norway :P) we reached top, and we had a bit of a "hallelujah" moment when we saw the view towards the west... The wind was strong so we sheltered behind the cairn to drink some tea. Luckily the weather gradually got better while we were on the top, in the end the wind died down completely. There is a large plateau >>>