Syningen 1047 m asl
Recently I mentioned that when planning a trip to Hydalshjallen, I had another short trip to take. It was only a 3 km route to the Syninngen peak (1047 m a.s.l.). This hill is located at the end of the Hemsedal Valley, close to the city of Gol. According to the description of the trail on the Ut.no website, it takes about an hour to get to Syningn, so I assumed a short and easy walk and then returned home for several hours.
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After a frosty march on Hydalshjallen, I entered the Hemsedal center store for some fresh lunch and equipped with Norwegian sweet buns, I headed towards the next destination point of my trip. Driving along Route 52 south, along the Hemsil River, I was looking for the exit at Grønli, which was to lead me on parking next to the trail. Finding this road is easy but then you have to turn the to the other, this time gravel road and pay a toll (60 kr). And after few next kilometers you will get to the right place. And as soon as I got out of the car, I lost my breath. I haven’t been on the trail yet, and the views from this point have been insane.
After consuming the sweets from the market and clicking on a billion photos, it was time to move. I found a board with a map of the area and marked routes, and possible hiking directions. Unfortunately none of them wrote the name of the summit I was heading to. Unfortunately I didn’t have any map printed earlier, and the internet on my phone didn’t work. I turned left, but after a few hundred meters I thought that it would be better to go back and choose the right path.
I marched for some time, trying hard to not fall into a puddle, because the area was quite wet. For some time I was accompanied by a view of snowy peaks in the Hemsedal Valley on the north. Then I got to the gravel road and turned left at the next crossroad. The sun was shining nicely and it was quite pleasant until I realized that I should be somewhere around the summit. I took out my cell phone. I’ve got the Internet finally this time and I could run the Ut.no application. It turned out that once again I had chosen the wrong way at the crossroad and instead of going towards the mountain, I was moving away from it. I had to turn back.
Before I get to the place, I miss the right path another two times, but finally I place my feet on the summit.
Views of Hemsedal are not different from what I noticed from the parking lot, but they seemed even more amazing.
Returning to the car, I did not turn off the cellphone, to check map constantly. I didn’t want to turn the wrong way again. The area is crossed by a network of roads and paths, and the markings on the trails are quite scarce, so it is not that difficult to make a mistake. Fortunately, I managed to return to the parking lot without any additional adventures. I packed myself to the car and return to my place.
