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Numedalshovda & Skirveggnuten
Skirveggnuten, 1381m above sea level, is located in Tinn community. The trail is about 7km one way, but the difference in altitude between the beginning of the trail and the summit is just over 200 meters. On the way there is one more, lower hill, Numedalshovda (1164m above sea level). To get there, I had to go to the northern part of Lake Tinnsjå. A few months earlier, I was climbing Haugefjell and Gjuvhold in almost the same place. Skirveggnuten is only 10.5 km in a straight line from Haugefjell. Encouraged by the forecasts, I prepared myself far too lightly for this trip. I was wearing short pants, light shoes…
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Gjuvhold
Gjuvhold is the perfect place for a family trip. Apart from the distance from civilization (you can get there from Oslo in less than 3 hours), the route itself is short and not very demanding. On the other hand, the view that awaits us overshadows what can often be seen from much higher peaks. The hill itself is 723m above sea level. but we start the hike from a height of about 570 meters, so the difference is not that impressive. The trail to the top and the viewing point located a bit lower is just over 1 km long, which is also not an ambitious achievement. However, for the…
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Haugefjell
Haugefjell (1214m above sea level), the peak on the eastern side of Tinnsjå Lake, was the destination of my next trip. From the road 364 to the top I had to walk for about 7 km and it was mostly wide, unpaved road, from where in some places, in the occasional clearances between the trees, I could see the distinct shape of Gaustatoppen in the west. The route turned out to be quite an endurance challenge as it did not offer too many flat sections. Mainly, it was going uphill. In addition, a strong, cold wind discouraged from taking off my light jacket. I pushed forward, reducing the number of…
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Sabotørstien, Vemork & Mæl stasjon
Thinking about the history of Norway, very often we see bunch of tall, beared warriors with helmets on their heads and swords or axes in hands, jumping out from wooden ships and starting one of many plundering attacks. But history of this country is not only medieval vikings. The most famous sabotage action of the Second World War took place in Norway, at the Norsk Hydro factory, near Rjukan, where heavy water was produced. In the winter of 1943, Norwegian commando slipped into the factory, guarded by German soldiers and destroyed the installation that could lead the Nazis to create an atomic bomb. And the one in Hitler’s hands was…
