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As
you go by car on the E4, just south of Örnsköldsvik,
the east
wall of Skuleberget is clearly visible. There are several "via
ferrata" up the steep cliffs. |
Today
two of the tracks are open, white and red. I get the advice to
choose white, since it has been raining with wet vertical
cliffs
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climb. It's slippery. |
But
white track doesn't mean there is an
escalator installed. Right from the start there is a steep
wall with iron bars.
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Quite
soon the views get beautiful. |
Some
parts of the
tracks are relatively smooth. |
But
mostly it's steep, more or less vertical.
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The advice to take the white
track turns out to be a good
one. Even here are some passages where the
cliffs are
wet, and to some degree slippery. |
But
there is a big difference in having a harness, with carabiner. It makes
me relax and focus on my task. |
Tea brake on 200m+.
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Almost
at the top now. I have kept normal pace, meaning
1,5 hours climbing up. |
It was
fun to climb, but even so it feels good to be up here.
The starting
point is visible right below. |
The top
cabin is just above. It's closed today, in the end of October, but it's
a good place for another cup of tea.
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The
views are beautiful from here, especially in this
weather. |
Some
more views. This is the "High coast" of Sweden. |
This
mountain is "only" 295m high, but it's directly by the sea, and the
steep wall goes almost all the way to the summit. That makes the via
ferrata an impressive 250 altitude meters high. A very nice climb, well
worth a visit!
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On my
descent I choose the path by Skulegrottan, a cave
in the cliff. In the beginning it's mostly stairs
going down. |
There
is a short detour to the cave, also called the robbers cave.
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The
cave is just a small opening in the mountain. But it surely
must
have been hard to reach, before the path up here was made.
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