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Beautiful
weather in Norway today! I take a trip to Rjukan
and park my
car at 1150m altitude, close to the lake Heddersvatn. |
The
trail follows the lake Heddersvatn for a short bit .... |
And then climbs to the next lake at around
1200m.
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the time in the presence of the mighty Gausta Peak, 1883m,
just a few
km to the west. |
Having
passed two more lakes (I pass seven in total on
my way to the summit, nice!)
It's
easy to follow the trail,
even if it's a good idea to memorize the map
before
coming here. (as I always do) |
Now at
1300m, close to the summit. Store Gaustakne 1526m in the backgrond to
the right. |
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As I
climb "off track" to the main summit, I can see the
lower
southeast peak. It's more spectacular and
therefore the most visited. Well, I'm going
for both.... |
A small
cairn marks the main summit of Toreskyrkja
1392m. I improved
it a little... |
Far
away, at the horizon, Hardangerjökulen. |
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And
Hallingskarvet. |
The SE-
summit of Toreskyrkja, a short while later. And
why is this summit more
spectakular? |
Here's
the reason. A sharp drop to the SE, with the lake Djupetjønn
below. Really nice!
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On
the way back I leave the trail and once more, go off
track to a unnamed
peak, 1363m. |
This is
a detour, but now I get my third peak and it's nice
up here as well! |
From
here I can descend to the south, reaching the trail between the car
park and Heddersfjell. A good ending of a fine day!
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