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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 .... |
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| And then climbs to the next lake at around 1200m. | All the time in the presence of the mighty Gausta Peak, 1883m, just a few km to the west. | |
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| 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... |
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Far away, at the horizon, Hardangerjökulen. |
And Hallingskarvet. |
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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! |
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| From here I can descend to the south, reaching the trail between the car park and Heddersfjell. A good ending of a fine day! | | |