Europe

Eidskyrkja

Lyngve — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:11:43 -0500

Eidskyrkja (1482m), also called Kyrkjefjellet, is a huge mountain that easily can be seen from the road between Stryn and Nordfjordeid. I did it on a beautiful summerday in August.

Nadelgrat, traverse from Nadelhorn to Hohberghorn

Lyngve — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:33:13 -0500

The Nadelgrat is one of the classic ridge traverses in the Alps (grade AD-). Unfortunately it was too late in the summer to include Durrenhorn as well, because of dangerously little snow in the coloir to Durrenjoch.

Dom 4545m

Lyngve — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:21:10 -0500

Dom was my first 4000 meter peak in 2007. It's the highest mountain entirely within Switzerland and the gain of elevation is 3200 meters, thus one of the most demanding ascents in the Alps.

Skiing to Lianibba

Lyngve — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:48:47 -0600

Norwegian Language only: Med nøyaktig 1500m er Lianibba den høyeste toppen mellom Langedalen og Sunnylvsbygda på Sunnmøre. Startpunktet er Tronstad (300m) omtrent midt imellom Hornindal og Hellesylt. Herfra er det ca 1200 høydemetre opp til Lianibba.

Natakupa

Lyngve — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:36:17 -0600

Norwegian Language only: Fjellene rundt Stryn er lett tilgjengelig for toppturer på ski. Man kommer forholdsvis enkelt opp til snøgrensen, selv på milde vintre som denne. Utgangspunktet for turen til Natakupa (1400m) er enten parkeringsplassen på vinter-skisenteret eller hvis vegen tillater det, Bøasetra.

Styggedals- and Skagastøls ridge

Lyngve — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:08:07 -0500

I climbed this classic traverse solo in the end of July-2004. The weather was perfect, but the conditions were rather difficult because of all the treacherous snow and ice on top of the ridge. The traverse is normally climbed in two days, but I completed it in one long day.

Urdanostindane

Lyngve — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:54:21 -0500

After a strenuous 24 hours non-stop drive from Switzerland to Norway, followed by a rest day in Oslo, I went to Jotunheimen aiming to climb Urdanostinden (2157m). During the day I ended up climbing seven summits in one day, far more than my initial plan.

Gran Paradiso

Lyngve — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:00:00 -0500

Gran Paradiso and Gran Combin were the two next 4000m peaks on my to-do-list this summer, thus I headed for the St.Bernard pass on the border between Switzerland and Italy. I found a very nice campsite in the village of Bourg St. Pierre, a few kilometres below the pass, which was going to be my “basecamp” for some few days.

Bishorn

Lyngve — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 06:12:02 -0500

I was pretty tired after the Nadelhorn ascent. One day of sightseeing in Zermatt and one day of trekking in the lower mountains of Zinal, however, gave me loads of energy to continue the race of climbing 4000-meter peaks. The challenging Weisshorn (AD) was out of scope because of too much ice and snow on the ridge, so I aimed for the neighbouring Bishorn (F+) instead.

Nadelhorn

Lyngve — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 06:30:01 -0500

The day after I climbed Weissmies, I worked my arduous way up to Mischabel Hut more than 1500 meters above Saas Fee, to climb Nadelhorn. The Mischabel range is known for its harsh weather, especially the high winds on the ridge. When I arrived the hut, I heard that many climbers failed to reach the summit because of furious winds. I hoped the weather would improve on my summit day, and it did...