DESTINATION Kjerag - Lysefjord Norway 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 5.90 Miles |
1,932 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.90 Miles | 3 Hrs 50 Mns | | 1.86 mph |
| 1,932 ft AEG | 40 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | There are two starting points for the hike to Kjeragbolten, a magnificent place where a huge boulder has lodged between two cliffs above the Lysefjord. This is the same fjord that Preikestolen is on but further east. The best way to understand this location is to view the photos. Climbing Kjerag is a 6 mile hike RT, and involves three steep ascents but at each ascent, the hiker has chains to assist them, not unlike Picacho Peak with its cables. It is huge fun watching people pop out onto the boulder for pictures, but watch your footing, it's a loooonnnng way down.
I started at the small (5-7 cars max) upper trailhead. The normal start is at the BIG pay-for (150 NOK) parking lot down the hill with all sorts of amenities, etc. Starting at the upper TH involves less aeg but brings into play some class 3 scrambling over soft soil and some wet rocks along an infrequently used trail. Be very careful of your footing in this area and watch for the ups and downs along the way. There are no markings at all on this part of the trail. You join the main trail in a few tenths of a mile.
The last mile or so is across some beautiful flat rock. As for most of trails in Norway, this one is very well marked and safe. The trip out and back has lots of view points, but the main even is the huge chockstone and the area beside of it, which affords great views of the Lysebotn Fjord below. Some parts of this hike reminded me of Half Dome at Yosemite. The rounded peaks looked very similar.
The trailhead(s) are not easy to get to but on both routes you pass through incredible, rocky terrain. If staying in Stavanger, go south to Algard on E39, take Rt 45 east, thru Sinnes to Suleskar, and turn left (NW) toward Lysebotn. Eventually you will turn north on Rt 500; look for the trailheads just before dropping down into Lysebotn.
We had another warm and sunny day. Incredible (I know I'm over using the word, but I can't think of a better one) day out in Norway. |
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