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09. Juli 2024

Møysalen National Park

Afer the Lofoten we visited the nearby Vesterålen.

Blokken - a small fishing harbour with a center for the fishfarms.

...with a lot of fishes around the pontoon (we think they escaped the nearby fish farms).

And huge jellyfish around the boat.

Heading to the montain of Møysalen - today's goal. First we have to go 25km by bicycle and e-scooter.

Six in the morning - the beginning of a beautiful und hot (25°C) day.

The first part of the route leads along Lonkanfjord through dense and swampy forests.

Singing birds on almost every tree. They hardly pay any attention to us.

Beautiful flowers and hundreds of butterflies.

We also come across a handful of abandoned holiday homes.

And hundreds of moos tracks and poops.

After two hours we reached a valley. We follow an old mining road...

...through flower meadows...

...and up to the first pass.

Many small birch trees, clinging to huge rocks, were blown (including the rocks) down by powerful winds.

The flowers grow smaller.

We leave the shady forests. Luckily there are many mountain streams, where we can fill up our drinking bottles.

In the middle we can already see the peak of Møysalen. Still 500m of elevation to go.

Crossing some snow fields. Due to the warm night, it was easy walking and not slippery.

Even up here it's over 20°C and we had to go quiet slow.

Even smaller flowers. Up here, there are only a few months without snow.

Most of the lakes are still covered with ice and the glacier is covered with a lot of snow.

Vie back to the Lonkanfjord, where we started the trip.

Climbing on the ridge - like this we don't have to walk on the steep snow.

Finally - after 5hours (13km and 1'600m of elevation)...

...we reached the peak. And met two local hikers, wearing sneakers. Every body told us before, that we have to bring Crampons, an ice ax and rope...

All-round view.

After fourteen hours we are back in the port. Like many other places...

..., it has a public grill hut with free wood :-)

The next day, still a but tired, we took a tour with the local fish farms.

It was very interesting, to see how progressive salmon farming is. For example, lasers are used to combat parasites on the fishes. And they don't use antibiotics, but also vaccinate the fishes.

The next hikes guides us on Stortinden. But first 20km by bike again.

One of the steepest hikes. Only 2k, walking for the 1'000m of elevation.

Although it is only summer...

...the first flowers are withering...

...and we collect the first mushrooms...

...(only the ones, we know).

Also the blueberries will soon be ripe too :-)

Funny flowers.

And all imaginable forms of mosses.

Even the lichens are blooming.

We have no idea how this got up here...

Walking along the ridge...

...and up the next ridge.

Almost like walking up a ladder.

View back to the fjord and Sortland, on the other side, where we left this morning.

Dinner is almost ready :-)

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