This is along with Skåla one of the area’s most famous peaks, once you are up you will understand why. This is a fairly demanding trip and you have all day to get up. So if you want to do this route, it helps if you have done some hiking earlier, or if you are training on a weekly basis.
This is one of our absolute favorite mountains in the area around Hjørundfjorden due several reasons. One of them is for sure the view from the top, you see all the way in to the end of Hjørundfjorden in one direction and out to Ålesund in the other. It´s also one of the summits in the area that have the best fjord panorama for sure.
The magnificent Briksdal Glacier forms part of the Jostedal Glacier National Park, and plunges 1200 metres to the lush, narrow Briksdal valley below – a sight that attracts 300,000 visitors from all over the world each year.