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Last week I finally got the chance to do something I wanted to do for a very long time. Ever since I did Skagastølsryggen quite fast in 2006 I knew that it is possible to do it much, much faster. This winter I decided that it was time to give it a real try – to see how fast I could do it.
Skagastølsryggen is one of the most iconic ridge-traverses in Norway, and one of the most beautiful. It’s the highest ridge in the most alpine area of Norway – finishing on the third highest peak – Store Skagastølstind. The ridge itself is about one kilometre and has some climbing and a lot of scrambling. Never difficult, climbing and down-climbing up to grade 3+, and I know the terrain very well after numerous guided trips on Store Skagastølstind and the traverse. But most of all, Skagastølsryggen is an amazing place to be, and a spectacular place to go for a “run”.
Last time I did the traverse fast i spent 4h34m roundtrip from Turtagrø, now I hoped to do it in sub 3h. I waited for the right conditions – I wanted dry conditions on most of the ridge, but I also wanted snow on the upper part of the decent, that would be faster and save my knees.
So last friday I drove from Åndalsens to Turtagrø only to do the traverse. I brought only a thin windbraker jacket and a lightweight ice-axe in case there was some hard snow or ice I had to cross, some bars and energi-gel. And running shoes.
As I knew, conditions was good on the whole traverse. It was of course very tiering but still enjoyable. I spent 1h10min from Turagrø to Nordre Skagastølstind, 47min from Nordre to Store Skagastølstind and 55min from Store and back to Turtagrø. 2H 53MIN total. A total of 15.5 kilometre and 1750 vertical meters up and down.
When driving home I was happy and tiered after finally done what I’ve been thinking about for 7 years…
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Here is a article that Friflyt.no made about it:
Friflyt.no
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Graph showing altitude and HR
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Map
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Cool to see how your heart-rate drops at the more difficult places on the route!
Kult! Morsomt å lese om rekorder! Har du planer om noen flere rekord forsøk?
Sk.ryggen og dyrhaugsryggen tilbake er gjort ganske raskt før, eller hva med svellnosbreen rundt?
Hei, ingen umiddelbare planer om andre stunt nei
hei nils, gratulerer, utrolig bra rekord, og nesten ikke til å tro. vi dødelige bruker jo 10-12 timer på rundturen… men brukte du 1t53 eller 2t 53…? uansett fantastisk tid. fortsatt god tursommer.
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