| Langedalsegga from
Hevsdalen via 1070-NE-of-Tuvegga (ski) |
| Estimated net time | 2-2½ hours |
| Difficulty | No difficulties. |
| Drinking water | No access to running water during winter. |
| GSM coverage | Probably coverage throughout the route. |
| Parking | Room for many cars at the Strandafjellet ski resort parking place. NOK 30 per day (per 2008). |
| Start height | 455 metres |
| Vertical metres | 770 metres for the roundtrip |
| Trip distance | 7.9 km |
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From the ferry at Aursneset drive 29.4 km towards Stranda on road 60, until you get to the Strandafjellet ski centre. Find parking on the left hand side of the road (NOK 30 as of 2008).
Cross the road and start skiing up the right slope. When you get to the top of the ski-lift that runs on your left hand side, stay on the right hand side of the ridge and aim for the top 861 metres straight ahead. Find the best route onto this small top, continue across it, and the aim for the top 1070 (actual height is 1064) metres 1.2 km south-west of 861. You can now see Langedalsegga on your left hand side. From 1070 you can continue south-west to Tuvegga, but to get to Langedalsegga you turn left and head directly east down the slopes to Langedalen. From the valley floor ascend Langedalsegga by skiing on the right hand side (south) of the Langedalsegga west end.
From the top of Langedalsegga you have the choice of a number of routes back down to the car. The longest descent route, and probably nicest, is the one that goes furthest to the right (south-east) and takes you to Fursetnakken. From here the slopes continue north back to the car.
This Thursday in the school holiday week was a quite miserable day in the mountains, with light snow and a fair bit of wind. The temperature was just below freezing. Based on the weather and my limited skiing abilities on rock hard snow I decided to do Langedalsegga. This would allow me to have a descent in machine prepared slopes.
I left my cabin around 11:00, skied to the car, and drove to Strandafjellet ski centre, where I started up the slopes at 11:40. The plan was to just ski up Langedalen, and then around Langedalsegga and do the final ascent from south. When I got into Langedalen valley I was tempted to ski the small tops on the north-west side of Langedalen; first 861 and then 1070. At 1070 I considered continuing to Tuvegga, but my fingers were very cold so I decided it was better to start heading back down to the car. I therefore skied back down to Langedalen, and then ascended Langedalsegga.
After having removed the skins from the skies at Langedalsegga I got a small shock; after having put on the second ski I realised that the binding of the other ski was broken! I did not want to walk back down to the car (>500 metres descent), so I had to try to come up with a temporary solution that would allow me to ski down. I walked across to the small building of the top of the ski-lift to get some shelter for the wind. I found my roll of sports tape in my back-pack, and then composed myself for the next 30 seconds; I would have to take off my gloves in order to put on the tape, and my fingers were already frozen. The tape was applied in plentiful quantity, since I didn't want to have to go through the gloves-off procedure once more. Luckily my DIY work proved adequate, and I could ski back down to the car without any problems.