The photos are taken from our lunchroom atop Røren Wednesday. Røren is a vertical gain of 1066 feet, but is a little less steep than Tuesday's climb to the top of Nubben.       The weather was fantastic--45 degrees F and sunny, though we did still have to cross some snowfields at higher elevations. Unlike with Nubben, I was able to remain standing virtually all of the climb. I believe that this is slightly more a vertical climb than Trygg, Rikke, and I experienced about 3 years ago at Sleeping Giant, but it does not compare to the Grinnell glacier hike the whole family did at Glacier National Park 7 or 8 years ago. 

The photo does not adequately capture its steepness. Much of the time I needed to use hands and legs to climb, leaning into the slope on all fours. Although we learned about it from an e-book I purchased called 24 West Lofoten Hikes, I considered it to be more of a climb and less of a hike.  It never really was possible to take a series of regular strides. It was always up, up, up, picking out foot and hand holds as you go.  We scrambled down from the top of Nubben because it looked like a rain storm was about to hit us.  Fortunately, it missed us to one side. At the higher elevations where we had to cross snow I found it easier to do a controlled slide down the snow on my butt, digging my heels into the snow to maintain control. Trygg managed both the trip up and the trip down much better than I did.  I think that might just have something to do with age.

Because the weather was so nice, we climbed "Nubben" above the town of Ramsford. It was a beautiful view from the top.

At the Ramsberg beach there was blue sky and sunshine. The temperature there was 46 ° F.