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Kirketaket in Isfjorden (1439m)

"ski up ski down"

Welcome to the homepage for Kirketaket in Isfjorden, Romsdal. Kirketaket is a spectacular mountain for skiing, and the fantastic view over the Romdalsfjord and Romdal Alps is a much valued bonus. The Kirketaket Mountain was in 2004 voted among the top 10 mountains for Alpine touring by the magazine Fri Flyt.

The walk up to Kirketaket take about 3 to 5 hours. From the top, there is more than 1000 (3048ft) vertical meters of steep slopes down to the mountain dairy of Kavliheia which is situated at the foothill of the mountain. From Kavliheia and down to Isfjorden Shooting Range, which normally is the starting point for the trip, there is fun skiing. There is actually possible to ski all the way down to the fjord with only using your poles a little bit at the end.

On this web page you can read more about the mountain Kirketaket, get details about the trip up the mountain, look at pictures, follow up on snow depths, explore panoramic pictures and write in the 'mountainbook'. All of us in Isfjorden wish you a pleasant 'virtual trip' and hope that it will help you and inspire you when planning a ski trip or a regular hike to Kirketaket.
Click here for Google Map...
Click here for 10 days Weather Forecast...

the ski season at Kirketaket has started - 13 okt 2009

13th oct 2009: The Ski season 2009/2010 has started! Blue sky, white snow and many tracks down from Kirketaket. Can it be more beautiful? More info and pictures from "powderfun" at Kirketaket; Read more...

17th oct 2009: Kirketaket, saturday 17th of october. Snowline at 400-450 mas. Parked the car at the parking lane at Kavliheia, skiing from there but not much snow the first hundred meters towards the mountain pastures at kavliheia. Lots of snow in the mountain, but many rocks sticking up from the snow, partly covered by the snow.! Take care and use helmet! Probably more than 30 on the top that day. Also from far away; from Trondheim, Lom, Kristiansund and Molde in addition to the locals :-) Heavy "spring snow" in the forest above Kavliheia... Some small streams to cross. But a fantastic day at ski! See video below, or Click here...

Snow measurements at the base of Kirketaket - 2010

Snow measurements for Kirketaket, winter season 2009/2010, will be registered and presented on this website. You can also see previous statistics on the graph; Click here...

13 mars 2009: Man died after falling down from Kirketaket!

One person died after falling down from the top edge of Kirketaket. The man walked too far towards the snowcapped edge, and fell
3-400 meters down at the north side of the top edge of Kirketaket.
Read article at RBnett (Norwegien text only)...
Read article in Åndalsnes Avis (Norwegian text only)...
Read article in Extrabladet (Danish text only)...

A similar accident happende in 2004, but the man survived miraculously after falling from the same spot. We hope everybody learn from these accidents! Do not ski/walk near the snowcapped edge! The snow are always overhanging at the top, see picture below!
Read article at Rbnett (Norwegian text only)...
Read article at Rbnett (Norwegian text only)...

OBS! Look at the picture to the left (photo: Lars Rikard Morstøl): These footprints are from the day before the picture was taken! (23 mars 2004) The day after, some of the snow and footprints were gone! This person should be glad he is alive today, he probably don't know how lucky he was!

SKI romsdal - Ski Guiding in the Romsdal Mountains

Ski Guiding – where the snow conditions are at the best!
SkiRomsdal will guide you to the Romsdal Mountains.
More information; Click here...

Picture Story from Kirketaket at Friflyt.no!

See the fantastic pictures taken by Einar Engdal from this years first "powder-day" at Kirketaket. At the picture to the left you can see Odd Tokle Sæbø from Isfjorden skiing down the mountainside! You will find the pictures on the Ski-magazine Fri Flyt's website, published nov. 25th 2008. Click here...

Kirketaket on Facebook

Now you can join the group "Kirketaket" on Facebook. Here you can see the latest posted pictures, videos, commentes etc. Soon in English. For more information; Click here...

Feb 2008: Slideshow from skiing "almost to Kirketaket"

See slideshow from skiing to Kirketaket with music from Rosenkrantzmusic;
To see the slideshow; Click here...
By the way, want to see a video from the trip? Click here...

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Romsdal - The worlds most beautiful ski terrain!

American travel journalists are impressed by the mountain- and fjord landscape in Romsdal; "This is the most beautiful ski terrain in the world" they stated. The journalists was invited by the company "FjordNorway" to experience winter in the Norwegian Fjords. Stephen Regenold, one of the journalists, have his own blog where he writes about the adventure.

Stephen Regenold's blog, going to Norway; Click here...
Stephen Regenold's blog, from Kirketaket; Click here...
Stephen Regenold's blog, from the Romsdalsfjord; Click here...
Stephen Regenold's blog, from Smørbotn and Kvitfjellet; Click here...
Read article in Romsdals Budstikke (norwegian test); Click here...

March 2007: Snowboard Legend Terje Haakonsen in Romsdal

After a spectacular week in Oslo, setting a new world record of 9.8 metres in The Arctic Challenge' quarterpipe, the "living legend" Terje Haakonsen sets off to the fjords and the Romsdal area for more fun. Here he will explore the Romsdal Alps and the Atlantic Ocean with their boards. Today, 7th of march 2007, they were snowboarding and filming in the Isfjorden mountains.
See pictures from Romsdals Budstikke; Click here...
See picture from the same day below (from Isfjorden Webcam):

WARNING! Look at these pictures!

Do not exceed the edge at the top of Kirketaket. Never walk so far towards the edge that you do not know what you have below your feet. See picture to the left: The day before this picture was taken, a person left these tracks in the snow. The day after, the snow was just disappeared. The person should be very lucky to be alive today!!! There are also danger for avalanches at Kirketaket. Look at the picture to the right, from march 2006! (Photos: Lars Rikard Morstøl & Jostein Holmsen).