Kirkeporten-Børnesfjellet Hike

This morning we got up and walked from camp to our hike up to Kirkrporten (the rock bridge) and Børnesfjellet - a ridge walk along the mountain by town. When we got up and stepped out of the van we were both like what is going on? It is not cold?! Like yesterday it was freezing, but this morning was much warmer so I was trying to decide how many layers to wear and luckily I chose correctly! Not many! Just one layer and my rain coat worked! Plus my scarf to keep my neck/chest warm when it got too hot and I opened my jacket! I did do better in my layering so I was warm, but not too warm. Yesterday I didn’t have the scarf and I was way too hot hiking up with my jacket zipped, but freezing chest/neck with it unzipped so I was both too hot and too cold at the same time…but scarf for the win!

Looking at the trail yesterday from the ground I thought it was going to be a more difficult hike. There was a good bit of elevation change, but it wasn’t too bad! We had to walk up and over the ridge to see the rocks first, which was fun! The rock bridge is kind of hidden so you wouldn’t know it was there. We were walking and I kept looking for it and then suddenly there it was! Plus the other rocks nearby were fun! Also the land on the other side of the water is Nordkapp!

Then it was back up to the ridge to walk along it till the end. This was so windy again! And cold wind! But not as cold or windy as yesterday for the most part. Just at the very end, the highest point, it was like take some photos, look around really quickly, then drop back down as the wind was too much. But the views were gorgeous!! I was glad we decided to hike up the ridge! I don’t know how many people actually do. We saw a couple groups of people hiking up to the rocks, but no one else went up the ridge. They are missing out!Read more