Ulvstinden

...is a mountain in Flakstad which I wanted to climb since 1st of january when we took a wrong turn in the early darkness. Since today would be the last chance for a winter ascent we decided to go for it after work. At 7 pm we arrived in Selfjorden, left our tent and stuff just by the windshield and started walking. Pretty soon it started snowing and we thought like earlier today this would be a short passing snowfall but it became heavier and soon the whole fjord was white and we couldn't see much at the time but we continued steady up the ridge and then it stopped for a while. It is possible to walk but we went for climbing along the ridge. The clouds lifted and the mighty wall of Brasråstindan revealed itself with the ocean in the background. We arrived at summit 5 minutes to midnight! We climbed the last hour with our headtorches even though it was never actually total darkness and as we stood on the summit (902 m) it was getting lighter and we looked down over the ocean. This was a really cool peak and the feeling I had was unbeatable! We descended and by 03.30 am we were back down, pitched the tent and made dinner (or breakfast?) before we went to sleep a lot later...

One could discern a big wall and ocean.

It's getting late.

Following the ridge.

Walls of Brasråstindan revealed. 

Close to the airy summit passage.

Drying equipment.

Breakfast in the making. Pic: Andreas

Basecamp Selfjorden. Pic: Andreas