Aunan, Røra

Today’s walk with a girlfriend was to a new place on our list of walks in Inderøy. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but as you will see in the pictures we got a nice surprise. The temperature was about 12 degrees Celsius, which I find a good walking temperature. There was some sunshine but also light cloud in the sky.

We parked at Røflo Lake which lies at about 188 meters above sea level. First we walked to Floåsen, which I have described in a previous blog (about Marsteinsvola). It is a very steep climb up to the check-in point for the walk, but there is a place to sit down and we both used the toilet that was available there.

You will note that at Floåsen it is 3.5 km to Marsteinsvola which I have written about in a previous blog. We came here to do our first check-in, then headed back the way we had come.

From the parking lot to Floåsen is about 1.5 km. There is no particular view at Floåsen, but it is an open area to sit and relax away from traffic and the noises of civilization. We then returned to the trail, the one we had come along and after about 100 meters we turned off to the find the new place, Aunan.

The app on our telephones told us that Aunan was about 600 meters away, but the app gives the distance in a straight line and doesn’t take into consideration that most trails have a lot of bends in them.

It is now August and there has been quite a lot of people on the trail, It was not difficult to see where we should go. This part of the trail is through forest. The trail had obviously been used by motorized traffic in previous years.
As we climbed higher, it was obvious that there had been logging on this hillside recently. The trail was very steep at this point.

As I saw that the hillside had been logged, I realized that we would get some very good views from here. We were now at about 340 meters above sea level and about 160 meters above Røflo Lake. So we have had some good exercise.

This is Røflo Lake from above and our car is parked at the right of the lake, just behind some trees. In the background is more of Inderøy and on the left is Trondheim Fjord looking towards Trondheim.
Looking westwards towards Trondheim Fjord and Trondheim in the distance. Levanger is on the left and Inderøy and Mosvik on the right.
Leklemsvannet is a lake shared by Inderøy and Verdal. Finnheimen is located at the north end of the lake (see separate blog about Søråsen).
Looking north with Steinkjer in the distance.
The municipal center of Straumen is on the other side of the water, which is Borgenfjord.
Time to go back down the hill to the car which is parked near Røflo Lake.

I enjoyed today’s walk. We walked about 4 km and used about one and a half hours including the pauses we took. This is a walk I would do again as the views are excellent.

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