Short hike over Vardafjellet (12.04.2019)

© Helwig Hauser

Note that this track has been created from memory, i.e., it was not recorded automatically.

Trip Summary

After a meeting at Solstrand, I was heading to another meeting in Bergen. Given the beautiful day and half an hour to spare, I decided to include a quick walk over one of the minor peaks near Osøyro: Vardafjellet. I drove up to Øvre Varåsen and found a place to park for half an hour. My plan was then to continue to Varåsgrenda and to take a trail from there (as I had seen it on the map). Walking north on Øvre Varåsen, however, I turned left one street too early. Soon, I understood that this would not lead to the trail, but since I thought that ascending to Vardafjellet should not be too difficult, even without a trail, I continued and indeed found a reasonable opportunity at the back of house 48 (southwest of it). Within a few minutes, I had connected to the trail and then followed it towards the top of Vardafjellet. From the top, I took a picture of the new highway tunnel portal that they's recently built at the south side of Skogafjellet, before continuing towards the south of Vardafjellet. A nice path brought me to Kuventræ primary school, not without passing by a few kids, enjoying the nice day, as well. I then connected back to Øvre Varåsen and walked back to the car. Even though only was one half hour of walking, it still was good to get some fresh air in the nice weather! :-)

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