Storhelleren/Bjørndalshelleren (18.01.2025)

© Helwig Hauser

© Helwig Hauser

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Trip Summary

Given a rather wet winter day, we decided to explore a place, which we had on our radar for a while, already: Storhelleren/Bjørndalshelleren near Loddefjord. To add a bit to this plan, we decided to combine this excursion with a bike-trip there and back. After first cycling north on Bjørgeveien into the direction of Loddefjord, we chose to cross the bridge at Hetlevikstraumen and continue to Loddefjord on the west-side of Bjørndalspollen. At Loddefjord, we once again ended up in this dead-end loop for pedestrians at the north end of Bjørndalspollen (without any reasonable option to cross the road over to Loddefjord -- what a city planning mistake?!!). After quickly looping back, we made it onto the road and thus further northwards to the access road for the transformer at Grøvledalen. From there, we walked the few meters over to Storhelleren. Even though this place is so close to Loddefjord, it's easy to miss, while it indeed is very impressive! Once we were satisfied with experiencing this special place, we decided to make a round over Skarpafjellet before returning back to our bikes through Grøvledalen. Once back on our bikes, we thought that it could be fine to return to Varden via Tennebekktjørna and Spelhaugen.

Photos

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Useful Resources

See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.