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Blægja

Date:
29.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
7:00h
Distance:
10.2km

After day #5 of our five days hike through Breheimen , we decided to a "bonus hike". After driving mostly westwards from Breheimen, we stayed in Førde for the night (our goal was to hike up Blægja the next day). The next morning, after driving further westwards from Førde, following road #609 along the southern coast of Førdefjorden, we parked between Hestvika and Rørvika near an information board, right next to the road. After walking down the road for a short stretch, we easily found the trail-head, leading southwards from the road. After first following a forest road for a short distance, the trail leaves to the right and into the forest (once you find it, it's then easy to follow). The path leads upwards, through the forest, staying on the eastern side of a valley, where water from Nipevatnet and Tobbedalsvatnet >>>

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Breheimen, day 5: from Stølsdalen back to Skjolden

Date:
28.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
14.1km

After day #4 of our five days hike through Breheimen , we continued from Stølsdalen with the goal to get to Turtagrø. We first descended along Øvre Liagrø to get down into the valley (down to about 850mosl), before then ascending again on the other side (towards Skålabotnskaret). The first stretch upwards is interesting as it is quite steep and leading through a narrow valley, before one gets out and into Nedre Liagrø. From there, it's then nicely upwards until one gets to Skålabotnskaret at about 1340mosl. There, we decided to deviate from the marked trail in order to include Nosafjellet, also. Following the ridge west of the marked trail, we easily got close to Nosafjellet and also the final ascent was non-difficult (one needs to look a little to find a good spot). On the top of Nosafjellet, we enjoyed excellent views in all >>>

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Breheimen, day 4: from Nørdstedalseter to Stølsdalen

Date:
27.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
8:00h
Distance:
16.6km

After day #3 of our five days hike through Breheimen , we continued from Nørdstedalseter with the goal to get to Stølsdalen. We started into eastern direction (into Vetledalen), following the hiking trail basically from the cabin (and not the road, which also extends into Vetledalen). This lead us gently upover (on the northern side of the valley), until we came to a part of the valley, where it gets quite a bit steeper. A bit above 1140mosl, the trails split with one leading further eastwards (through Vetledalen) and the other one southwards. The latter first crosses Vetledalen, before one starts with the ascent towards Liabreen. The path leads steadily (and moderately steep) upwards and it is (mostly) well-marked. At about 1400mosl, one gets close to the glacier (with a nice view, also, down to a glacial lake). Mostly avoiding >>>

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Breheimen, day 3: from Arentzbu to Nørdstedalseter

Date:
26.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
7:00h
Distance:
15.4km

After day #2 of our five days hike through Breheimen , we continued from Arentzbu with the goal to get to Nørdstedalseter. Only a few hundred meters from Arentzbu, we thanked those, who erected a bridge over the big and wild river, coming down through Rausdalen! :-) This way, it was straight-forward and easy to get over to the eastern side of the valley. We then followed the marked trail, which leads towards Heimsta Rausdalsvatnet, first (at Arentzbu, on the wall, a map, that apparently did not show the most up-to-date situation, indicated that the trail would lead up to Oksli "diagonally" across Kvanneskredene). After walking along this lake through comparably wet terrain for a bit, the trail then turns left (and steeply upwards to Oksli). About 250 height meters higher, the trail then flattens out, again, leading (almost >>>

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Breheimen, day 2: from Fast to Arentzbu

Date:
25.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
7:00h
Distance:
12.1km

After day #1 of our five days hike through Breheimen , we continued from Fast with the goal to get to Arentzbu. The default idea was to follow the marked trail: first eastwards along the northern side of Åsetevatnet, then northwards (passing by Skurvenosi on its western side), before eventually continuing to Arentzbu along the southwestern side of Mørkrisdalen. Instead, we cooked up an alternative route that would bring us much closer to the big glacier Spørteggbreen. We thus left the cabin at Fast in northwestern direction instead (without any marked or even well-visible trail) and headed into Langgrø, a nice valley with steep mountain sides to the left and right. Rougly 1km into the valley, we came around a gentle ridge, coming down from Soleibotnane. We felt invited to start ascending (more or less directly into the direction >>>

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Breheimen, day 1: from Skjolden via Haugsnosi to Fast

Date:
24.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
9:00h
Distance:
19.0km

After our arrival in Luster the day before , we started our five days hike through Breheimen in Skjolden, Luster, at the very end of Sognefjorden (Lustrafjorden). On the map, we had seen that a trail should lead up to Persli from nearby Notasvaet, about 500m northwest of the bridge over Mørkriselvi in Skjolden, beginning with a forest road and then continuing "diagonally" upwards via Haukhammar to Stakkslettehaugen. The forest road was indeed easy to find, but then the continuation was completely unclear. We tried hard to locate the path through the forest, but could not find any (just very vague indications of someone, maybe a deer, having stepped there every now and then). We thus stepped through the (steep) forest upwards, into the direction of Stakkslettehaugen, without any path and at times proceeding was non-trivial. >>>

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Around Vassbakken Camping near Skjolden

Date:
23.07.2019
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
5.4km

After driving from Bergen to Skjolden (for getting started with our five days hike through Breheimen), we "landed" at Vassbakken Camping in the early evening. After eating dinner, we decided to do a bit of exploration and headed into the direction of the impressive waterfall of Åselvi, first. A few minutes later, we were standing right next to it: very impressive (and easy to reach from the camping site). After stepping back down the about 80 height meters to the street (and crossing it), we continued beyond the camping site and crossed Fortunselvi on a convenient bridge. The large amounts of glacial waters had dictated this river's color and opacity: also a nice and impressive view. We then walked a little eastwards (on the northern side of Fortunselvi) to the place, where >>>

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Brøknipa from Båtaleitet parking

Date:
19.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
5.3km

We started from Båtaleitet parking, quite a bit above Bruvik on Osterøy (to the right, right after crossing the bridge). Following the easy-to-find trail, we soon arrived at the top of Brøknipa (Bruviknipa), enjoying some very nice views over Sørfjorden from up there (it's always wonderful to stand on top of Brøknipa -- very much recommended!). After spending a bit of time on the top, we then returned back down on the same trail that we had taken up. A nice (not too long) hike with great views! :-) Selected photos are available as Google photo album . See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway . Petter Bjørstad has a a useful page about Brøknipa ; and also web page WestCoastPeaks.com provides useful information about Brøknipa (he writes "In my personal opinion, Brøknipa is one of Hordaland's finest mountains").

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Gløvrebu in Øygarden

Date:
14.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
2.6km

Driving from Bergen to Sotra, we turned north after Kolltveittunnelen, continuing on road 561 towards Øygarden. Driving almost all the way out (to Hellesøy), we came to Seløyna. While the road is getting really narrow there, one cannot overlook Hjelme Kyrkje, when passing by. Only meters later, right next to the rather big graveyard, we parked the car and started to follow a nice trail into the direction of Stakksvika. Close to the sea, the trail splits with the southern route being a bit more direct to Gløvrebu. Still, the slightly longer route (towards Stakksvika first) is very nice, offering views to and beyond Bobbeskjeret. From there, it's then towards the south and to Gløvrebu. While the whole area there is nice to see, the main sight is a major cut through the rock near the >>>

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Skogsøyna on a nice summer Sunday!

Date:
14.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
5.5km

Since we were in Øygarden already, we decided to also pay a visit to Skogsøyna, which always is worth a little hike! To get there, we found road 228 towards Herdleværet. On Skogsøyna, just before crossing the bridge to Herdleværet, we parked the car and started to hike towards the west, following the northern rim of Skogsøyna. We were again positively impressed about work that was done recently to further improve this trail, making it easier to avoid wet and/or muddy shoes. Nice! :-) At the outer tip of Skogsøyna, we reached our goal for this day, Skoysøytua (some 50m above sea level and with nice views over the open Atlantic!). We explored the cliffs and watched the energetic ocean rumble against the rocks of Skogsøytua. We also rounded the cliffs in order to get further down >>>

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