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Liatårnet from Fjell Festningen

Date:
30.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:00h
Distance:
10.5km

Even though it was already a little later on the day (not a great lot of daylight left), we still wished to make a nice hike somewhere in the neighborhood. We then arrived at the following: first, we would ascend to Fjell Festningen (from Søre Fjell), then walk over to Pyttane and Liatårnet, before eventually returning via Fjell Festningen, again. And so we did it. :-) After using road 555 from Bergen towards Sotra (in western direction), we turned left (southwards) on Sotra, arriving in Fjell soon after that. Continuing along road 560 further southwards (from Fjell for about half a kilometer), we soon came to Søre Fjell, where we found a parking place right next to the road. From there, we followed a properly marked trail (in eastern direction), ascending to Fjell Festningen within >>>

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Damsgårdsfjellet and Olsokfjellet

Date:
27.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
4.6km

With a prediction of rain, we weren't motivated to more than just a short round. We parked near Betanien along Vestlundveien in Fyllingsdalen and headed northwards through Nordnæsdalen. The original idea was to find the little trail -- is there a trail? -- which should lead up to the southern "top" of Holefjellet in the west of Damsgårdsfjellet. Soon, however, we had walked too far, getting very close to the saddle between Damsgårdsfjellet and Holefjellet. Instead of walking back (in the rain), we decided to drop Holefjellet for this time and instead start our walk back (via Damsgårdsfjellet and Olsokfjellet). The ascent to Damsgårdsfjellet was straight-forward (no ice, this time!) and then crossing over to Olsokfjellet, walking around Tverrdalen, was similarly easy (the >>>

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Kanadaskogen with Hesjaholten

Date:
25.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
8.8km

With a somewhat average weather forecast on tap, we decided to "just" do a simple walk/hike in Kanadaskogen. Starting from Varden, we first headed for the eastside of Gjeddevatnet, near the fotball fields and Framohallen. After rounding Gjerdsvika, we ascended a little (in northwards direction) in order to get over to (the eastside of) Bjørndalsvatnet, which we then walked along until its northern most end. Continuing in northwards direction, we then walked up to Svartatjørna. On the other, northern side of it, while walking along Storamyra then, we enjoyed to look up to Tobrik, high up over the east of Storamyra. Walking out this little valley, we ended up at the gravel road that leads up to the dam of Tennebekktjørna. About halv way up this road, we then decided to split >>>

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Skåldalsfjellet via Hjelterinden

Date:
24.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
7.8km

The weather forecast promised some blue skies over Bergen! :-) So the goal was to welcome the sun somewhere in the (not too deep) snow. After a bit of discussing different options, we landed on a hike up to Skåldalsfjellet (not at the least because of its chances to catch some sun). Since we've developed a taste for stepping up relatively steep mountain sides, recently, we chose an ascent via Hjelterinden, in the (steep) south of Skåldalsfjellet. Leaving the Bergen valley from Nesttun via Helldal and along Grimevatnet, we drove to Haukeland, first, before there leaving road #587 and then following the narrow road to Unneland. From there, we then drove up Gullfjellsvegen until we came to the saddle that leads into the valley with Skåldalselva. We parked (right at the saddle) and continued >>>

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Ranen, Midtfjellet, Grønetua, Vardegga, and Ulskebjørnen

Date:
12.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
5:00h
Distance:
10.8km

We thought about doing a hike from Jordalen, in the north of Bergen, including Ulskebjørnen (and Vardegga). To give this hike at least something special, we also wished to include Ranen, a somewhat sidelined hill between Rundemanen and Vardegga, right next to Jordalsskaret (in the west of it). While Ranen is no more than just a few gentle steps in northern direction, when coming from the main trail that connects Rundemanen and Vardegga, it really is very steep on its northern side, facing Jordalen. In fact, it gets more and more steep, the furthre north one gets, crossing over Ranshaugane there, and between 200mosl and 400mosl the northern side of Ranen is mostly cliffs that looks impossible (or, at least, very difficult) to cross. After first driving into Jordalen from the north and parking >>>

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Nygårdsnipa and Gravdalsfjellet from Laksevåg

Date:
05.12.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
4.0km

It was time for some new exploration in the city mountains of Bergen! :-) So we chose to ascend to Nygårdsnipa (and Gravdalsfjellet) from Laksevåg. We thus drove around and parked very near to where Damsgårdstunnelen ends on the western side (at Eliasmarken). Within a few steps, we started walking up (the quite steep) Nygårdslien. At the very upper end of Nygårdslien, one can conventiently enter the forest by stepping a little bit to the left at about 70mosl. But instead of following the trail, that extends from there up to the saddle between Holefjellet and Gravdalsfjellet, we crossed over (in southwestern direction) right above the highest houses at Nygårdslien. This first brought us to a little ridge (high above Lyngbøveien). From there, we first followed this ridge upwards >>>

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Lyderhorn

Date:
28.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
3.6km

Aiming at using a relatively short morning period for which no rain was predicted, we decided to "just" ascent to Lyderhorn (when needing a good idea for a nice, near hike, Lyderhorn is a natural solution!). One question requiring a bit of extra-thinking, though, regards the choice of the route up (and down). While already driving towards Loddefjord, we discussed several options and landed on a new ascent from the southeast, i.e., where the highways join south of Liavatnet. We parked right next to Lyderhornsveien, north of Bjørndalstjørna, and walked the few meters to the place, where the highway 555 disappears into Lyderhorntunnelen right underneath. While leaving the road where a simple trail comes down from a saddle in the west, we did not follow this trail upwards, but decided >>>

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Livarden via Nordvardsrinden

Date:
15.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:00h
Distance:
5.8km

Lucky we have friends, who agreed to embark with us on a little adventure: ascending to Livarden from Unnelandsvegen! To prepare, we had carefully studied the map and, in particular, the area between Kalvehalsen and Nordvardsrinden. A search for related trip reports of others did not result in anything. Understanding that the terrain is very steep on the north-side of Livarden, we paid extra attention to where we possibly could do it. Eventually, we decided to first approach Stallafossen (to have a look at it), then traverse to a little cabin at about 250mosl, west of Stallafossen, before then ascending along Nordvardsrinden up to Livarden. We parked along Unnelandsvegen, where the trail over Lavrinden comes down (where Klubbaelva spings into Nygardvika), and walked along Unnelandsvegen >>>

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Eikhaugen

Date:
07.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:30h
Distance:
7.5km

A quite wet day invited to engage with some local exploration. After some short planning, Eikhaugen was identified as the overall goal, this afternoon. Starting from Varden, we headed north, first. At Askeladdveien, we decided to ascend relatively steeply to some minor heights west of Peer Gyntsvei. Crossing over this ridge south--north, we connected to the east-facing hillside in the west of Spelhaugen. At the northern end of Spelhaugen, where the Kindergarden and the parking place for Tennebekk-hikers is, we crossed over to the other, northeastern side of Spelhaugen, ascending relatively steeply up to the (also minor) heights north of Barliveien (Lurane). Rounding the southern end of Eikelifjellet on its southeastern side (northwest of Løvås), we entered a nice valley with a little >>>

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Livarden and Slettegga from Bontveit

Date:
31.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:30h
Distance:
10.8km

Expecting a couple of nice hours on this Saturday, we planned for a hike that was still on our "to-do list". Specifically, the idea was to combine an ascent to Livarden with one to Slettegga, connecting both via the saddle at Rambjørgvatnet. To do so, and to make this a nice round, we aimed at starting from Bontveit, ascending Livarden from there first (mostly without any trail), visiting Krokvatnet on our way, and then hike over to Slettegga. From there, our plan was to then return to Bontveit via Nobbane. And so we did it. :-) Leaving Bergen southwards along E39, we turned left at Kalandsvatnet to drive road 5162 all the way up to Bontveit. At the highest point of this road (about 300mosl), before it starts winding down to Hausdalen in the south, we parked along with quite >>>

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