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Lyshornet from Lysekloster

Date:
03.09.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:30h
Distance:
7.3km

To get some fresh air, we decided to do a simple hike, not far from home: Lyshornet. We parked near Lysekloster and followed the main trail to Lyshornet from there. This lead us up to Lyshornskaret from where a short detour to Vetla Lyshornet was included. After enjoying the day for a moment on Lyshornet, we then started our hike down, following a trail towards the west from the top. This trail leads one down to the service road, which leads up to Ulvvatnet from Lyseklostervegen. Once on this road, it was then to first walk it down, before then following Lyseklostervegen back up to where we had parked. Clearly a nice little round with some nice views from Lyshornet. Selected photos are available as Google photo album . See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway . Petter Bjørstad has a useful page about Lysehornet and also web page WestCoastPeaks.com provides useful information about Lysehornet . Web page UT.no from the >>>

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Barmaneset on Algrøyna

Date:
13.08.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
6.8km

A nice summer day invited us to redo one of our well liked hikes on Algrøyna: to Barmaneset and back. Parking in the east of the little village on Algrøyna, along Nordre Øyavegen, we first followed the street a little further, before turning to the left and onto Kongvikvegen. Once passed Jonsokhaugen, we left the road, rounding a farm house on the way down to the innermost end of Kungvika. There, we "crossed over" to the southern side in order to end up on Barmaneset, not on Smalaneset, north of Barmaneset. Walking out to Barmaneset is then easy, following a proper trail. Once at the western end of the trail, we continued a bit further out towards Langtrotten, which always impresses with its wild nature. On the way back, we then followed "the other trail", a little >>>

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Nice summer evening on Skogsøyna

Date:
01.08.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
5.9km

With the prediction of another nice summer day, we headed for Skogsøyna in Øygarden. After driving to Sotra in the west of Bergen, we turn northwards at the roundabout south of Kolltveit and followed road 561 all the way northwards until we turned left (in westward direction) on Ona, then following the minor road 5276 until we crossed the bridge to Skogsøyna. Since all parking places were taken near the trail head, we continued a few meters to Langholmen and parked there next to the road. We then walked the few meters back across the bridge over Langholmsundet to get to the trail head. Following the marked trail out to Skogsøytua is by now really easy (most of the previously wet areas have been covered so that it's now just a nice walk until one gets to the "high point" (at >>>

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Trollefjellet

Date:
29.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
11.6km

With all the many and wonderful mountains all around, we decided to not drive all too much and rather make a hike close to where we were staying. The impressive cliff of Trollefjellet immediately came to mind and after a short look at the map, it appeared possible to ascend to Trollefjellet via its western (steep!) ridge. After briefly consulting with one from Indrehus, we not only learned that he had made this ascent already before, but also got permission to drive up a little along the forest road in the south of Storeelva. This brought us up to about 200mosl (and quite a bit nearer to the cliff!) and we parked where the forrest road turns right, away from Storeelva and up Nevredalen. From there, we then followed the forrest road further up. This brought us almost perfectly to the saddle >>>

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Hornelen (and Storenipa and Svartevassegga) from Berleneset

Date:
28.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
8:00h
Distance:
16.4km

One motivation to drive all the way from Bergen to Bremanger was the prospect of hiking Hornelen, i.e., a mountain that we had heard/read repeatedly about. From the place, where we stayed over night, in the southwest of Svelgen, it's not a really long drive to get to Bremangerlandet. Especially Skatestraumtunnelen helps to get over without any waiting times. The day before, on our hike on Batalden , we had learned that ascending Hornelen from Berleneset should be nice. Accordingly, we did not follow the main trail (from Hornskor), but followed road 616 a little further to the west, before turning left and right into Berleporten, i.e., a tunnel that leads to the other, southern side of the mountains, where Berlepollen cuts deep into Bremangerlandet. More or less right after leaving the tunnel, we then turned >>>

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Nice evening hike on Batalden

Date:
27.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
5.8km

We had taken the car from Bergen to Florø with the plan to enjoy the evening on island Batalden in the northwest of the town. The last two ferries that would stop on the island had a spacing of roughly four hours between them, providing sufficient time for a nice, extended hike. Note that it's important to call the ferries up-front in order to arrange that they actually stop at Batalden. After drop off in the southeast of the island, we started our hike first in northern direction (along the eastern shore of Batalden) to make our hike a nice round (not just up and down the same trail). While it did not really look like a trail (along the shore), we still had the clear impression that at least sheep seemed to use this "trail" and following in their "steps" was quite >>>

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Hesjadalsnovene from Øyadalen

Date:
21.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
5:00h
Distance:
14.8km

With quite some cloud cover predicted, we decided for a medium-high hike on our way back to Bergen. Driving out Eksingedalen to Eidslandet and then further along Eidsfjorden, we came to Kalland shortly after. Rounding Stamnesfjellet on the road brought us to the narrow road up from Vik to Vikadalen. Turning right right after the bridge over Vikavatnet, we arrived at the lower end of Øyadalen and parked there at a proper parking place. The map had indicated that one could choose from walking into Øyadalen either on its northwestern side, or on its southeastern one. To see it all, we decided to walk into Øyadalen on its northwestern side, first. Given the substantial amounts of rain on the day before, we quickly learned that this would turn into a very (very!) wet hike soon! :-) Yes, >>>

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An attempt to Slettefjellet via Eikemostølen

Date:
20.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
4.4km

The weather forecast was not really promising, but we decided to still give it a chance. Driving down Eksingedalen and passing by the tunnel to Modalen, we soon came to Treshaugen near Eikemo, where we parked the car right next to the road. We had read up front that we should be able to locate a (steep) trail up to Eikemostølen from there and indeed we could find some blue marks on a couple of trees right next to the road near the northern bend of Ekso (in the northeast of Eikemo). Still, finding the "trail" did then require a lot of imagination (yes, a good number of trees were marked on the way up to Eikemostølen, but the "trail" was hard to see, or not, and partially covered fully with vegetation like high grass or farns). Nonetheless, it was then without major >>>

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Saudalsnovi from Flatekvål in Eksingedalen

Date:
19.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
16.4km

Expecting a nice day, we aimed at Saudalsnovi in the southwest of Lavik in Eksingedalen. We drove to Flatekvål, a short stretch down Eksingedalen from Lavik, and parked at the parking place for the church, Eksingedalen Kyrkje, right next to Eksingedalsvegen. From there, we walked along Sørdalsvegen, passing by the church and crossing over river Ekso close to where Sørdalen comes down on the other, southern side. After crossing the flat spot at Øyna and entering Sørdalen, we came to a few (commercial?) buildings. There, on the back-side of these buildings, we found a simple pedestrians' bridge that lead us over to the other, western side of the Sørdalselvi. There, we quickly found a marked trail that would lead us (steeply) up to the ridge above Furneslii. Once up there, at about >>>

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Det Høga Bungane from Haugen

Date:
18.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
6.5km

After some driving, we ended up in Lavik, Eksingedalen, in the early evening. We decided that it was still enough time for a short walk and followed a recommendation from one we had talked to in Lavik, driving up to Haugen in Fagerdalen, just northeast of Lavik. From there, we started walking, reaching Lavikstølen at the end of the gravel road leading up there from Haugen. At Lavikstølen, we still wished to include a bit more and so we continued along a trail that leads upwards (in western direction) from Lavikstølen. First, we thought that this trail would lead up to Nipa, just to find out rather quickly that the trail tended more and more into southwestern direction, instead. Once above 700mosl, it became clear that this trail would lead around some pronounced cliffs in the south >>>

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