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To Bergen and back

Date:
18.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
19.8km

Walking up Fyllingsdalen and further to Bergen. Enjoying a beer, or two. Walking back. Not much more to write, this time. :-) See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway .

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Skåldalsfjellet from Bjørndalen

Date:
04.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:30h
Distance:
8.1km

We drove past Grimevatnet and Haukelandsvatnet into the direction of Osavatnet near Gullfjellet, but stopped next to Gullfjellsvegen where the road crosses a small saddle between Ramsdalshovden in the east and Vemånen in the west to continue along Skåldalselva from there. Leaving our car behind, we continued along this road walking, first around Ramsdalshovden on the right (south) and then around Hjelterinden on the left (north). At Søre Bjørndalen, we used a bridge which leads over Skåldalselva to a few houses on the north-side of the valley. Once on this other side, there, we continued first further along a simple road (passing by Nordre Bjørndalen), before starting our actual ascent to Skåldalsfjellet via Høgrusten. On Norgeskart, we had seen that -- while not on a trail -- it >>>

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Kofta (and Gullfjellet) from Nordbø

Date:
20.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
12.6km

For at least two years, already, we had (occasionally) considered this hike: Kofta from Nordbøbotnen. After a relaxing morning, and knowing that the days are (very) long at this time of the year, we decided to go and do it. We drove from Bergen (via E16 first, then across Gullbotn) and left road #7 right after Hisdalstunnelen (to the right), where it leads on into the direction of Osøyro. Driving down road #137 for only a short stretch, we came to Nordbø, where we turned right (again), now in northern direction. From there, we continued for just about 850m, or so, until we had passed the last house. There, before entering the forest, we parked next to the road. We first walked along the forest road (the same road that we had come in with the car further down) up to about 200mosl (only >>>

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Kanadaskogen

Date:
13.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
8.7km

With only limited time at our disposal, we "simply" headed for Kanadaskogen. Passing by Gjeddevatnet (coming from Varden), we stepped upwards from Gjerdsvika. This time, we included Allestadhaugen (between Hesjaholten and Bjørndalsvatnet), before descending to the eastern side of Bjørndalsvatjnet. At the very northern end of Bjørndalsvatnet, where one still finds the remains of some former building, we followed the valley upwards (in northern direction), but just 25 height meters, or so. There, we turned left, first following a trail for a short while, before then continuing "straight" upwards to Træshovden through the forest. At Træshovden, we decided the Svartaberget make up a nice next goal (and off we headed there). Due to its very steep western side, Svartaberget >>>

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Nonkletten and Storavika on Korsneset

Date:
30.05.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:30h
Distance:
7.8km

With limited time available, and a nice, warm, and sunny day, we decided to make a medium-long hike on Korsneset with nice Storavika as our main trip goal. Driving by Krokeide and continuing further onto Korsneset, we continued all the way to the junction east of Tverrhaugen, where parking is conveniently possible. Before heading towards Storvika, we wished to include Nonkletten, northeast of the parking place. We thus walked for a few meters back the road that we had come. Maybe some 200m into this, we turned left onto a proper trail, leaving in northwards direction. This trail leads nicely upwards to a nice minor hill in the west of Nonkletten. There, on a minor saddle at about 95mosl, we decided to leave the trail and head eastwards into the direction of Nonkletten. Even though one >>>

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Evening Løvstakken

Date:
26.05.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
4.6km

Spontaneously, we decided to do a quick after-work sprint up Løvstakken (the steep way). We parked near the SPAR shop "Sikthaugen" (above Sikthaugen Terrasse) and walked up the pedestrians' connection to Kirsten Flagstads vei. From there, we continued along Rosenlundveien (up to house 43), before taking the trail that ascends steeply underneath the power line in Eastern direction. At about 350mosl, the steepest part of the trail starts (roughly in Northern direction). A bit more the 50 meters higher, one comes out and can enjoy some nice views over Fyllingsdalen. From there, it's then "just" following the trail all to the top of Fyllingsdalen. Definitely a nice alternative of an ascent to Løvstakken! From the top, we then followed the Northern ridge down (into the >>>

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Tunesfjellet and Skåldalsfjellet

Date:
21.05.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:30h
Distance:
12.2km

One could say that this hike is a logical continuation of our small research project Gullfjellet from the north, Sørfjorden . :-) We drove from Bergen to Arna and then through the tunnel under Ådnanipa (E16), before taking the very first exit ("Takvam") and turning back along the old road (Tunesvegen) into the direction of Tunes. At Tunestveit, only a few meters from the E16-exit, we parked along the road. We then crossed under E16 (right where it comes out of the tunnel under Ådnanipa, crossing over Tveitaelva there) and continued on an old forest road into the direction of Åsen. All the terrain is very steep there and most parts will not provide any opportunity to continue all the way up. Our map study, however, had suggested that ascending to Åsen on the very eastern side >>>

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Gravdalsfjellet from Betanien

Date:
18.05.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:00h
Distance:
3.7km

To get some fresh air, we decided to make a short hike up Gravdalsfjellet. We started at Betanien near Vestlund in Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, and head first northwards before then turning left (westwards) into the direction of Gravdalsfjellet. Right after passing by Brattheim, we took the stairs up into the direction of Viggohytten. As soon as we came out on top, however, we made a short detour to visit Kjerringen på Nipen, from where one can enjoy excellent views over Fyllingsdalen. We then headed back to the trail and up to Viggohytten before we continued further upwards to visit near Gravdalsfjellet. From there, we took another trail down (in the west of Gravdalsfjellet. After this short detour, we connected back with the trail that we had taken up near Brattheim. From there, it was >>>

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Herlandsfjellet from Herland

Date:
10.05.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:45h
Distance:
11.0km

For a longer time already, we had the idea to try Herlandsfjellet from its northern side. When studying the available maps, it's not so obvious, how this should be done (as no trails are to be seen from the north). After some investigation, we were left with two choices that we deemed possible: going up from Ytre Songstad (along a narrow ridge that is very steep on either side) or going up from Herland, where the bridge to Osterøy is anchored (a less pronounced while also steep ridge). Eventually, looking at satellite images suggested that the eastern variant (from Ytre Songstad) would be through a dense looking forest, while the western variant (from Herland) appeared to have less dense standing trees. Since we were unsure how difficult it would be to ascend through a relatively dense >>>

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Hamrefjellet

Date:
09.05.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
7.6km

Between two visits of shops, we wished to get some fresh air. Since we were close already, we decided to go a quick round around Hamrefjellet. Since we wished to start with Tornetfjellet, we drove into the direction of Smørås (just to find out that parking is non-trivial there -- clearly, those who live there do not like hikers to park up there). We thus parked quite a bit longer down along Smøråsvegen and walked back up from there. We then ascended Torneberget from Smøråsvegen (only a few meters up), before continuing along a nice trail that stretches over the heights into southern direction (towards Hamrefjellet). Passing by Myrasmettet, we ascended Vardane (also only a few meters up). We next thought to take a look at Vallastølen. Instead of walking "down" to Militærvegen, >>>

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