Morkafjellet from Verpelstad (18.01.2025)


Startpunkt Verpelstad (312m)
Endpunkt Verpelstad (312m)
Tourcharakter Bergtour
Tourlänge 2h 56min
Entfernung 7,0km
Höhenmeter 611m
GPS
Besteigungen Morkafjellet (917m) 18.01.2025 11:05
Besuche anderer PBE Verpelstad p-plass (312m) 18.01.2025 09:28
Verpelstadstølen (688m) 18.01.2025 10:18

Morkafjellet from Verpelstad

The large parking lot at Verpelstad
The large parking lot at Verpelstad
Towards the trailhead from the car
Towards the trailhead from the car
Approaching the trailhead
Approaching the trailhead
The unmarked trailhead
The unmarked trailhead
Petter and Endre on the trail
Petter and Endre on the trail
Approaching Verpelstadstølen
Approaching Verpelstadstølen

After three days on the couch due to a bad cold, I recovered just in time for a short Saturday hike to Morkafjellet with Petter and Endre. Petter picked me up at my place at 08:00 and we met up with Endre at the surprisingly large parking lot at Verpelstad a bit more than an hour later.

Thanks to an external report we easily located the unmarked trailhead behind the houses just northeast of the parking lot and from there followed a partially marked trail all the way to Verpelstadstølen (except for doing our own "shortcut" just below the cabin when briefly losing the trail, see the return track for the correct route).

From Verpelstadstølen there was a weaker trail up the first steep slope but soon we were simply making our own way towards the summit. There were several large patches of snow that had to be crossed but there was significantly less snow than expected for the middle of January. So while we did sink deep into the snow on more than a couple of occasions it was overall straightforward to reach the unmarked highest point of Morkafjellet. The dense fog and cold wind however made for a brief visit and we shortly began our descent along more or less the same route. Petter and I then returned to Bergen, while Endre drove east to also ascend Jonshorgi and Slåttenovi.

To conclude, a nice short hike that provides relatively easy access to Morkafjellet, and if done during better conditions than what we had the views are probably also quite good.


Verpelstadstølen
Verpelstadstølen
South from Verpelstadstølen
South from Verpelstadstølen
Petter and Endre approaching the summit
Petter and Endre approaching the summit
The highest point at Morkafjellet. View northwest.
The highest point at Morkafjellet. View northwest.
Endre and Petter at the summit of Morkafjellet
Endre and Petter at the summit of Morkafjellet
Southwest from Morkafjellet
Southwest from Morkafjellet
Returning to Verpelstadstølen with Bolstadfjorden and Furnes to the left
Returning to Verpelstadstølen with Bolstadfjorden and Furnes to the left
Verpelstadstølen
Verpelstadstølen

Startzeitpunkt 18.01.2025 09:28
(UTC+01:00)
Endzeitpunkt 18.01.2025 12:24
(UTC+01:00)
Gesamtzeit 2h 56min
Zeit in Bewegung 2h 46min
Pausenzeit 0h 9min
Gesamtschnitt 2,4km/h
Bewegungsschnitt 2,5km/h
Entfernung 7,0km
Höhenmeter 611m

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    Ser litt surt ut på toppen

    Geschrieben von Kjell51 18.01.2025 23:02

    Jeg venter til våren med litt sol og varme så går jeg samme turen.

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      Re: Ser litt surt ut på toppe

      Geschrieben von hbar 19.01.2025 20:05

      Kan nok være en god plan å vente til våren ja! Og om du velger en dag uten tåke blir nok trolig også utsikten betraktelig mye bedre. :)

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