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Stendafjellet from the north

Date:
29.10.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:00h
Distance:
2.2km

Even though it all looked (and was!) a rainy day, we still wished to get some fresh air. Since we had something else to do nearby, we decided to just quickly include a short detour up and down Stendafjellet (from the north). Driving up Øvre Krohnåsen, we found a spot to park near the playing ground at the upper end of this road. From there, we started our short hike towards the "top" of Stendafjellet, choosing a route through the forest (without a trail). All this was straight-forward and without any difficulties (at about 200masl, there's a little cliff, which is easy to get around, though). On Stendafjellet, we visited the lookout point, looking down to Fanafjorden from there, before then returning (along a similar, but still a bit different route). All in all, this was >>>

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Round around Dyrdalsvatnet from Øvstebø

Date:
15.10.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
4:30h
Distance:
10.1km

We expected a rather nice autumn day and decided to hike up to Hausdalshorgi, one of our favorite mountains near Bergen. A good way to approach Hausdalshorgi is from Øvstebø, a short way further northeast from Bontveit. The usual route leads first up to Dyrdalsvatnet (parallel to Dyrdalselva, on its northwestern side) and from there further up to Hausdalshorgi, conveniently using a little bridge over Dyrdalselva (when it's not swept away by some floods as a few years back). This time, we wished to explore an alternative approach to Hausdalshorgi, crossing Dyrdalselva already at Øvstebø, then ascending through the forest up to Bjørnaberget, and then further up along a small ridge that extends in northwestern direction from Bjørnaberget. Even though the stretch up to Bjørnaberget is >>>

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Lyderhorn from Loddefjord

Date:
11.09.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
4.2km

With only limited time available, we decided to "just" make a short hike to Lyderhorn, exploring a new "corner" of this rather well-known mountain. We started biking to Loddefjord. We then continued up a side road of Lyderhornsveien, which services the power facility a few meters above Loddefjord, right below Skarpafjellet. From there, we first followed the trail that leads up to Grøvledalen, but decided to follow a slightly different route up, first. Soon later, we reconnected with the trail between Skarpafjellet and Lyderhorn. From there, it was then basically up and down Lyderhorn, mostly following trails. On the way back, we then descended towards Loddefjord through Grøvledalen. Nice to explore new routes, even on an often visited mountain like Lyderhorn! :-)

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Gaustadfjellet, Litlafjellet, Bårafjellet, Øyjordsfjellet

Date:
04.09.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
6:30h
Distance:
11.4km

Looking forward to a nice day, we decided to pay Gaustadfjellet on Holsnøy a visit. To get there, we crossed Krossnessundet right after driving over Nordhordlandsbrua, north of Bergen. Then, we followed road 5310 northwestwards, kind of parallel to Radfjorden on our right side. Since we wished to start our hike from the southeast, traversing all of Gaustadfjellet (and further), we first needed to find a proper parking place along Ådlandsvegen. After a bit of back and forth, we managed to park properly along this rather narrow road. We then followed a not really well visible trail to the southern ridge of Gaustadfjellet (Storhøyden). From there, then, we could use a nice trail that extends over most of this ridge. It's actually a very nice alternative to the otherwise shorter ascent >>>

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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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