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Vinnesvatnet and Veten

Date:
22.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
5.5km

We took the ferry from Krokeide to Hufthammar and continued southwards from there, following the road into the direction of Husavik (road 546). After passing Husavik, we approached Vinnes, making a spontaneous decision to visit Vinnesvatnet from there. We parked near Hoppensprett kindergarten and started walking along a gravel path that leads very nicely around Vinnesvatnet. On the western side of Vinnesvatnet, we also visited the little island in Vinnesvatnet, walking across a nice little hanging bridge. At the northern end of Vinnesvatnet, where the gravel path deviates a bit from the lake, we started following a trail leading to Veten. After first ascending significantly, we then had a pleasant walk over the heights in the southeast of Veten. Eventually, we came to Veten, enjoying >>>

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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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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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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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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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Wild Golta

Date:
13.04.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
5.1km

The weather forecast was "interesting": 3 or 4 degrees Celsius and strong winds from the north (with gale warnings nearby). Sounds like a nice day for another trip to the outer islands! :-) This time, we chose Golta (south of Telavåg and west of Glesvær), which is wild and nice! We parked at the parking lot near the inner end of Vogga and started our short hike from there. The route is trivial to find and also not very long. Within a few minutes one gets out to the wild rocks near the North Atlantic. And clearly we weren't disappointed (again): very impressive, when the wind works the sea so hard! We walked for a longer while around the rocks and enjoyed the atmosphere, rounding Lutavika and then also Midtvika, before heading back. Even though a shorter trip, it's definitely >>>

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Short round over Gullsteinen

Date:
04.04.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
3.9km

With a little bit of time left, we decided to make a short detour across Gullsteinen. We parked along Nils Langhelles vei and walked up one of its steep side roads first. Near house #22, we had come to the end of this side road. Fortunately, it was possible to ascend up towards the next side road. From there, where this other side road makes a sharp turn to the south, it was then only a few meters, before a trail leaves to the left. Stepping up through the forest there, we first ascended a micro-hill south of Strutsefarmen. From there, we turned back to the trail, which leads up to the ridge between Gullsteinen and Løvstakken. Instead of following the trail, however, we decided to step up "through the wild" (and in the not all-too-deep snow). Lovely, to get out into some >>>

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Sælskletten and Sælsfjellet on Tofterøy

Date:
28.03.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
6.5km

Another Saturday with a promise of cold but nice weather invited us to plan another hike near the North Atlantic, making this the third in a row, after our nice hike to Brotavarden from Telavåg and our excursion to Ternneset from Kausland . This time, our goal was to hike a little round on Tofterøy, far in the southwest of Sotra. After following road 555 southwards, we turned right (onto road 200 towards Tofterøy) and passed over the narrow bridge (Tofterøybrua), after first havig waited for two horses to finish their (partially stressed) passage over the bridge. :-) On Tofterøy, we then followed the road until we came close to Trælevika. There, just north of Storavatnet, we parked and started our hike. The first goal of our hike was Sælskletten in the southeast of where we had parked. In order to find the needed trailhead, we had to walk back along >>>

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