Hiking up Mount Ulriken in Bergen, Norway, with my son. (02.08.2015)


Start point Haukelandsbakken (150m)
Endpoint Haukelandsbakken (150m)
Characteristic Hillwalk
Map
Ascents Ulriken Vest (607m) 02.08.2015
Me and my youngest son hiking on Mount Ulriken. Left image: My son with the stadium of the city's main football team Brann as well as Mount Løvstakken in the background. Second image: Me with the cable car of Mount Ulriken behind me. Third image: My son with the TV broadcasting antenna on Mount Ulriken. Second image from the right: Satellite image of the mountain side with the track of our hike superimposed on it [I don't actually have the track of this particular hike, I probably forgot to turn the Endomondo app on as we started hiking; and later used the track from another day to make this image, which I uploaded on Facebook the following day, as the hike follows a route that I have frequently used when hiking Mount Ulriken. Right image: My son with a view of the city of Bergen behind him.
Me and my youngest son hiking on Mount Ulriken. Left image: My son with the stadium of the city's main football team Brann as well as Mount Løvstakken in the background. Second image: Me with the cable car of Mount Ulriken behind me. Third image: My son with the TV broadcasting antenna on Mount Ulriken. Second image from the right: Satellite image of the mountain side with the track of our hike superimposed on it [I don't actually have the track of this particular hike, I probably forgot to turn the Endomondo app on as we started hiking; and later used the track from another day to make this image, which I uploaded on Facebook the following day, as the hike follows a route that I have frequently used when hiking Mount Ulriken. Right image: My son with a view of the city of Bergen behind him.

I went hiking on mount Ulriken in Bergen with my son Bror this afternoon. We had a really enjoyable trip, and weather was fairly nice most of the time, though we also had a shower of rain as we were heading back towards our new Bergen apartment. We climbed the mountain using a track just beneath the cable car that ascends the mountain. The lower part of the track goes through forest, and the upper part goes on bare mountain, with heather and moss as the only vegetation. We hiked up to the viewpoint where even the cable car takes the tourists. This isn't actually the highest point of this mountain massif, nor is it even the highest point of the part of the mountain that is known as Mount Ulriken, but it is the best viewpoint for an overview of the city, and it is the point that looks like it is the summit of the mountain when you look at the mountain from the city center of Bergen. For the descent we used another, slightly longer, but not so steep route.

Some more images from this hike on Mount Ulriken: My youngest son with the city of Bergen in the background. On the middle image is seen even the cable car that you may take up to the main viewpoint of this Mountain.
Some more images from this hike on Mount Ulriken: My youngest son with the city of Bergen in the background. On the middle image is seen even the cable car that you may take up to the main viewpoint of this Mountain.

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