Straumsfjellet and Storhovden (08.04.2017)

Straumsfjellet and Storhovden

Short Saturday hike to cover two smaller peaks I had not yet visited. Started by talking the bus to Bjørndalsbakken and from there walking up Bjørgeveien. I then located the trail to Straumsfjellet and easily made it to the top. Decent views for such a small peak.

From the top of Straumsfjellet I continued south to Bjørndalsskogen and then down to Bjørndalsvatnet. After reaching the northern end of Bjørndalsvatnet I followed the marked trail towards Krokatjørna, but after a while started looking for trails going in the direction of Storhovden. Did not find any clear trails, but found something I thought would take me in the direction of the top and tried to followed this one. The trail almost disappeared a couple of times (see picture), but also connected to/crossed other more easily visible trails that I was unsure if I should follow or not, as most of these did not seem to go in the direction of Storhovden. But in the end I managed to get to the top. The top has close to no view, but there was a nice viewpoint around 50 meters the west of the peak.

From the top of Storhovden I quickly found a trail that I followed down to the gravel road that comes from Spelhaugen, and then followed this road alongside Tennebekktjørna and down Nipedalen to Lyngbø for the bus back to the city center.

Start date	08.04.2017 13:54 (UTC+01:00 DST)
End date	08.04.2017 16:13 (UTC+01:00 DST)
Total Time	2h 19min
Moving Time	2h 12min
Stopped Time	0h 7min
Overall Average	3.4km/h
Moving Average	3.6km/h
Distance	7.9km
Vertical meters	360m