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Vigdalstøl

Date:
07.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:42h
Distance:
1.7km

Short hike along the marked trail from the parking lot at Vårstølen to Vigdalstøl to spend the weekend there with my sister and her family, where we also took advantage of the four extra beds in Li-Hans-Fjøsen located less than 20 meters west of the main cabin.

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
07.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
4.9km

A short stop in Sogndal on the way to Vigdalstøl . (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
03.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:29h
Distance:
9.1km

Local hike that took much longer than expected due to twice taking shelter from the rain. First at the bus stop in Munkebotn and later at Munkegrind .

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Hellen festning and Furukammen

Date:
02.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:50h
Distance:
4.5km

Short local hike ending in light rain.

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
01.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:25h
Distance:
10.4km

Shorter local hike after yesterday's long cycling trip to Huglo.

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Høgafjellet

Date:
31.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:56h
Distance:
2.6km

After leaving my bike by the side of the road (see the separate cycling trip report ), I started up what was initially a weak tractor road which soon turned into a rather wet trail. The trail quality however greatly improved as the trail started to climb up to the small valley south of the summit. From there the trail was less clear, but it was instead marked by small cairns, and at this point the large cairn at the summit could be spotted anyway and the direction was obvious. The summit provided excellent views in all directions and was today occupied by several families with lots of kids. I still managed to get a couple of nice pictures before having a second short lunch break and then returning along the same route to the main road. However, if I did not have to return to my bike, I would probably instead have tried >>>

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Skjønhammaren

Date:
31.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
0.9km

After finally deciding to leave my bike at the crossroads about 200 meters southwest of the summit, I continued on foot along a very wet trail, made slightly less wet by several wide wooden planks, some of them half submerged in water. The trail quality however greatly improved as the trail turned north for the summit. Here there was even a sign for Skjønhammaren . (A hidden sign at the earlier crossroads had only shown "Natursti", i.e. nature trail.) The summit (at 112.66 meters above sea level as the sign at the summit indicated) was quickly reached and provided excellent views to the south, while the views to the north were blocked by trees. After a short lunch break, I briefly followed the trail north, from where I could spot Kattnakken in the distance, although the northern views were still pretty limited from here >>>

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Cycling: Skjønhammaren and Høgafjellet

Date:
31.07.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
12:07h
Distance:
106.8km

On the last weekday of my summer holiday I decided to go for another ambitious cycling trip. Yet again starting by bringing my bike with me on the express ferry to Malkenes and following the now common route along the lovely Onarheimsfjorden. However this time the plan was to continue all the way to the southern tip of Tysnesøya and Hodnaneset, and then take the ferry to Nordhuglo. I had perhaps underestimated the time it would take me to reach Hodnaneset though, and with a ferry to catch I had to push in order to make sure get there in time. In the end I made it with less than ten minutes to spare, and after boarding the ferry I could finally take my first real break. Which was made even longer by the ferry first heading to Jektavik (at Stord) before turning southeast for Nordhuglo. At Nordhuglo, >>>

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Flot and Barsnesfjorden

Date:
28.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:47h
Distance:
6.2km

A repeat of the hike across Flot. This time with Sigjoern (Sigbjørn Holm) and Marthine, and also including a walk along Barsnesfjorden. (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
27.07.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:06h
Distance:
4.7km

Another short walk along Barsnesfjorden. (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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