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Almeskila and Snøyo

Date:
23.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:02h
Distance:
7.6km

Started by taking the bus to Romarheim (bus stop called "Romarheim kryss E39") and from there walking south along the road to the trailhead for Almeskila . The trailhead was not marked, i.e. no sign with Almeskila, but the trail itself was clearly marked (and was so all the way to the summit). Already before leaving the bus I had noticed that there was significantly more snow than I had expected (given that pretty much all the snow was gone in Bergen), but I was still surprised when leaving the road and immediately sinking up to above my knees in snow, and thus quickly realizing that this would be a tougher hike than planned. Thankfully the deepest snow only lasted for the first 100 meters and when the trail started climbing it became much easier to make progress with the snow now only reaching >>>

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Torget to Ludebryggen

Date:
22.02.2019
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
0:38h
Distance:
3.2km

Short walk from Torget to Ludebryggen on the way home from work.

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Kvitanosi (almost...) from Gullbrå

Date:
17.02.2019
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
6:21h
Distance:
14.7km

Trip organized by the Norwegian Trekking Association which started by carpooling to Gullbrå. Light rain at the start of the trip and increasing winds as we made our way up towards Kvitanosi . Sadly, part of the group made much slower progress than expected and with just around 500 meters to the summit (and less than 100 vertical meters to climb), it was decided that we would have to start our descent in order to make it down before it got dark. By then the conditions had also gotten worse, with very limited visibility due to a rather dense fog. Splitting the group was therefore not really an option. Hence my main goal of the day had to be abandoned. But in the end it probably turned out to be the right choice, as it started to get dark before the last member of our group made it back down to the parking lot. The weather did however >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
16.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:45h
Distance:
3.8km

Short local hike across Hellen festning.

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Haukeland sykehus to Lønborg

Date:
15.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:54h
Distance:
10.2km

Decided to walk home from work given the nice weather.

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Lyderhorn Roundtrip

Date:
10.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:47h
Distance:
9.4km

Started by taking the bus to Lyngbø (bus stop called Lyngbø Rv. 555) and following the roads to Kvarven fort . Shortly after starting the ascent the roads turned very icy and I spent more time walking next to the road than on the road itself. When the road changed to trail the conditions shortly improved, but the ice would soon return. I reached the summit of Lyderhorn without any real difficulties though. For my descent I decided on the trial down to Banuren. Rather icy at the beginning and later more stream than trail. Upon reaching Banuren, the hike was completed by walking along the roads back to Lyngbø for the bus home. A nice roundtrip, but probably much nicer when there is less ice.

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Fagerdalsfjellet and Ørneberget

Date:
09.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:05h
Distance:
4.3km

Short local hike across Fagerdalsfjellet and Ørneberget. The trails were overall more wet than icy.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
05.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike across an icy Hellen festning.

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Gamle Bergen, Furukammen and Hellen festning

Date:
03.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:14h
Distance:
9.6km

Local hike through Gamle Bergen and across Furukammen and Hellen festning.

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Across Vidden from Fløyen to Grøvlevatnet

Date:
02.02.2019
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
22.2km

Started from the upper station of Fløibanen and from there followed the usual skiing route to Rundemanen . Although there had been some new snow since my last visit, there actually seemed to be even less snow at Rundemanen, and the skis had to come off to reach the summit. I did manage to ski down Hyttelien and up to Øvre Jordalsvatnet, but also here there seemed to be even less snow than one week earlier. From Øvre Jordalsvatnet I followed the skiing route up the valley to east of the main trail across Vidden. A bit more snow here, but a lot more was needed here as well. Upon reaching the plateau, the conditions were overall ok, but also here mixed with shorter sections with either very little snow or with more ice than snow. (The latter was in particular the case for the area around Hauggjelsvarden .) After first >>>

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