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Hellemyrstien and Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
25.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:52h
Distance:
7.0km

Local Sunday hike along Hellemyrstien with a quick visit to Sandviksbatteriet.

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Isdalen

Date:
24.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:15h
Distance:
10.6km

Hiking up Isdalen and then down to Montana via Oppstemten (i.e. the new stone steps) with a colleague, making it to the gravel road just as it got dark.

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Furukammen

Date:
18.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:21h
Distance:
2.0km

Another very short local hike due to my injured heel.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
17.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.2km

Only a short local hike today due to a problematic heel/achilles that had been hurting ever since last weekend's long walks on mainly asphalt and gravel. Significant improvement, but sadly more rest will still be needed to fully recover and be ready for longer and more interesting hikes.

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Søre Midtfjellet, Lørdagsknausen and Blåmanen SØ

Date:
11.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:47h
Distance:
15.5km

Walked from the city center to Kalfaret, from where I followed a (for me) new route up to Starefossen and onward to Søre Kamveien. Before Søre Kamveien connected with the main road toward Fløyen, I took the trail northeast via Heimtun to Fjellhytten . Continued north, but turned east before reaching the gravel road, instead following the old trail/road south, and later east, of the gravel road toward Blåmanen. This path is clearly not very heavily used anymore, but it could be followed without much difficulty. On the way I also made a quick stop at Lørdagsknausen , which to my surprise included the remains of a small shelter. I assume this small hill, with its great views, was more frequently visited when the old trail was still in use. Shortly after reconnecting with the main trail, I also made a quick visit of Blåmanen SØ , which could >>>

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Solåsen and Hagåsen

Date:
10.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:16h
Distance:
18.2km

I wanted to cover both Solåsen and Hagåsen with a single continuous hike, which seemed reasonable given their close proximity. But from what I could tell, all of the hiking reports on PB ascended Hagåsen from the southwest. I was therefore very happy to find arntfla (Arnt Flatmo) external report ( http://www.westcoastpeaks.com/Peaks/hagaasen.html ) indicating a trail towards Hagåsen from the northeast. Having found this missing piece of the puzzle, I got up way too early on a Saturday morning and took the first bus toward Haga, getting off at the last bus stop before Hagåstunellen (bus stop: Lønnebakken). From there I walked along the smaller roads before starting my descent up Hagabakkene. Just before the road started heading downward again, I noticed an unmarked trail heading south. After conferring with the GPS, I was pretty convinced that this had to be the trail arntfla (Arnt Flatmo) was >>>

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Ulriken

Date:
07.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:35h
Distance:
5.7km

Another go at the continuous competition at work for the fastest time from Montana to the upper station of Ulriksbanen, this time together with a colleague. Ended up lowering my personal best by more than 40 seconds. New record: 24 minutes and 15 seconds. After catching our breaths, we made a short detour to the summit of Ulriken, before returning to Montana.

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Eineråsen

Date:
04.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:09h
Distance:
3.6km

With strong winds and possible rain showers, I decided to avoid the higher peaks and instead headed for Hisdal and Eineråsen . After getting off the bus in Hisdalen, I walked south along the road for about 200 meters until locating the small gravel road heading east. The satellite images on Google Maps had indicated that this road ended just after the bridge, but to my surprise there was now a fairly new gravel road for another 300 meters. I followed the new road until it ended, all the time looking for trails toward Eineråsen. Did not find any, and instead started my ascent along what looked like a deer track. Relatively steep at first, but the main challenge was the many fallen trees. But by switching between different deer tracks, I still made rapid progress up the hillside. Closer to the summit, >>>

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Forskjønnelsen, Fjellveien and Furukammen

Date:
03.11.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:52h
Distance:
9.8km

Another weekend hike with heavy rain and strong winds...

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