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Fotasperrnuten

Date:
13.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:30h
Distance:
14.3km

When the initial plan to drive to Øystese for a visit to Skrott did not work out, we changed plans and instead hopped on a bus to Steinskvanndalen (bus stop called Kvernavollen) for an ascent of Fotasperrnuten . The walk along the gravel road up to the beautiful Steinskvanndalsvatnet was quickly completed and we then started searching for the marked trailhead. We walked a bit too far though and ended up making our own way up the field. We soon came across the marked trail, which from there on, with some minor exceptions when getting close to the summit, was easy to follow. Note that there were some steep areas when heading up Fotasperrdalen, or more specifically a steep drop on the right-hand side of the trail, so this particular part of the trail may not be to everyone's liking. But as soon as this stretch was >>>

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Hellen festning and Ørneberget

Date:
11.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:53h
Distance:
8.2km

Local evening hike after work.

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Totlandsfjellet

Date:
09.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:20h
Distance:
6.3km

I managed to convince two colleagues to go hiking and we decided on Totlandsfjellet in Samnanger. After reading up on previous PB-reports our plan was to drive all the way to the small parking lot next to Svensdalstjørna and start our hike from there. We were therefore rather surprised when coming across a locked gate immediately after turning left (west) into Svensdalen from Høysetetjørna. The gate looked fairly new, so probably it had not been there to stop earlier visitors to Totlandsfjellet? Luckily it was easy to find alternative parking by the main road at Høysetetjørna, and it was only about 800 meters along a gravel road from there to the planned start of the hike anyway. The gravel road was quickly covered and we shortly arrived at the northwestern end of Svensdalstjørna. After crossing the small stream we located the weak unmarked trail, heading >>>

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Hellen festning, Furukammen and Hellemyrstien

Date:
08.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:13h
Distance:
7.1km

Local evening hike after work.

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Stoltzekleiven

Date:
07.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:22h
Distance:
7.0km

First time up Stoltzen in a while. Made it to the top in 16 minutes and 28 seconds.

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Storlifjellet and Husafjellet - Roundtrip

Date:
06.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:07h
Distance:
9.9km

Today's hike had two goals. The primary being to ascend Storlifjellet from Gamlesæter, and the secondary, if time permitted, to turn the hike into a roundtrip via Eiterdalen . The latter inspired by arntfla (Arnt Flatmo) 's external trip report . Started by taking the bus to Gamlesæter (see bus tip below) and followed the gravel road up to Nymark. From there I continuing along the tractor road until it came to an end. After reading the previous PB-reports for Storlifjellet, it seemed clear that the terrain from this point onward required that a fairly specific route was followed. So in order to not waste lots of time trying to find my own alternative route, I more or less followed in knutsverre (Knut S. Andersen) 's footsteps (although I guess GeirL (Geir Lie) should get the credit for providing the first GPS tracks along the same route .). Combined with the numerous deer tracks also showing the way, this made what would probably otherwise have been >>>

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Haukeland sykehus to Lønborg

Date:
04.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:59h
Distance:
11.0km

Walk home from work.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
30.06.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:32h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local hike across Hellen festning.

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Cycling: Råvarden

Date:
29.06.2019
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
3:21h
Distance:
45.6km

After initially dropping out of the Bergen ≥ 50m pf. og ≥ 100 m.o.h. list , due to having to re-complete it several times when new rather uninteresting peaks were added, I decided to rejoin after realizing that the latest addition to the list, Råvarden , could be easily reached by bike, thus making for an overall more enjoyable trip. Had to get off the bike for the final 60 meters walk to the summit, which today provided even less views than usual due to the low-hanging clouds. Another one of those "been there, done that" peaks that I'm pretty sure I will not feel the need to revisit.

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Øyanovi, Storafjellet and Gløvret (Storfossen to Vaksdal)

Date:
27.06.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
9:15h
Distance:
21.3km

We started by taking the train to Dale and from there the connecting bus up to Storfossen/Storfossdammen. After crossing along the top of the dam, we followed the marked (but clearly not very heavily used) trail up Øyaskaret. Did not see any trails in the direction of Øyanovi , but when reaching the top of Øyaskaret it was straightforward to make progress towards the summit. Note that the best views from Øyanovi were not obtained at the summit itself, but rather 100 meters further north (now added as a separate PB element ). For our return to the marked trail, we made a shortcut heading more directly south, but it would probably have been just as fast, due to the terrain, to rather retrace our steps to where we left the trail earlier on. We then followed the marked trail towards Møyadalsnubben , but missed our exit and had to turn back >>>

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