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Hellen festning

Date:
22.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:02h
Distance:
5.4km

Short local evening hike.

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Vetåsveten, Hestefjellet, Peparen and Vettåsfjellet

Date:
21.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:08h
Distance:
7.2km

We intially tried to follow in Kjell51 (Kjell Øijorden) 's footsteps and start from Soltveit, but failed to find parking and instead had to start from the north. Our route followed various marked trails and tractor roads and resulted in a nice roundtrip with visits of Vetåsveten , Hestefjellet , Peparen and Vettåsfjellet .

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Ørneberget, Rognåsen and Håmanen

Date:
20.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:43h
Distance:
7.6km

Only a short local hike this Saturday as I had signed up for a hike across Daurmålsegga organized by the Norwegian Trekking Association the day after. A hike that was sadly canceled Saturday morning due to poor weather forecasts, but by then it was too late to change my plans.

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
18.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:48h
Distance:
9.4km

Short local evening hike.

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Munkebotn and Furukammen

Date:
17.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:49h
Distance:
7.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Vetlefjell

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:26h
Distance:
1.2km

After the very easy access to Blåbærhaugen , i.e. gravel road all the way to the summit, I had to take a moment to think about why I also had an urge to visit Vetlefjell . A summit that from the earlier trip reports was pretty much the exact opposite. Well, at least it was only a bit more than 300 meters from the gravel road to the summit. No trails as far as I could tell, but there were the occasional deer track that could be followed. The summit was shortly reached without any real difficulties and actually provided much better views than expected. Nothing compared to the views from Hovlandsnuten earlier in the day of course, but just north of the summit the views to the north and the northeast where quite ok, and just south of the summit one had a good view down to Skorpo and could even spot Kattnakken in the distance. From the summit, >>>

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Barmehovda

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
1.8km

After my visits of Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet , and the excellent views from the bike ride along Onarheimsfjorden , I arrived at the tractor road marking the trailhead for Barmehovda expecting a short but perhaps not very interesting hike. Leaving the bike behind, the tractor road made for an easy ascent to the antenna which used to be the highest point. However, after Runemb (Rune Blomberg) 's visit last year the summit had been moved about 100 meters west. The terrain from the tractor road to the new summit was not the most inviting, but thankfully I soon found a deer track that I could more or less follow all the way to the summit. Limited views from the summit, similar to the ones from the antenna, but at least some views to the south could be obtained through the trees. From the summit, I followed the same route back to the tractor road which I then followed back to the main road. While far from the worst summit I've visited, and >>>

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Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:12h
Distance:
10.6km

Upon arriving at Skaret , I left my bike behind and followed the rough tractor road up to Vasstøltjørna. From there I followed the marked steep trail up Sandlopeskardet, taking me all the way to Hovlandsnuten , which offered the kind of views one often sees in guidebooks trying to attract tourists to visit Norway! In other words: spectacular! I could have enjoyed the views for the rest of the day, but I had other summits to visit and a ferry to catch. After a lunch break, I therefore continued to Etlådnefjellet , first along a trail, but it soon disappeared, and I ended up making my own way, visiting both the eastern 732 hill and the southern 737 hill, before finally heading to the summit itself. On most other hikes, the views from Etlådnefjellet would have been a highlight, but when compared to the spectacular views from Hovlandsnuten >>>

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Cycling: Malkenes - Espevik - Våge - Lønborg

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
12:12h
Distance:
91.3km

On yet another day of excellent warm summer weather, I decided to take the day off and carry out the second of my ambitious cycling/hiking trips to Tysnes. This time avoiding the initial 40 km bike ride to Halhjem by instead taking the express ferry from the Bergen city center to Malkenes, as this would allow me to spend more time hiking. Upon arriving at Malkenes, I followed the now partially familiar roads to Skaret p-plass , where I left the bike behind for an excellent hike to Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet . See the separate trip report here: Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet . When coming back down to Skaret, I did not waste any time and quickly continued south to Onarheim, basically all downhill and flat, and with some spectacular views along the way. At Onarheim I took a break for an ice cream and a soda, before continuing to Espevik and a visit of Barmehovda . See the >>>

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Rognåsen and Ørneberget

Date:
15.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:41h
Distance:
6.6km

Short local evening hike.

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