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Verafjellet

Date:
14.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:33h
Distance:
2.8km

After visiting the three island-summits at Paddøy and Hokøy, there was time for also including a visit to Verafjellet , another summit most easily reached by boat. I was dropped off at the private dock at Langeneset, made slightly more challenging by there already being a large boat docked there. Did not see any people though and the building 50 meters from the shore also looked rather abandoned. Previous trip reports showed that there are no trails and indicated a key location I ought to hit on the ascent. With this in mind, I therefore used elbow (Vegard Magnussen) 's GPS-track as a rough guide, thus hitting the important key location straight on. From there the summit was relatively easy to reach, although the terrain's many ups and downs required more of a detour than I had perhaps expected. Limited views from the summit itself. >>>

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Hokøy Sørtoppen

Date:
14.08.2020
Duration:
0:29h
Distance:
1.2km

The visit of Hokøy Nordtoppen was followed by a short boat ride to Pynten for the day's second hike at Hokøy. Again the brief use of the private dock made it easy to get ashore and I soon passed the single building at Pynten, which seemed well-maintained, although I did not take a closer look. I ended up heading too far southwest, and thus had to rely on some light climbing in order to avoid backtracking. Unlike the positive experience at Hokøy Nordtoppen , I here failed to locate any trails, and also had to fight my way through several bush-covered areas before the terrain open up higher up. The summit itself was not marked, and provided limited views due to lots of trees. However, much better views could be obtained just west of the summit, which was marked by a small cairn. I did not stay long before returning along the same >>>

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Hokøy Nordtoppen

Date:
14.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:28h
Distance:
1.5km

After the visit of Storgjelsknausen , I was picked up and transported to Liabakken for the ascent to Hokøy Nordtoppen . Briefly borrowing the private dock made it straightforward to get ashore, from where I followed the road up to the three farm buildings indicated on the map. I did not see any people today, but there was clear evidence of recent activity and several sheep. Just northwest of the three buildings I found a weak trail that soon turned less weak and even included what looked like old man-made steps. By following this trail I quickly arrived at the summit marked by a small antenna making an annoying high-pitched noise. I therefore did not stay long before starting my descent, only making a quick detour to the southern tip of the summit area to check out the views from there as well. Overall, a short easy hike, taking >>>

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Storgjelsknausen

Date:
14.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:49h
Distance:
4.4km

Part one of today's excursion to hard-to-reach island peaks in Osterfjorden. Starting from Litlebergen, it took us about 45 minutes to reach Midtsundet and Hatlehaug, in the process leaving the fog and low-handing clouds behind and replacing them with sun and blue sky. My friend and colleague did not have much interest in joining me on my visits to these rather special-interest peaks, hence he stayed in the boat and had a go at fishing instead. The initial plan had therefore been for him to drop me off at Setervika, but this option was quickly rejected and I was instead put ashore at the private dock in front of the southern-most cabin at Hatlehaug. This last-minute change required some minor trespassing to get behind the cabin, but it soon turned more challenging given the small vertical drop >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
13.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local evening hike.

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
12.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:52h
Distance:
8.9km

Local evening hike after work.

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Fivlenosi from Vigdalstøl via Vårstølen p-plass

Date:
09.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:05h
Distance:
12.7km

After a second night at Vigdalstøl , we left the cabin and returned to the parking lot at Vårstølen along the marked trail. Here we left most of our stuff in the car before following a marked trail to Fivla . After failing to locate any trails, except from animal tracks, heading from Fivla towards Fivlenosi , me and my niece continued on our own in a more or less a straight line for the summit, only making slight detours to avoid the steepest areas. In the end the summit was reached without any difficulties, and we could enjoy the excellent views in all directions, perhaps especially east towards Hurrungane . In the far distance we could also spot Hafslovatnet and Sogndalsfjorden. After a short lunch break we returned along the same route to the parking lot, where the rest of the family members were already ready to start the drive back to Sogndal. To conclude, >>>

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Storhaug from Vigdalstøl

Date:
08.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:50h
Distance:
3.9km

After an extended lunch break at Vigdalstøl we were ready for the second hike of the day, this time with everybody joining and heading for the smaller hill in between Vigdalstøl and Fivlenosi called Storhaug . We initially followed the marked trail from Vigdalstøl via Breidsete towards Fivla and Kilen in Dalsdalen. However as the trail passed around 150 meter northwest of the summit, we had to leave the nice trail and instead make our own way towards the summit through the semi-dense undergrowth. This did not provide any real challenges though and we soon connected with a weaker trail along the main ridge, which also did not head all the way to the summit. The summit was finally reached after another 10-15 meters off-trail but it sadly provided close to no views and if it had not been for the 115 meter vertical separation >>>

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Kattøyro from Vigdalstøl

Date:
08.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:34h
Distance:
9.3km

After spending the night at Vigdalstøl , me and my sister first followed the marked trail to Drivande , from where we followed a weaker trail marked with small cairns towards Kattøyro . At first the trail was relatively easy to follow, the trailhead was even marked with a sign, but later it pretty much disappeared and we had to find our own way towards the summit. The terrain did not present any real challenges though and the large cairn with a visitor register was easily reached. Excellent views from the summit, although the views were a bit limited by the gray weather, especially in the direction of Hurrungane . For the descent we followed more or less the same route, the only difference being that the nice weather we had enjoyed for most of the ascent soon was replaced by rain and low-hanging clouds. Overall a very nice hike that >>>

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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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