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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
08.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:23h
Distance:
9.6km

Local evening hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
07.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:33h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local evening hike.

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Salsborg from Skjelevika

Date:
06.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:36h
Distance:
4.1km

After having abandoned the more direct trail from Øykjafjellet to Salsborg , and instead descended back to the main road for the short cycling trip to the marked trailhead for Salsborg, I again left the bike behind and started my ascent to Salsborg on foot. Unlike the trail to Øykjafjellet, the trail to Salsborg was marked all the way from the trailhead. It started out relatively steep, but levelled off before reaching the overhead power lines and shortly after turned west towards the summit. Later there was also a sign for the trail to Øykjafjellet, but again the trail seemed rather weak, and I did not regret my choice from earlier. Note that the large cairn is not at the summit itself, but rather 75 meters southwest of the summit. However, the trail more or less passes by the summit on the way to the cairn. Both locations provided excellent panoramic views and Salsborg is clearly worth >>>

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Øykjafjellet from Flakkavågen

Date:
06.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:14h
Distance:
2.8km

After arriving at the marked trailhead for Øykjafjellet at Flakkavågen, I left my bike at the start of the trail and continued on foot towards the summit. Note that while the sign at the trailhead was easy to locate, the start of the trail was a bit more hidden due to the uncut grass. It started out as a short tractor road, but quickly turned into an initially unmarked trail that, with the exception of it splitting once or twice early on, could be followed all the way to the summit without any difficulties. When getting to the valley northeast of the summit, a came across the first sign for Øykjafjellet, and from there on there were even some trail markers. The summit itself provided excellent views, however they were a bit limited by the low-hanging clouds not yet having lifted completely. At the summit there were hiking signs for >>>

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Cycling: Øykjafjellet and Salsborg from Malkenes

Date:
06.06.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
9:56h
Distance:
88.2km

Yet another cycling trip to Tysnes, this time with the goal of visiting Øykjafjellet and Salsborg . Once again I used the highly recommended trick of bringing my bike with me on the high-speed ferry to Malkenes and thus started my cycling from there. After about 1.5 hours of cycling, I arrived at the marked trailhead for Øykjafjellet in Flakkavågen. Here I left the bike behind and continued towards the summit on foot. See the separate trip report: Øykjafjellet from Flakkavågen . Upon returning to my bike, I cycled southwest along the road to the marked trailhead for Salsborg, where I again left the bike and started the ascent on foot. See the separate trip report: Salsborg from Skjelevika . When later returning to the trailhead I had to decide whether to continue southwest to Hodaneset, and from there follow the road north to Våge, or return to Onarheim for the route >>>

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Geitanuken from Saudalen

Date:
05.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:09h
Distance:
8.3km

A revisit of Geitanuken from Saudalen in order to explore three new candidates for the Alle topper i Bergen list. The result was two new peaks: Olderhaug and Novvarden . Morvikavarden was also considered (32V 296251 6709540, vertical separation of about 13 meters), but I was not allowed to add it given its close proximity to Geitanuken, and instead added a new element called Morvikavarden utsiktspunkt . Olderhaug could be reached via a short detour from the main trail and provided excellent views and even had its own trig marker. Novvarden and Morvikavarden however did not present the cairns indicated by their names. Novvarden provided very nice views into the valley south of Toppenipa and Toppefjellet and the summit could be reached by a minor detour along a weak trail. Finally, the views from Morvikavarden were rather limited and there was no clear highest point, however excellent views >>>

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Fagerdalsskaret and Ørneberget NV

Date:
04.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:08h
Distance:
3.9km

Short local evening hike

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Munkebotn and Ørneberget

Date:
03.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:45h
Distance:
8.5km

Local evening hike.

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Ørneberget, Rognåsen and Håmanen

Date:
02.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:27h
Distance:
7.6km

Local evening hike.

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Cycling: Nonskletten

Date:
01.06.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:26h
Distance:
31.0km

Evening cycling trip with the main objective of visiting Nonskletten . I left the bike at the gravel trail just east of the summit and made the most direct ascent towards the highest point. The summit was not very interesting, but there was a nice park south of the small hill.

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