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Cycling: Casperkollen

Date:
19.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:04h
Distance:
28.0km

Evening cycling trip to Casperkollen , a small hill that had recently been added as its own PB-element (after my earlier visit to the area to ascend Lerkhaugen and Lisahaugen ). I left the bike just north of the summit and completed the last 50 meters on foot. To my surprise there were trails all over the small hill, even to the summit itself. Rather limited views due to all the trees though. Casperkollen is not really worth a trip on its own, but worked fine as a goal for where to go cycling.

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Gravdalsfjellet, Damsgårdsfjellet and Olsokfjellet

Date:
18.04.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:03h
Distance:
13.9km

Sunday hike in familiar terrain that included a first visit of Fyllingsnipa . There was a trail all the way to the summit which itself provided excellent views and a great location for my lunch break. Note that I had Fyllingsnipa all to myself, while Viggohytten seemed to be the goal for most other hikers and thus looked pretty busy. Just shows that one does not have to stray very far from the main trails in order to not have to compete for the best views.

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Cycling: Kalandsvatnet and Tereleitet

Date:
17.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
4:36h
Distance:
62.7km

In order to spice up the standard cycling trip around Kalandsvatnet, I decided to also include a visit of Tereleitet . I stayed on the bike all the way until the crossroads in the forest/gravel road east of the summit (even though this included traversing a couple of patches of snow), and from there covered the last approximately 500 meters on foot along a marked trail. The summit provided better views than expected, with the highlight being the snow-covered Hausdalshorga (and the rest of the Gullfjellet area) in the far distance.

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Gamle Bergen and Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
16.04.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:49h
Distance:
9.3km

Local evening hike after work.

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Cycling: Salhus Roundtrip

Date:
15.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:12h
Distance:
36.8km

The first cycling trip of 2021! A bit cold in the shade, especially when descending at higher speeds, but overall very nice.

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Håmanen

Date:
14.04.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:06h
Distance:
7.9km

Short local evening hike.

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
13.04.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:23h
Distance:
6.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
12.04.2021
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:51h
Distance:
3.8km

Short local evening hike with a minor detour down to the sea on the way home.

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Skiing: Steinskvanndalen

Date:
11.04.2021
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
4:04h
Distance:
14.6km

More or less a repeat of our skiing trip in Steinskvanndalen just over a year ago . (Although this time struggling much less with trying to find out where to start skiing from.) Overall excellent conditions for skiing, with freshly made ski trails that could be followed all the way to Øvre Kvanndalsvatnet. Before starting our descent, we made a short off-trail detour in relatively deep snow to the summit of Rundehaugen (the only reason why this trip is labeled backcountry skiing and not cross-country skiing), which provided great views towards the bigger surrounding mountains and a good place to enjoy our lunch. In summary, once again an excellent trip in an area that can be highly recommended for skiing!

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Skiing: Fløyen and Rundemanen

Date:
10.04.2021
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
3:47h
Distance:
17.5km

We started from the top of Fløibanen and first followed "lysløypen" before heading up to Rundemanen . More snow than expected and overall very good conditions for skiing. Especially for mid-April. Surprisingly we could even ski all the way down to Munkebotsvatnet before the skis had to be carried.

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