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Skiing at Fløyen

Date:
11.02.2022
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
4:09h
Distance:
17.8km

The first skiing trip of 2022! After inspecting the weather forecast for the coming weekend it was very clear that if the recent snow at Fløyen was to be enjoyed at all before it would most likely disappear, it would have to be on the Friday. I therefore pushed all my planned work to the rainy weekend and instead headed for Fløyen via the bus to Starefossen (given that Fløibanen was currently getting an upgrade and not operational). The skis came on just below Skomakerdiket and stayed on until just above Munkebotsvatnet. Except for the last stretch, the skiing conditions were close to perfect! Too bad that most of the snow will probably all be gone after the next couple of rainy days...

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
09.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:40h
Distance:
3.5km

Short local hike before it got dark, managing to avoid most of the hail showers.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
07.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local hike before it got dark.

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Utnehagen and Hellemyrstien

Date:
06.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:25h
Distance:
10.4km

From a recent trip report by Kjell51 (Kjell Øijorden) I was made aware of a local area I had not yet visited, namely Utnehagen just north of Biskopshavn. So on a Sunday where the weather forecast recommended staying away from high peaks due to increased chances of lightning strikes (which in the end did not materialize), I took the advice and headed for Utnehagen instead. As an extra bonus I came across an old ruin and an accompanying sign indicating that the location had originally been called Venehaugen . After brief visits of Biskopshavn and Fagernes, I headed home via Skytterveien and Hellemyrstien.

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Åstveitskogen, Hestaberget and Griggastemma

Date:
05.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:20h
Distance:
9.1km

On a Saturday where the weather forecast was not very suitable for longer hikes, at least not those also requiring travelling, I decided to rather go for an exploration of Åstveitskogen - an area close by that I had not previously visited. I started by taking the bus to Åstveit and getting off at the stop called "Åstveitvegen". After a short walk along the road I easily located the unmarked trailhead into Åstveitskogen and shortly passed by a shelter with a sign that said "Hundremeterskogen". Plenty of trails/gravel roads to choose from and I made a quick visit of Åstveitvatnet, or Kanalen as it was called on the signs, before heading north and following a marked trail towards Hestaberget . The summit itself had very limited views, but there was a spot about 200 meters west of the summit with nice views to the south and >>>

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Fagerdalsskaret and Ørneberget

Date:
04.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:45h
Distance:
3.0km

Short local hike after work where I ended up in a snow/hail-shower with the sound of thunder from relatively close by.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
03.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local hike after work.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
02.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
3.9km

Short local hike before it got dark.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
31.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local hike after work across a snow-covered Hellen festning.

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Searching for a 120-year-old cabin ruin behind Rundemanen

Date:
30.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:20h
Distance:
17.9km

After managing to find all of the cabins that we included on the Hytter i Bergensernes Fjellverden II list, I have some experience with locating old ruins without needing a lot of information. However, I may now have come across the hardest challenge yet. Basically, all there is to go by is a single picture from around 1900 labeled with På byfjellet bak Rundemannen , plus an additional three pictures from (what appears to be) the same hike: Byfjellene, Bergen , På tur i Byfjellene and Mann i Fjellveien , where the second one is clearly from the road below Blåmanen . The order of the pictures is defined, neither is the route for the hike. So, with this rather limited information, we set out from Svartediket to inspect the first potential location in the area south of Tarlebøvatnet. Here we got optimistic early on when coming across some unknown ruins and what appeared to be an old road east of the gravel road just before >>>

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