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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
06.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:05h
Distance:
4.7km

Evening walk along Barsnesfjorden after driving from Bergen to Sogndal. (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Hove steinkyrkje

Date:
06.07.2025
Characteristic:
Car drive

A quick stop to reduce the waiting time for the ferry at Vagsnes when driving from Bergen to Sogndal.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
05.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:38h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike on a wet and foggy Saturday.

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Storegreggen, Simlenuten, Pyttafjellet and Gråeggi

Date:
02.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
12:17h
Distance:
28.0km

When a single day of great weather showed up in the middle of the week, with what seemed like a rather wet weekend to come, I decided to take the day off and easily managed to convince Endre to do the same. He picked me up at my place shortly after seven and together we drove towards Ålvik to have a go at a hike we had been talking about for some time, namely a single hike that included all of the four summits neatly lined up east of Fyksesund. After paying the 60 kr for the toll road we continued up to the parking lot at the end of the winding gravel road, which to our surprise was almost full but thankfully had room for one more car. The great weather we had been hoping for was however late to the party and a low-hanging cloud cover hid most of the views as we left the parking lot. The night before >>>

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Stemhaugen and Langaberget

Date:
29.06.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:44h
Distance:
2.2km

A wet and windy start of the Sunday was used to visit yet another recent addition to the Alle topper i Bergen list , namely Langaberget . But given that I was already in the area I decided to first make a quick ascent of Stemhaugen . The latter was easily reached via a trail from the north/northeast and provided better views than expected (and has now been added as its own PB element). For Langaberget I went for an off-trail ascent from the west. This included one short steepish section but other otherwise did not present any real challenges besides a fence that had to be climbed before getting to the summit plateau. Here there were lots of trails that could be followed to the highest point. I returned the same way and hopped on a bus to the city center that arrived almost at the same time as I got to the bus stop northwest of the summit.

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Kvamsfjellet and Svarthamrane

Date:
28.06.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:26h
Distance:
10.0km

A return to Kvamsfjellet in Lindås given that I was not 100% sure that I had visited the highest point during my first ascent back in 2017 . I largely followed the same route as last time, but skipped Vassberget this time around and instead headed directly for Kvamsfjellet, first along a gravel road and then via a rather wet marked trail. As it turned out, my revisit was not in vain, as the real summit was a bit less than 40 meters east/southeast from what I at my first visit had thought was the summit cairn. The real summit was in the middle of a dense juniper thicket making it tricky to locate the exact highest point. But thankfully the distance was only around seven meters from the trail heading south towards Svarthamrane . Satisfied that I had finally visited the highest point at Kvamsfjellet, I continued south to Svarthamrane and then onwards to Erstadvegen, >>>

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Hetlebakksåta, Svartafjellet, Kletten and Eika

Date:
27.06.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:17h
Distance:
6.8km

A revisit of Hetlebakksåta with the main objective of also ascending a recent addition to the Alle topper i Bergen list : Eika . After following the usual trail from the north along the ridge to the top of Hetlebakksåta, I continued on the trail towards Svartafjellet . Here I had a short break before descending off-trail to Eika, making a short detour on the way to ascend Kletten - a slightly higher hill a bit further north. I then headed west to the southern end of Hetlebakkstemma where I connected with a weak trail that also had a couple of wooden bridges seemingly built for mountain biking. After passing by the houses at the end of the street, the hike was concluded by following the road to Blindheim from where I took the bus home to Lønborg.

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
25.06.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:15h
Distance:
5.5km

Short local evening hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
23.06.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:35h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local evening hike where I almost made it home before the light rain started.

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Huseberget from Støbotn

Date:
22.06.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:49h
Distance:
3.3km

Short Sunday hike to Huseberget , a very recent addition to the Alle topper i Bergen list . I started from the bus stop at Støbotn and after following the paved road up to the trailhead I pretty much followed Kjell 's route to the summit. Excellent views of Hitland and Toppe from near the highest point. As I had not seen much of the weak track that Kjell mentioned in his trip report , I simply made a more direct shortcut north from the summit to reconnect with the trail. Upon getting to the road I increased my speed to a light jog such that I could catch an earlier bus home from Støbotn.

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