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Skiing: Nyrjuven/Osaskavlen from Hallingskeid

Date:
18.04.2025
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
4:56h
Distance:
16.4km

After spending the first half of Easter in Sogndal, I was now back in Bergen and after a night at home I got up early to take the train to Hallingskeid with the plan to ski to Nyrjuven/Osaskavlen . The sun was shining when the train arrived at Hallingskeid and I could put on the skis immediately after exiting the station from where I headed towards the bridge across Moldo . Given the issues I had had with the missing summer bridge during my recent attempt to cross the river south of Mjølfjell (which I later learnt opened just three days later…), I had in advance made sure that the bridge would in fact be there this time around , and could this easily cross to the other side. Safely across the river, I continued west along Buadalen where I pretty much followed the marked summer route to Osa/Rembesdalsseter until getting to the unnamed 1272 lake southwest of Daurmålsvatnet. From there it was simply a matter of navigating more or less directly west towards >>>

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
17.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:07h
Distance:
4.7km

Short hike along Barsnesfjorden in light rain before taking the boat back to Bergen in the afternoon. (Note that this hike is along a private road, i.e. no cars allowed.)

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
16.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:59h
Distance:
4.1km

Short evening walk along Barsnesfjorden. (Note that this hike is along a private road, i.e. no cars allowed.)

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Helleberget

Date:
15.04.2025
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
3:10h
Distance:
9.3km

Even though the snow was rapidly melting we managed to keep the skis on all the way from Rindabotn to the summit. Limited snow at the summit and almost no snow for the final part of the descent back to the parking lot.

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Høgehaug and Britabu

Date:
14.04.2025
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
3:03h
Distance:
9.6km

The traditional Easter skiing trip from Rindabotn to Høgehaug with a short lunch break outside Britabu .

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Skavasshaugane

Date:
13.04.2025
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
2:13h
Distance:
6.7km

Short skiing trip to check if there was still enough snow for a slightly longer trip the next day.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
09.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:49h
Distance:
3.8km

Short local hike after work.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
07.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local hike just before sunset.

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Fjellveien

Date:
06.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:01h
Distance:
5.3km

Short Sunday hike after spending all of yesterday skiing at Mjølfjell .

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Skiing: Nordbotnnuten from Mjølfjell

Date:
05.04.2025
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
9:31h
Distance:
25.5km

I got up early Saturday morning to catch the first train from Bergen to Mjølfjell where I arrived at 09:00. My plan had been to walk south from the station and cross the river via the bridge to Urlandsstølen to start my ascent to Nordbotnnuten . When getting there I however quickly realized that this would not be possible. The bridge had been taken down for the winter ! I therefore had to come up with an alternative plan to get to the other side. I found two options: the bridge to Hagen (around 1.5 km walk to the southwest) or the bridge at Hellene (around 2 km walk to the east). While the former was a shorter walk and definitely included a permanent bridge, I still decided on Hellene as the terrain from there to Rundavatnet (to connect with my planned ascent route to Nordbotnnuten) looked easier. Upon arriving at Hellene I was therefore very happy to find that this bridge was >>>

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