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Skånevik: Skålnestangen and Peparen

Date:
18.07.2025
Characteristic:
Walk
Distance:
1.7km

Short late evening stroll after travelling from Bergen to spend the weekend hiking in Skånevik. A journey that turned out much longer than expected given that the boat I was supposed to transfer to at Leirvik had technical issues. Those of us travelling to Skånevik therefore instead had to stay on the boat from Bergen one more stop to Sunde. There we were promised that a taxi would be waiting for to drive us to Utåker such that we could catch the next ferry to Skånevik. The ferry had even agreed to delay its departure by five minutes, which would have been just enough, if the taxi had been there when we got off the boat. It was not, and when it finally arrived the ferry had already left Utåker. As a result, we ended up with almost two hours waiting for the next ferry at Utåker. On the >>>

Storetunga and Vetle Hansbunuten from Finse

Date:
17.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:49h
Distance:
20.0km

On yet another very warm day, I decided to escape some of the heat by heading up to Finse to visit two relatively recent additions to the Hordaland ≥ 100m pf. list , both of which had been upgraded due to more accurate LiDAR data more accurate data. First up was Storetunga . After getting off the train at Finse, I headed southeast along Rallarvegen before later leaving the gravel road and heading off-trail towards the summit. Besides some enjoying undergrowth early on, the terrain was generally easy to travers and the summit was reached without any difficulties. After a break next to the summit cairn to take in the excellent views, I returned along the same route to Rallarvegen before crossing the river along a small bridge underneath the larger railroad bridge and starting my ascent of Vetle Hansbunuten . There were a couple of small cairns in the area around the bridge >>>

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
16.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:29h
Distance:
6.2km

Short local hike on a very warm summer day.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
15.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike after returning from Sogndal to Bergen.

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
14.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:38h
Distance:
4.4km

Short walk along Barsnesfjorden before the drive back to Bergen. (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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Vardafjellet from Rindabotn

Date:
13.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:04h
Distance:
7.6km

We found parking next to the road above Rindabotn and from there continued up the gravel road. It would probably have been possible to drive further but then the parking options were less certain. We later left the gravel road and followed a marked trail heading north towards Kokkstadfjellet , however we did not head all the way there before turning west to Vardafjellet . On our way there, we had the best views of the day. Most notably north in the direction of Anestølsvatnet. At Vardafjellet, my niece continued on her own to Kambafjellet while my parents and I headed more directly south to the car. First along a marked trail and then along the winding gravel road. As a results, my niece got to Rindabotn long before us and we later picked her along Hodlekvevegen.

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Kayaking on Barsnesfjorden

Date:
12.07.2025
Characteristic:
Kayaking
Duration:
1:37h
Distance:
4.3km

Combined kayaking and rowing trip on Barsnesfjorden where I switched from kayak to row boat halfway through.

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
12.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:35h
Distance:
1.9km

Walk along Barsnesfjorden for a short hiking/rowing trip . (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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Helleberget from Rindabotn

Date:
11.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:55h
Distance:
7.6km

We parked at the large parking lot at Rindabotn and from there followed the marked route to Fagereggi. First along a gravel path, then across a wooden bridge, and finally along a nice trail. We briefly lost the trail east of Fagreggjevatnet but easily picked it up again when rounding the lake on the southern side and then followed it to reconnect with our ascent route. Before this I however made a short off-trail detour on my own to the top of Helleberget .

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
10.07.2025
Duration:
1:01h
Distance:
4.0km

Short walk along Barsnesfjorden. (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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