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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
05.03.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
4.2km

Short local hike just before sunset.

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Såta, Aurihophytta and Fedjebjørnen

Date:
03.03.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:31h
Distance:
10.4km

A return to Fedje with the main goal of visiting Aurihophytta , which I had not had time for during my first trip to the island back in 2021 . Decided not to repeat the very long cycling trip this time around though and instead arrived by car, which we left at Sævrøy before getting on the ferry. Minor swells but overall a smooth journey. At Fedje, we followed the roads southwest to the marked trailhead for Aurihophytta. Here we continued on a very nice gravel-covered trail. But just as we started discussing whether it perhaps would be this easy all the way to the cabin, the marked route left the gravel and instead led us along a relatively wet trail. We passed via Såta and continued southeast to Aurihophytta. Here we had a short lunch break before heading south to the paved road close to Hellisøy fyr . All that remained was then walking along the road back to >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
02.03.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local afternoon hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
28.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike before dark.

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
26.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:06h
Distance:
5.6km

Short local hike after work trying to catch the sunset at Sandviksbatteriet , but got light rain instead.

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Vikefjell, Toraksla and Opsangerneset

Date:
25.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:47h
Distance:
10.1km

Ever since Petter and I ran out of time during our visit of Halsnøy and Husnes last June, I had had plans to return to also visit Vikefjell , but this time via the express boat from Bergen. The boat took around two hours and after disembarking I followed the roads east towards the southern trailhead for Vikefjell. No sidewalks but thankfully not a lot of traffic. The marked trailhead was easily located and I proceeded to follow an initially rather steep trail up to Søre Vikefjell where I took a short break to enjoy the excellent views. From there it was only a short distance to the highest point at Vikefjell, referred to as Nordre Vikefjell. Ok views here as well but more limited than Søre Vikefjell. I continued east along the marked trail until connecting with the gravel road in Teigadalen. Here I turned south and headed down to the main road before turning west and returning >>>

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Fjellveien

Date:
24.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:51h
Distance:
4.3km

On the way home from my failed attempt at adding a new trig marker to the Søyler (fastmerker) i Bergen list I made a short walk along Fjellveien .

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Trig marker search at Ørnhaugen

Date:
24.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:16h
Distance:
0.8km

Based on a recent search at bergenskart.no I thought I had come across a new candidate for the Søyler (fastmerker) i Bergen list located at Ørnhaugen near Kalandseidet. The bolt type was even listed as "søyle" (i.e. column). But while there may have been a proper trig marker there at some point all that was left was three rusty metal bars. The small hill was however easily accessible without any trespassing and I even came across a couple of deer near the highest point, hence the very short hike was not a complete failure.

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
21.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:54h
Distance:
4.0km

Short local hike before it got dark.

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Barhaugen

Date:
18.02.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:54h
Distance:
3.8km

When writing the trip report after my visit of the trig marker at Bønes I came across a new candidate for the Alle topper i Bergen list , namely Barhaugen, a minor hill west of Bøneshallen. Given the steep drop to the west there was even the potential for some good views. I therefore once more took the bus to “Bønes senter” but this time headed north to explore Barhaugen. The summit could be easily reached via a trail from the south, however the best views were obtained just southwest of the summit with a great overview of Sælevatnet with both Liatårnet / Pyttane and Lyderhorn prominently visible in the distance. Note that I did not manage to add it as a new peak (148 m, PF=29) (as it was too similar to existing peaks), but given the great views I therefore added it as a vantage point instead. I returned the same way before concluding the hike by following various roads and separate walking paths >>>

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