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Sør for Børøysåta and Børøyklampen

Date:
01.08.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:34h
Distance:
3.3km

Most hikers seem to ascend Børøyklampen from the parking lot at Nautsundet. I had however come across JoSo (Johan Solberg) 's trip report from 2015 where he referred to a marked trail starting further north. At the top of the last hill before descending to Nautsundet I therefore instead followed a short dead end gravel road to an unmarked trailhead named Falkastigen on the map. Here I left the bike behind and continued on foot. While I did not see any of the trail markers Johan mentioned in his report, the trail was there, although rather weak and disappearing several times, most notably when crossing wet areas. As far as I could tell the trail did not go via the highest point at neither Børøysåta nor Sør for Børøysåta but as it was less than 100 meters to the latter I made a quick off-trail visit before returning to the trail. As the trail later turned west towards Børøyklampen it turned >>>

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Cycling: Børøyklampen, Lyklingfjellet and Kurebu

Date:
01.08.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
7:20h
Distance:
54.9km

For the third summer in a row (see the first two trips here and here ) I returned to Bømlo and once more brought the bike with me on the high-speed passenger ferry from Bergen to Rubbestadneset. Here I started the GPS tracking and cycled south towards Børøya. At the top of the last hill before descending to Nautsundet I followed a short dead-end gravel road to an unmarked trailhead referred to as Falkastigen. Here I left the bike behind and continued on foot to Børøysåta and Børøyklampen . See the separate report here . After returning to the bike, I cycled the short distance north and then southwest to the marked trailhead for Lyklingfjellet . I could probably have cycled further on the tractor road, but as it quickly got rather muddy, I again left the bike and continued on foot to the summit. See the separate report here . I still had plenty >>>

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Hellen festning and Furukammen

Date:
30.07.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:06h
Distance:
4.9km

Short local hike in better weather than expected.

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Dagsturhytta på Voss

Date:
29.07.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:44h
Distance:
11.1km

After yesterday's long hike in Vaksdal I was initially planning on taking it easy today. However, the excellent weather conditions made me reconsider and I decided on a visit of the new dagsturhytte at Voss as a reasonable compromise. The cabin will not officially open until the fall but is already complete and ready for visitors. You can find more information about the cabin and how to get to it here . I started by taking the train to Voss. From the train station I followed various roads, and two shortcuts, up to the start of Raugstadvegen. Here the road changed from pavement to gravel and I soon had to pass through a gate with the potential of grazing cows and sheep on the other side. I only saw a couple of horses though and they did not pay me much attention. At the next crossroads I left the gravel road and turned northeast on a rougher tractor road and passed through >>>

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Storfjella and Geitafjella from Vikaneset

Date:
28.07.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
9:11h
Distance:
26.6km

Ever since visiting Øyadalen with two colleagues almost exactly three years ago I had wanted to return to ascend Storfjella and Geitafjella . The main reason for waiting this long is that the Stamnes area is not the most easily accessible by public transport, especially during weekends. For this Friday of my summer holiday I therefore first took the train to Dale and from there the bus to Vikaneset (note: bus stop just called Vik). After getting off the bus, where I had been the only passenger (which would also be the case for the return trip to Dale), I started ascending north along the paved road up Vikadalen. I had not walked for more than a couple of minutes though before seeing the first sign stating that the road was closed! This brought back bad memories from my failed attempt at ascending Matrenipa three years earlier when a closed road had ruined all of my plans. Thankfully, today the sign turned >>>

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Cycling: Ytstafjellet

Date:
27.07.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
4:15h
Distance:
52.1km

After a week of minimal activity due to a cold, I was finally feeling a bit better and decided to test my energy level with a cycling trip to Ytstafjellet . Besides the climb from Myrdalsvatnet to Totland/Riple feeling slightly harder than normal, I made it to the top of the gravel road right next to the highest point of Ytstafjellet without any real issues. Here I left the bike and completed the final less than 60 meters to the summit on foot. No views or any other interesting features to speak of, hence I quickly returned to the bike and proceeded to follow the nice gravel roads southwest, which provided some surprisingly good views towards the south. I then turned north and reconnected with the main road and completed the trip home to Lønborg.

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Furukammen and Helleveien

Date:
26.07.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:05h
Distance:
4.6km

Short local hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
25.07.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:39h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike in light rain.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
24.07.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:38h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Saurås søyle

Date:
23.07.2023
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
0:26h
Distance:
1.5km

Still very low on energy after two nights of little sleep due to a cold. More ambitious hiking plans were therefore replaced by a quick visit of Saurås søyle . Or at least that was the plan, but just as I got close to the trig marker it suddenly started pouring down and I had to run to find shelter. After waiting for several minutes, I gave up and returned to the bus stop at Åsamyrane. But at least I got close enough to take a picture of the trig marker.

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