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Cycling: Skjeggedalsfjellet and Litlefjellet

Date:
10.06.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
7:01h
Distance:
24.3km

After getting off the bus at Masfjorden ( after first cycling to Knarvik ), it was time for the second stage of my plan: cycling northeast to Andvika and then north to Lund/Skjeggedalen. I started at 09:25 and arrived at the start of the tractor road up to Skjeggedalen about an hour later after a very enjoyable ride along the fjord. The road was paved until shortly after Ådnekvamme where it turned into a single-lane gravel road that probably does not see too many cars. My initial plan had been to cycle all the way to the final house in Skjeggedalen, but the quality of tractor road up from the fjord made me change my mind and instead leave the bike behind and continued on foot for the ascent to Skjeggedalsfjellet . Back at the bike, I returned to Andvika from where I started the ascent to Litlefjellet . First, along a paved road that later turned into a gravel road. At Storevatnet I forked >>>

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Cycling: Lønborg - Knarvik - Lønborg

Date:
10.06.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
14:01h
Distance:
50.5km

As the first part of my three-stage plan to ascend Skjeggedalsfjellet and Litlefjellet in Masfjorden I got up early Saturday morning and was out the door and on my bike cycling to Knarvik shortly after 06:00. This enabled me to catch the first bus from Knarvik to Ostereidet for the connecting bus to Masfjordnes. In fact, it turned out to be the same bus, hence I did not have to load and unload my bike at Ostereidet. The bus was of a slightly older model with less room than usual for bikes and trolleys, however, as I was the only passenger for the whole ride this was fortunately not an issue. At 09:25 I got off the bus at Masfjordnes, the final stop of this particular bus, and cycled northeast towards Andvika. Given the long bus ride in the middle of the trip, I made a separate report for the cycling in Masfjorden . There are also separate trip reports for the ascents >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
09.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local evening hike.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
08.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:50h
Distance:
3.9km

Short local evening hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
06.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:41h
Distance:
3.6km

Short local evening hike.

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Bogsnesåsen

Date:
04.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:41h
Distance:
3.1km

After the visit of Kaldestadåsen , we had initially hoped to also have the time for a visit of Vikefjell , but in order to not take any chances with the ferry, we decided to instead just had straight for Bogsnesåsen . We parked at the small parking lot just southeast of the summit and briefly walked west along the paved road before following a gravel road to the unmarked trailhead. The trail was also unmarked but easy to follow and it did not take long before we arrived at a rather uninteresting summit with very limited views. Hence we did not stay long before descending. Shortly after, we concluded that an earlier ferry from Årsnes, which had been considered at the start of the ascent, would not be possible after all. At the first opportunity we therefore turned north to extend the hike and explore the area further. (Note that >>>

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Kaldestadåsen from Pollen/Podlen

Date:
04.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:59h
Distance:
3.2km

With the ascent of Brattåsen , we had visited all of the five peaks at Halsnøya. We still had time before the planned ferry from Årsnes to Gjermundshamn though and decided to continue our peak bagging across the fjord. After passing through the tunnel to the mainland we found parking at the marked trailhead for Kaldestadåsen from Pollen (or Podlen on the signs). First, we briefly walked along a gravel road before turning onto a marked trail that would take us all the way to the summit. Excellent views across Husnes, and towards our next goal of Bogsnesåsen , from the summit. We initially descended along a slightly different route that later merged with our ascent route. Overall, a nice but steep hike that can be recommended.

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Brattåsen

Date:
04.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:24h
Distance:
1.6km

After visiting Sundnessåta , Landåsen , Ravnakulten and Toftåsen , we now only had one summit left at Halsnøy, namely Brattåsen . From Toftåsen we drove west to Haugane and Verdens Ende, passing Halsnøy kloster , and found parking close to the end of the road. We continued northwest on a marked trail that soon turned north and took us all the way to a tree-covered summit with next to no views. We therefore did not stay long before returning along the same route. Clearly the least interesting of the five summits at Halsnøy, but at least it can be reached without any issues.

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Toftåsen

Date:
04.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:30h
Distance:
2.0km

After completing our hike to Ravnakulten , we drove northwest to Tofte, parked at Stedle parkering and began our ascent of Toftåsen . There was a tractor road that could be followed all the way to the summit, hence the ascent was the most straightforward of the day. Excellent views along the way and from the summit though, thus a short but very nice hike.

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Ravnakulten from Djupevika

Date:
04.06.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:23h
Distance:
4.8km

From Landåsen , we headed southeast to Djupevika where we easily located the small parking lot at the start of the route to Ravnakulten . First, we followed a tractor road southwest before forking right (west) when spotting the first white plastic trail marker. This took us onto an older tractor road which we proceeded to follow until reaching a second crossroads. As we could not see any trail markers we checked previous trip reports which all seemed to fork right (north) and head towards Dommedalshaugen before turning west towards the summit. We did the same and although the trail briefly turned weaker we had no issues finding our way. Later the trail quality however greatly improved and from there on it was straightforward to reach the summit which provided great views north. (Before descending, we also made a quick visit to an alternative >>>

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