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Kongshaug

Date:
27.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:21h
Distance:
4.5km

Upon finally arriving at the trailhead for Kongshaug , I quickly found a place to leave my bike and followed the tractor road upwards until it ended at a picnic area with excellent views. At first I did not see any trails continuing from that point, but I soon happened upon a weak trail marked with white plastic ribbons. And although it was not exactly going towards the summit, I assumed it had its reasons, and decided to follow it anyway. It quickly became apparent that this trail was indeed not heading towards the summit, but rather to a viewpoint to the south. By this time I was pretty close anyway, so I stuck with the trail until it came to an end at a visitor register . Interestingly the visitor register was incorrectly marked with 229 meters, but the actual height was more like 209 meters. Still worth a visit if in the area though, as the views >>>

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Fagerdalsfjellet, Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
26.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:04h
Distance:
7.3km

Short local evening hike.

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Hjellafjellet, Trollskarnuten and Lurafjellet

Date:
25.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:19h
Distance:
14.9km

We parked at Kvitingen p-plass and, after paying the 50 kr parking fee, followed the gravel road in the direction of Dukabotnen. The trail started where the gravel road ended (but we got impatient and made a shortcut to skip the last bend of the road) and could easily be followed all the way to Nedsta Dukavatnet, including a bridge that made the river-crossing straightforward. From Nedsta Dukavatnet I made a quick detour on my own to the summit of Hjellafjellet , which provided excellent views, including back down to Kvitingsvatnet, before returning along the same route. After a short lunch break, we started the initially steep ascent towards Trollskarnuten/Trollskardtiden . The later steep section could easily be avoided, although we did one steep shortcut in order to avoid a longer detour in the snow. The remains of the trig marker at Trollskarnuten was thus easily >>>

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Hellen festning

Date:
22.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:02h
Distance:
5.4km

Short local evening hike.

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Vetåsveten, Hestefjellet, Peparen and Vettåsfjellet

Date:
21.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:08h
Distance:
7.2km

We intially tried to follow in Kjell51 (Kjell Øijorden) 's footsteps and start from Soltveit, but failed to find parking and instead had to start from the north. Our route followed various marked trails and tractor roads and resulted in a nice roundtrip with visits of Vetåsveten , Hestefjellet , Peparen and Vettåsfjellet .

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Ørneberget, Rognåsen and Håmanen

Date:
20.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:43h
Distance:
7.6km

Only a short local hike this Saturday as I had signed up for a hike across Daurmålsegga organized by the Norwegian Trekking Association the day after. A hike that was sadly canceled Saturday morning due to poor weather forecasts, but by then it was too late to change my plans.

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Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
18.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:48h
Distance:
9.4km

Short local evening hike.

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Munkebotn and Furukammen

Date:
17.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:49h
Distance:
7.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Vetlefjell

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:26h
Distance:
1.2km

After the very easy access to Blåbærhaugen , i.e. gravel road all the way to the summit, I had to take a moment to think about why I also had an urge to visit Vetlefjell . A summit that from the earlier trip reports was pretty much the exact opposite. Well, at least it was only a bit more than 300 meters from the gravel road to the summit. No trails as far as I could tell, but there were the occasional deer track that could be followed. The summit was shortly reached without any real difficulties and actually provided much better views than expected. Nothing compared to the views from Hovlandsnuten earlier in the day of course, but just north of the summit the views to the north and the northeast where quite ok, and just south of the summit one had a good view down to Skorpo and could even spot Kattnakken in the distance. From the summit, >>>

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Barmehovda

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
1.8km

After my visits of Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet , and the excellent views from the bike ride along Onarheimsfjorden , I arrived at the tractor road marking the trailhead for Barmehovda expecting a short but perhaps not very interesting hike. Leaving the bike behind, the tractor road made for an easy ascent to the antenna which used to be the highest point. However, after Runemb (Rune Blomberg) 's visit last year the summit had been moved about 100 meters west. The terrain from the tractor road to the new summit was not the most inviting, but thankfully I soon found a deer track that I could more or less follow all the way to the summit. Limited views from the summit, similar to the ones from the antenna, but at least some views to the south could be obtained through the trees. From the summit, I followed the same route back to the tractor road which I then followed back to the main road. While far from the worst summit I've visited, and >>>

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