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Helleneset, Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
07.09.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:08h
Distance:
10.3km

Local hike in excellent September weather.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
02.09.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.6km

Short local hike after work.

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Veten from Grøvlesvingen

Date:
01.09.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:36h
Distance:
9.9km

Another revisit of Veten i Åsane , but this time starting from Grøvlesvingen. Just as I was getting off the bus it started raining heavily, which made it more difficult to confer with the GPS. I still managed to get to the gravel road on the other side of the main road, but was here surprised to find a "no entry" sign. I therefore backtracked a bit and instead followed a weak trail that would hopefully take me around the construction site. This trail however quickly disappeared and soon I was back on the gravel road anyway, taking me northwest and thus away from the summit. I did meet a couple of people coming the opposite way though, so maybe the "no entry" sign is ignored by the locals on Sundays? Later the road finally turned southeast towards the summit. I did not stay on it for very >>>

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
31.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:01h
Distance:
8.6km

Short local hike across Ørneberget and via Munkebotn on the return.

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Ørneberget

Date:
23.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:16h
Distance:
6.3km

Short local hike across Ørneberget.

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Hellen festning, Hellemyrstien and Furukammen

Date:
22.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:55h
Distance:
8.4km

Short local hike after yesterday's extended hike at Austevoll.

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Veten, Skaftefjellet and Loddo

Date:
21.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:50h
Distance:
29.1km

Not the best weather for hiking so far for this last week of my late summer holiday. So when the Wednesday forecast was finally showing better conditions, I got up early in the morning and took the first boat from Strandkaiterminalen in Bergen to Bekkjarvik. The first part of the hike consisted of walking along the road to the start of the trail towards Veten north of Ugleneset. No sidewalks except for at the very beginning, but thankfully the amount of traffic was limited. The trailhead was unmarked as far as I could tell, but easy to locate. I followed the initial tractor road through a couple of gates and when the road came to an end continued on a wet trail. The trail soon connected with a larger muddy trail, which I then followed west to the summit of Veten, providing excellent views in all >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
20.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.6km

Short local hike across Hellen festning.

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Sandviksbatteriet, Furukammen and Hellen festning

Date:
18.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:25h
Distance:
10.2km

Local hike in weather varying from heavy rain and strong winds to warm and sunny.

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Kjeringafjell from Kleppa

Date:
15.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:25h
Distance:
19.0km

I started from the parking lot at Kleppa and from there tried to follow the signs to Kjeringafjell (or rather Kjeringi as used on the signs). The first sign indicated that it was only 6.2 km to the summit, which I found odd, given that earlier PB reports showed distances closer to 10 km. However, most, if not all, of these were from skiing trips, so perhaps the summer route was shorter. The signs did not always include Kjeringi though, resulting in multiple checks of the GPS to make sure that I was choosing the correct option when the trail split. This became much easier when getting above the tree line, but then the signs were not really needed anymore anyway. After leaving the gravel road, there were also a couple of wet sections, but most could easily be avoided by following the trail next to the tractor road instead of the >>>

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