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Alvanuten

Date:
22.12.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:52h
Distance:
3.6km

On my way to ascend Matskårhaugane I had an hour at Aksdal between arriving with the express bus from Bergen and continuing with the local bus to Etne. Instead of waiting at the bus stop, or hanging out at Aksdal Senter, I decided on a quick visit of Alvanuten and its dagsturhytte . There was an easy-to-follow trail starting from the end of Alvanutvegen that took me all the way to the cabin with the summit right next to it. After enjoying the excellent views, I returned the same way and made it to the bus terminal with around ten minutes to spare.

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Geitanuken from Morvikbotn

Date:
21.12.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:03h
Distance:
7.1km

A revisit of Geitanuken via a (for me) new trail from Morvikbotn.

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Støbotn to Salhus via Nordgardsfjellet

Date:
13.12.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:04h
Distance:
6.8km

A revisit of Nordgardsfjellet via a (for me) new trail from Kistebakkane. From the summit I followed the trail north towards Salhus with a quick stop at Rundhaugen . Overall easy to follow trails, although quite wet, and with nice views along the way.

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Langelihøgdi from Nedre Folkedal

Date:
07.12.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:57h
Distance:
12.7km

Sunday hike with the main objective of ascending Langelihøgdi , a minor summit on the Opptur Hordaland list . I started by taking the train to Voss and the bus to Folkedal, or more specifically Nedre Folkedal. Here I got off the bus and continued on foot along the paved road to Øvre Folkedal where a gravel-covered toll road led me up towards Helgastøl . Just south of Helgastøl I left the now very icy gravel road and did my best to follow the partially hidden marked trail via Helgastøl until getting just east of Langelihøgdi. The summit could then easily be reached via a short off-trail detour. After a short break to enjoy the excellent views to the surrounding higher peaks, I returned the same way to Helgastøl. Initially I had considered going via Kalvbakkehøgdi and Håli during the descent, but in the end I decided to not take any chances that could result in missing >>>

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
06.12.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:11h
Distance:
4.6km

Short local Saturday hike.

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Kistefjellet

Date:
30.11.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
1.3km

After completing the ascent of Orretuva , we drove the short distance south to southwest of Steine. Here we parked right next to the marked trailhead, where there was room for a couple of cars without blocking the small side road, turned in our headlamps and made our best attempt at following the marked trail to the summit of Kistefjellet . Not the easiest trail to follow it the dark, but the reflective arm bands used to mark the trail made it slightly easier, at least when the distance between them was not too long. The highest point was in the end located without any real issues and we quickly returned the same way to the car in an attempt to catch the next ferry at Duesund. We however arrived at Duesund just as the ferry left and had to return to Sløvågen to catch the ferry there instead, making it with maybe two minutes to spare. All >>>

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Orretuva from Fivesdal

Date:
30.11.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:06h
Distance:
3.1km

While our ascent to Øksefjellet had been pretty easy due to the marked trail, we had failed to locate any trails to Orretuva . We therefore parked the car at a small parking lot near Fivelsdal, shortly walked east along the main road, and made our own way towards the summit. Initially it seemed as if we had been lucky and stumbled across a weak trail/track but it quickly disappeared, even though we would see traces of it during later parts of the ascent as well. Reaching the highest point was in the end still relatively straightforward. As it was now getting dark, we did not stay long before returning more or less the same way back to the car. While the headlamps were not needed for the hike itself, we made sure to turn them on for the short walk along the paved road, as there were of course no sidewalk. Back in the car, we drove >>>

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Øksefjellet

Date:
30.11.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:45h
Distance:
1.7km

After ascending Midtbøfjellet , we drove east where we easily located the marked trailhead for Øksefjellet . Finding a place to park required a bit more searching, but we managed to find a spot next to the road just north of the trailhead. The marked trail, although rather wet, could be followed with relative ease all the way to the summit cairn. With the rain now finally having caught up with us, we did not stay long before returning the same way and then continued south for the sixth ascent of the day, namely Orretuva .

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Midtbøfjellet

Date:
30.11.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:31h
Distance:
1.4km

With three peaks in the bag, the last being Lifjellet , we drove south to the small parking lot west of Midtbøfjellet and quickly completed the short ascent along a marked trail to the summit before returning the same way. Note that the information sign at the parking lot said that the hike would take 1.5 hours, however it only took us around 30 minutes. We then left Sandøyna and drove east to Brandangervegen to ascend Øksefjellet .

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Lifjellet

Date:
30.11.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:42h
Distance:
2.0km

Having successfully ascended Piltevarden , we drove the short distance east to Vassvikdalen. Here we easily found parking next to the road due to a longer section where the road had recently been made wider. As we did not know of any trails to Lifjellet , we simply headed off-trail in the direction of the summit, and besides the first section being a bit cumbersome we later arrived at the summit without any real challenges. The exact location of the highest point was not obvious but it had to be in the area near the large cairn, hence we just visited all of the most likely candidates. During our ascent we had noticed a couple of small cairns north of where we ascended and perhaps some faint traces of a trail, but as there was no real difference we ended up following the same route as used for the ascent. It should however be noted that >>>

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