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Åstveitskogen, Hestaberget and Griggastemma

Date:
05.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:20h
Distance:
9.1km

On a Saturday where the weather forecast was not very suitable for longer hikes, at least not those also requiring travelling, I decided to rather go for an exploration of Åstveitskogen - an area close by that I had not previously visited. I started by taking the bus to Åstveit and getting off at the stop called "Åstveitvegen". After a short walk along the road I easily located the unmarked trailhead into Åstveitskogen and shortly passed by a shelter with a sign that said "Hundremeterskogen". Plenty of trails/gravel roads to choose from and I made a quick visit of Åstveitvatnet, or Kanalen as it was called on the signs, before heading north and following a marked trail towards Hestaberget . The summit itself had very limited views, but there was a spot about 200 meters west of the summit with nice views to the south and >>>

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Fagerdalsskaret and Ørneberget

Date:
04.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:45h
Distance:
3.0km

Short local hike after work where I ended up in a snow/hail-shower with the sound of thunder from relatively close by.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
02.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
3.9km

Short local hike before it got dark.

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Searching for a 120-year-old cabin ruin behind Rundemanen

Date:
30.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:20h
Distance:
17.9km

After managing to find all of the cabins that we included on the Hytter i Bergensernes Fjellverden II list, I have some experience with locating old ruins without needing a lot of information. However, I may now have come across the hardest challenge yet. Basically, all there is to go by is a single picture from around 1900 labeled with På byfjellet bak Rundemannen , plus an additional three pictures from (what appears to be) the same hike: Byfjellene, Bergen , På tur i Byfjellene and Mann i Fjellveien , where the second one is clearly from the road below Blåmanen . The order of the pictures is defined, neither is the route for the hike. So, with this rather limited information, we set out from Svartediket to inspect the first potential location in the area south of Tarlebøvatnet. Here we got optimistic early on when coming across some unknown ruins and what appeared to be an old road east of the gravel road just before >>>

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
24.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
4.2km

Short local hike after work to catch the sunset at Ørneberget.

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Gamle Bergen and Ørneberget

Date:
23.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:04h
Distance:
9.9km

Local hike on a gray and foggy Sunday.

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Fagerdalsfjellet and Furukammen

Date:
22.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:55h
Distance:
4.1km

Short local hike on yet another wet and foggy weekend.

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
20.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
4.7km

Short local hike before it got dark.

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Small hills east of Sotrabroen

Date:
15.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:06h
Distance:
6.8km

An overall gray Saturday was used to visit small peaks on the Utvalgte topper og turmål i Bergen list. Thanks to knutsverre (Knut S. Andersen) 's recent reports, it was overall straightforward to get to all of the summits. Skipparhaugen was ascended directly from the southeast in order to avoid a detour. This required a bit of easy scrambling at the start, but was otherwise unproblematic. After a quick visit of Storhaugen , which had a trail all the way to the summit, I made a detour to Janahaugen. The summit can be easily reached via a trail, but I did not add it as a new PB element as there is a higher point (inside a private garden) just to the north of where Janahaugen is indicated on the map. Ramsvikhaugen was ascended from the bus stop to the east. Here there was a trail that could be followed all the way to the summit. The trailhead was not very clear, but the trail itself was easy to >>>

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Hellemyrstien and Ørneberget

Date:
09.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:40h
Distance:
7.3km

Local hike on partly ice-covered roads and trails.

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