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Vossamarsjen 2021 + Skorane, Nansenbu and Torfinnshorgi

Date:
21.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:19h
Distance:
27.7km

Vossamarsjen is a yearly hike organized by the Norwegian Trekking Association , or more specifically Voss Utferdslag , starting from Hodnaberg and following the T-marked trail via Torfinnsheim , Timaglaset , Gråsidetoppen and Roset , before ending up at Gjelle. My plan was to take advantage of the joint bus transportation from/to Voss and follow most of the official Vossamarsjen route, but also make a couple of minor detours to along the way. I therefore got up at 05:00 on a Saturday morning for the first train to Voss. After waiting close to 45-minutes for the next (and last) organized bus ride, we all finally left Voss just after 09:00. Note that due to roadwork close to Narheim, the earlier buses had all gone via Bergsdalen, but we thankfully got to skip this longer detour by instead walking past the roadwork and hopping on a second bus on the other side. At 09:45 we arrived at the parking lot at Hodnaberg >>>

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Ørneberget, Rognåsen and Emanuel Mohns utsikt

Date:
16.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:55h
Distance:
12.1km

Local evening hike after work.

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Fagerdalsskaret, Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
10.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:35h
Distance:
6.0km

Local hike after work.

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Lønahorgi from Hangurstoppen

Date:
08.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:10h
Distance:
21.9km

A visit of Lønahorgi had been on my agenda for a while. So I decided to make the most out of my last day of summer vacation and hopped on an early morning train to Voss. Here I decided on "cheating" by taking the cable car (see Voss Gondol ) to the top of Hangur , and thus for once started a hike with descending from the first minor peak of the hike. In fact, this was so unusual that I almost missed the sign for the trail to Lønahorgi, as it does a minor detour via Valbergstjørni and eastern side of Slettafjellet . The advantage compared to the more direct route via Trodalstølen is that one pretty much stays at the same altitude. The trail was marked with red T's and easy to follow, and I quickly connected with the tractor road coming up from Trodalstølen. From here on the trail partly followed the road and partly made >>>

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Storevasseggene and Blådalsnipa from Nordkvingo

Date:
05.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:40h
Distance:
14.7km

I started by taking the bus (or rather buses, four in total) to arrive at Nordkvingo where I got off at the stop called Sønsthaugen. Here I easily located the marked trailhead for Kalvedalshytta , which I then proceeded to follow. At first the trail was relatively steep, helped by various stone steps and metal railing, but it soon levelled off and it did not take too long before it started descending towards Gjelet where it connected with the new trail coming up from Nordkvingo p-plass . The trail was marked with red T's and was overall easy to follow. After briefly passing by Blådalsvatnet, the trail shortly descended to south of Setertjørna where I got the first views of both Storevasseggene and Blådalsnipa , plus a nice overview of Nordkvingesetret , before the trail again started ascending into the valley in between Storevasseggene and Klefjellnipa . Just before the marked trail >>>

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Rødsaksla

Date:
03.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:43h
Distance:
4.3km

Afternoon hike with the goal of visiting Rødsaksla , a minor summit on the Alle topper i Bergen list. I started by taking the bus to Rød, where I for some reason thought that I ought to get off at the bus stop referred to as "Rød nord, Bergen", while the correct one would have been "Rød sør, Bergen" which is located right next to the trailhead. But after a short 500 meters walk along the road I arrived at the unmarked trailhead discovered by knutsverre (Knut S. Andersen) and Astrid (Astrid S. Andersen) on their hike to Rødsaksla a couple of months earlier . This resulted in it being straightforward to get pretty close to the summit, even though the trail turned rather weak towards the end. (Note that as the GPS track indicates, I also made a short attempt at a more direct shortcut by following an alternative trail early on. But decided to return to the main trail when the alternative trail ended in a wet >>>

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Fannaråken from Turtagrø

Date:
01.08.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:49h
Distance:
19.2km

We drove from Sogndal to Turtagrø and parked at the opposite side of the road from Turtagrø Hotell . Lots of other hikers at Turtagrø, but as soon as we started on the trail towards Helgedalen, the number of people rapidly decreased and we soon found ourselves all on our own. (In fact, we would meet less than 50 people for the entire hike.) We shortly connected with the gravel road in Helgedalen, which we then proceeded to follow until reaching the marked trail for Fannaråken below Ekrehytta. After this easy start of just over 200 vertical meters spread out over a bit less than 5 km, the real hike started with another 900 meters left to climb over less than half the distance. The trail was clearly marked and overall easy to follow, and there were only a couple of short sections early on where hikers with a severe fear of heights might struggle. We actually >>>

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Bjedlastølen from Åsen to Bjella

Date:
31.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:01h
Distance:
4.2km

Short hike from Åsen p-plass to Bjella via Bjedlastølen with the main objective of looking for blueberries and cloudberries. In the end, the former was much more successful than the latter. Marked and easy to follow trails.

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Austerdalsbreen from Tungestølen

Date:
26.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:49h
Distance:
11.7km

The initial plan of cycling along Veitastrondsvatnet was at the last minute replaced by instead driving to Tungestølen which meant that the trip could more easily be extended with a hike up to Austerdalsbreen . Note that the road to Veitastrond from Hafslo passes through several tunnels, varying in standard from relatively new to old and narrow without any lighting. When cycling it is however possible to avoid all but a very short one by using the cycling paths, i.e. the old road. After enjoying the nice views along Veitastrondsvatnet, and paying the 70 kr toll at Høgebru bom (after finally managing to get a decent 4G connection allowing us to pay via VIPPS), we arrived at the parking lot next to Tungestølen . From here we continued on foot along the trail to Austerdalsbreen . The trail was easy to follow, with wooden bridges when needed, and we soon arrived at the Slingsby-monumentet . Sadly >>>

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Børesteinen from Berge

Date:
25.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:13h
Distance:
5.1km

Based on a tip from my sister, we drove from Sogndal to Luster for a hike up to Børesteinen . A location that promised spectacular views. Upon arriving at Luster, we continued up the narrow and steep private gravel road to Berge, something we would not have done had we not known about the small private parking lot up there with room for maybe 4-5 cars. Here we happily paid the 50 kr parking fee via VIPPS and started on the marked trail to Børesteinen. Note that if you do not feel like taking a chance on the private road up to Berge, there is also parking down by the main road with a marked trail up to Berge. But this of course adds another 370 vertical meters to the hike. The trail from Berge was steep but of good quality and easy to follow. There were also several less steep sections, most notably when the trail made a detour >>>

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