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Båtevassfjellet from Einestranda

Date:
19.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:55h
Distance:
14.5km

I started by taking the bus (or rather buses, four in total) to Einestranda. Here I managed to get off one stop too early. I think I can be excused by the fact that this particular stop, while having its own bus stop sign, does not appear in the list of bus stops at skyss.no. In any case, it was only a short 250 meters walk to the correct stop. Next, the unmarked trailhead for Båtevassfjellet was easily located just before crossing the river at Einestranda. The trail itself however was marked, and the first trail marker could be spotted from the trailhead. After a short detour following some trail markers on the north/west side of the river, I retraced my steps and crossed the river via a concrete bridge, and quickly picked up the trail markers on the other side. From there on the trail was overall easy to >>>

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Vestrefjellet and Snjonipa roundtrip from Tyssebotn

Date:
16.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
8:22h
Distance:
24.5km

I started by taking the first bus to Tyssebotn on a Friday morning, where I was the only passenger on both the bus and the ferry from Breistein to Valestrand. From Tyssebotn, I walked along the road to the trailhead for Gammersvik south of Kleiveland. I proceeded to follow this unmarked but easy to follow trail to Vaultjørna. After a quick visit to Vaulelvbrua to check that both it and the trail on the other side was there and of ok quality (as it would be quite important when later returning along that route), I backtracked about 100 meters to a trail/deer track I had noticed just after crossing the small stream north of Vaultjørna. By following this track, I easily ascended the initial steep section on my way northeast towards Vestrefjellet . The track however soon more or less disappeared, and I was left making >>>

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
12.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:22h
Distance:
6.1km

Local evening hike.

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Four small hills south of Småvatnet and Storavatnet

Date:
11.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:31h
Distance:
8.5km

On a hike with the main objective of visiting Grønabrekka , a recent addition to the Alle topper i Bergen list, I took the opportunity to explore the area south of Småvatnet and Storavatnet. This resulted in visiting three additional small hills, all with their own name, namely Myraskjena , Mathopsskjenet and Storhaugen , each now added as its own PB-element. To my surprise, all four summits, except for Storhaugen (which only required a very short off-trail detour), could be reached simply by following the many trails in the area, which were overall of good quality (even those not indicated on the map). This made for a much nicer hike than expected, despite the relatively limited views from most of the summits. Update: two additional small hills that I happened to visited were later added (not by me) as their own PB-elements, namely N for Medhaugsflaten and NØ for Ytste Rotatjørna .

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Stemhaugen ved Liavatnet

Date:
08.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:59h
Distance:
3.8km

Short and wet evening hike for a visit of Stemhaugen ved Liavatnet . While there perhaps are some weak trails/tracks, I mainly ended up finding my own way, and in any case the summit was reached without any difficulties. Nice views across Liavatnet, although I'm pretty sure most hikers will not really see the point of ascending this small hill. After descending, I also included a walk along Liavatnet.

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Nord for Storhovden from Bjørndalsbakken

Date:
06.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
3.9km

Short hike after work to visit Nord for Storhovden . After a short walk along the gravel road south of Tennebekktjørna, I turned south on an unmarked trail taking me dangerously close to the three-eyed monster of Kanadaskogen that Helwig discovered late last year. I therefore turned west and instead followed various trails/deer tracks towards the summit of Nord for Storhovden. Better views from the summit than expected, but I would still assume that this location does not see many visitors. From the summit I followed other deer tracks back to the gravel road, where the plan had been to also include a visit of Stemhaugen . But when the size and amount of raindrops started increasing, I instead ended up running back to the bus stop in order to not get too wet. As soon as I got on the bus the rain however stopped, but by then I had already decided to leave Stemhaugen >>>

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Stemmevatnet and Spåkevatnet

Date:
03.07.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:15h
Distance:
9.9km

A hike with the main goal of visiting Ullberget , but also exploring other minor peaks in the area around Stemmevatnet and Spåkevatnet as possible additions to the Alle topper i Bergen list. I started by taking the bus the stop called Bjørkhaug and from there followed a tractor road, that soon turned into a trail, taking me up to Stemmevatnet. Here I made a quick visit of Stemhaugen , which could be reached by a trail and provided a very nice view across Stemmevatnet. Though not indicated on the map, the trail continued south across the summit of Stemhaugen and I soon connected with the main trail to the old discontinued shooting range. I then made a short off-trail detours to the summits of Olderhaugen (32V 304406 6705908) and Litlesåta (32V 304488 6705700), neither of which provided much in terms of views, and while maybe fulfilling >>>

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Såtene and Rundemanen

Date:
30.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:08h
Distance:
13.1km

Evening hike with the main objective of visiting Såtene . I also included a quick visit of Rundemanen and the ruin of Ladehytte that Kjell51 (Kjell Øijorden) recently discovered at the northern end of Lille Tindevatnet .

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Horn, Volafjellet and Tvarafjellet from Bulken

Date:
27.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
10:32h
Distance:
37.2km

I started by taking the train to Bulken and from there following the paved and later gravel road up to Tverrlii p-plass . Here the road turned into a nice unmarked trail that brought me up to Listred . The map indicated a trail continuing north, but I did not see any traces of it. In any case, I crossed the river and instead headed off-trail towards Horn . Note that while I crossed south of the bridge, as there was very little water in the river, the bridge had been upgraded since Knut Sverre 's visit more than five years ago when it was more of a "build you own bridge" concept. ;) When getting closer to the summit I came across a weak trail marked with small cairns (maybe coming up from Vestbygdi/Nyestølen?), but it seemed to disappear when approaching the summit. Before heading to the summit, I made a quick visit of the large cairn to the west . Excellent views from both the >>>

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Ørneberget, Rognåsen and Håmanen

Date:
22.06.2021
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:36h
Distance:
7.4km

Local hike after work.

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