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Melandsnipo and Krossfjellet

Date:
17.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:30h
Distance:
8.5km

I started by taking the bus (or rather buses, four in total, the last three with scheduled connections) to Meland (bus stop "Meland sør") and from there following the road to the marked trailhead west of Nordnipa that I had discovered on my recent cycling trip to the area . The trail/road started out rather wet, but this improved when the trail started climbing towards the summit. At the summit area there were at least three distinct summits and it was difficult to confidently identify the highest point. It was however clear that the two southern summits, jointly referred to as Sørnipa on the map, are slightly higher than the northern one, referred to as Nordnipa on the map. The information sign at the trailhead refers to Sørnipa as Melandsnipo, but which of the two southern summits it refers to is unclear. I later checked >>>

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Norhytten and Vikinghytten

Date:
15.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:47h
Distance:
11.0km

Late afternoon hike from the parking lot at Hjortland with the main goal to visit the final two objects with their own Byfjellene address , specifically two emergency sleds: one north of Norhytten and one along the descent from Vikinghytten to Hjortlandsvegen. Note that the summer trail up to Norhytten is different from the one indicated on the map, which is closer to the route used when skiing, and was overall of quite good quality as soon as the initial wet areas had been traversed. Although it did have its wet sections when getting closer to Norhytten as well.

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Budalshovden from Evanger

Date:
11.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:58h
Distance:
19.2km

I started by taking the train to Evanger and in increasingly thicker fog followed the paved road up to Elge. Thankfully the fog started lifting, or more precisely I had climbed above it, shortly after I headed northeast on a service road when the road forked east of Elge. The service road had the usual warning sign of low quality, but as far as I could tell the quality of the gravel road was much better than the sign seemed to indicate. After 4-5 km (from Evanger), I arrived at the marked trailhead for Skorset . (As I discovered on the descent, there are actually two trailheads only 15-20 meters from each other. The two trails quickly merge though.) The trail itself was not marked, but it was overall of good quality and easy to follow. Some of the potentially slippery sections under wet or icy conditions >>>

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Rundemanen

Date:
10.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:47h
Distance:
12.9km

Hike across Rundemanen from Bryggen to Eidsvåg.

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Ulriken

Date:
06.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:44h
Distance:
6.7km

Short hike to Ulriken after work.

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Hoplandsfjellet

Date:
03.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:35h
Distance:
1.1km

After the trip to Orrsåta , I cycled the short distance from Holsbergstien to the unmarked trailhead for Hoplandsfjellet . Here I again left my bike behind and continued on foot towards the summit. Note that I had to get pretty close to actually see the trail, even though it starts more or less where the tractor road ended. But the trail soon became much clearer and there were no issues following it all the way to the summit. The summit provided an almost new bench where I could enjoy both the views and my lunch. By moving slightly away from the bench, I could also get good views towards Hoplandseggena and back towards Orrsåta . I considered continuing east in order to complete the short roundtrip indicated in Kjell 's trip report , but ended up simply returning to my bike to the northwest. Overall, a nice short hike along a good trail and with excellent views from the summit.

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Orrsåta

Date:
03.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:48h
Distance:
2.0km

After leaving my bike at the marked northeastern trailhead for Orrsåta , I followed a trail marked with white (and sometimes white and red) plastic ribbons, quickly arriving at the "fake" summit next to the wooden trig marker. To reach the real summit, a short off-trail hike through the bushes was required. It provided next to no views though and it is highly understandable why most hikes do not feel the need to make this extra detour. The signs at the "fake" summit however indicated a viewpoint called Holsberget 200 meters to the north. I therefore followed the marked trail in this direction and the views from Holsberget were indeed much better, even if today they were rather limited by a gray haze. To conclude the hike, I followed the trail to the alternative southwestern trailhead and from there completed >>>

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
01.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:18h
Distance:
5.8km

Short local evening hike.

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Bjørnaknausen and Gråhorga from Kvitingsvatnet

Date:
27.09.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:59h
Distance:
21.1km

We parked at Kvitingen p-plass and, after paying the 50 kr parking fee, followed the gravel road towards Holmavatnet. When reaching the last bend in the road before the road’s final climb to the large dam at Holmavatnet, we left the road and instead followed the marked trail for Vending , Høgabu and Gullhorgabu . The trail was marked with red T's and overall easy to follow. Upon reaching Trongasmogtjørna, the trail forked and we continued northeast on the trail to Vending. We did not stay on this trail for very long though, leaving it at the top of Austra Trongasmoget and from there heading off-trail to the summit of Bjørnaknausen . The summit was reached without any difficulties, and after a couple of pictures we returned to the trail along more or less the same route. After a quick bite, I continued on my own to the summit of the nearby Gråhorga . Given >>>

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Kikenosi, Raudaberget and Gavlen from Frøland

Date:
19.09.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
9:10h
Distance:
26.4km

I started by taking the bus to Frøland and from there walking up the gravel road to Holmane parkering II . I then briefly followed a tractor road until locating the unmarked trailhead for Kikenosi . The wet trail was steep but easy to follow and when the trail later got weaker there were small cairns marking the way, which came in very handy in the dense fog. When reaching the valley east of the summit I somehow lost the cairns and ended up having to both backtrack and head off-trail to relocate them. By now the fog had started to clear, so I cannot blame it on low visibility. With a bit of very light climbing the cairns south of the summit of Kikenosi were located, providing excellent views, even if still limited by the fog. The cairn next to the summit and the summit itself had slightly less impressive views (at least >>>

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