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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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Ørneberget

Date:
17.09.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:02h
Distance:
4.1km

Short local evening hike.

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Geitafjellet from Tokagjelet

Date:
16.09.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:12h
Distance:
10.3km

I started by taking the bus to the eastern end of Langvotnevatnet (bus stop called Tokagjelet), and from there followed the gravel road up to Byrkjesete. Here I continued on the trail towards Myklavatnet, but not long after entering Klypet I left the main trail and instead headed east on another trail marked "Alkleiv - Stuasete - Norheim". Did not stay on this weaker trail for long though and soon left it to head off-trail towards the summit of Geitafjellet which was reached without any difficulties. The views from the summit were even better than expected, with an excellent overview of Norheimsund with Folgefonna in the background. Strong winds made me cut my stay short however and I did not wait long before descending along more or less the same route. The only difference being that I at the beginning >>>

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Fagerdalsfjellet

Date:
10.09.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
5.5km

Short local evening hike.

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Ulrikseggen

Date:
02.09.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:58h
Distance:
11.1km

A hike after work to try the steep trail to Ulriken via Ulrikseggen. Before starting on Ulrikseggen I made short detours to the ruins of Krutthuset and to Karistølen. I did not find a trail to the former, it was less than 20 meters from the road though, while for the latter, a trail continued where the road ended, but as far as I could tell it did not go far. The Ulrikseggen trailhead was unmarked but relatively easy to locate. After the first meters being wet and muddy, the trail quality was significantly better than expected. There were a couple of short sections requiring a bit of scrambling, but overall the trail did not present any real challenges, and provided several spots with excellent views. After reaching the summit of Ulriken Vest , I descended via Langrinden. To conclude, this is in my opinion by far the most >>>

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Instebotnsknolten and Sørdalsnuten from Sognevegen (E39)

Date:
30.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:53h
Distance:
23.7km

I started by taking the bus to Dyrkollebotnen and following the paved road up to Dyrkolbotn P-plass . After passing the gate and a large herd of goats, I continued on the gravel road along Botnavatnet/Heimevatnet to the marked trailhead for Sørdalsnuten at the northern end of the lake. The first part of the trail was not of the best quality, but thankfully this improved as I reached Fossvatnet. After passing over Langeneset the trail crossed the river via a bridge and then ascended briefly before descending into Midtbotnen where it started the climb up the valley. Upon reaching the top of Sørdalen, the trail forked and I shortly continued on the route to Sørdalsnuten before heading off-trail in the direction of Instebotnsknolten . The terrain did not present any challenges and the summit of Instebotnsknolten was reached without any difficulties. >>>

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Botnanuten from Furedalen

Date:
29.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:48h
Distance:
17.2km

We started from a parking lot next to a cabin my sister and her family were renting for the weekend. After first walking north along the main road for a couple hundred meters, we continued on the gravel road around Kvinnhovden, before taking a wet shortcut to reach Aktiven Skiheis . Next, the bridge across Kvennelvi was crossed and after a short stretch on a trail, we followed the gravel road at Øvre Kvernaskogen until it came to an end. Here a weak and wet trail started, that soon connected with the slightly better old trail heading to Byrkjesete. At Byrkjesete, we continued on the unmarked trail up to Storebotnen and up to Sunnvoredalvatnet. From Sunnvoredalvatnet I continued on my own for a short off-trail detour to the summit of Botnanuten . There were some steep sections to avoid, but overall the ascent was straightforward. >>>

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