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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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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
25.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:41h
Distance:
6.1km

Local evening hike.

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Sandviksfjellet

Date:
18.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:29h
Distance:
12.2km

Local evening hike.

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
17.08.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:28h
Distance:
6.0km

Short local evening hike after work.

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