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Hovden, Storåsen and Russåsen

Date:
23.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:29h
Distance:
13.6km

Hovden Started by taking the bus (and ferry) to Kilen (bus stop "Kilen kryss") and easily located the unmarked trailhead for Hovden after passing by the house with the address Hålandsvegen 1004. Shortly there were several trail options to choose from. I decided to follow what looked like the most used option, taking me east and then north, before finally turning west towards the summit. Did not take long before I came across the very unusual trail markers, mainly consisting of various plastic road markers of different shapes and sizes, but also with other odd objects thrown in. It made for an interesting hike, but there are clearly better ways to mark trails. The trail can most likely be followed all the way to the summit, but I lost it just as it started raining/snowing, and from there I >>>

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Ørneberget and Fagerdalsskaret

Date:
22.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:09h
Distance:
4.2km

Local hike in between rain showers. There was no escaping the strong winds though. After quick visits of Ørneberget and Ørneberget NV , I found a (for me) new trail heading north to Fagerdalsskaret , which provided some excellent views along the way!

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Oppstemten

Date:
19.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:10h
Distance:
5.4km

Managed to make room for a hike up Oppstemten at the end of a rare day of nice weather. Made it to the top (from the start of the gravel road at Montana) in 26 minutes 58 seconds. Some snow partially covering the stone steps towards the very end.

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Fagerdalsfjellet

Date:
16.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
2.9km

Short local hike in strong winds and everything from hail, rain and sunshine.

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Sandvikshytten and Ørneberget

Date:
15.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:28h
Distance:
10.1km

Local hike with a new off-trail "shortcut" up to Sandvikshytten and a visit to the trig marker southeast of Orretua .

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Ormhaugen

Date:
04.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:26h
Distance:
5.5km

Managed to leave work early enough to enjoy the tail end of a beautiful day for a quick visit of Ormhaugen . Also made a revisit of Perabu on the descent.

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Hovda from Våge

Date:
02.02.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:24h
Distance:
21.8km

Started by taking the bus to Halhjem and the ferry to Våge, from where I walked east along the road for about 8.5 km before locating the marked trailhead for Hovda . On the opposite side of the road from the trailhead, there was also a small parking lot and World War II memorial monument (the latter indicated as "Minnestøtta" on the later trail signs). For the first 400 meters the trail followed a tractor road, before suddenly turning left and leaving the tractor road behind. If this exit had not been marked I would most likely have skipped it, as it at times looked more like a deer track than a marked trail, and it was also very wet. The trail markers were not very frequent, but did show up when needed, and was generally easy to follow. Just don't expect to be able to walk from one marker >>>

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Sandviksbatteriet, Håmanen and Ørneberget

Date:
26.01.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:58h
Distance:
12.1km

Local hike in slightly better weather than the day before.

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Ravnegrind, Matskogen and Perabu

Date:
22.01.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:38h
Distance:
4.9km

Left work early for a short hike with a colleague to enjoy the for once excellent weather, visiting the two new PB-elements Ravnegrind and Perabu . On our shortcut up to Perabu we also walked through Matskogen.

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Uggdalsvarden, Singelstadfjellet and Ramnanuten

Date:
19.01.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:39h
Distance:
21.1km

Given that my last attempt to visit Singelstadfjellet (in combination with Stølafjellet ) had to be abandoned in order to make sure to make it back in time for the ferry (see Stølafjellet and Ilefjellet from Våge ), I was ready for another attempt when a day of reasonable weather finally came around. As usual, I started by taking the bus to Halhjem and the ferry to Våge, but this time the plan was not to ascend Singelstadfjellet from Dalen, as for my previous hike, but rather from Uggdalsdalen, as my research had uncovered a marked trail from Øyjorda up to Uggdalsvarden : Tursti Øyjoro – Uggdalsvarden , and I assumed it should not be too difficult to continue the short distance to Singelstadfjellet from there. From Våge I therefore started by walking along the roads to Øyjorda, hoping I would easily locate the trailhead. This was however not the case, and to be sure, I knocked on a couple of doors >>>

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