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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
31.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:01h
Distance:
8.6km

Short local hike across Ørneberget and via Munkebotn on the return.

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Ørneberget

Date:
23.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:16h
Distance:
6.3km

Short local hike across Ørneberget.

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Veten, Skaftefjellet and Loddo

Date:
21.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:50h
Distance:
29.1km

Not the best weather for hiking so far for this last week of my late summer holiday. So when the Wednesday forecast was finally showing better conditions, I got up early in the morning and took the first boat from Strandkaiterminalen in Bergen to Bekkjarvik. The first part of the hike consisted of walking along the road to the start of the trail towards Veten north of Ugleneset. No sidewalks except for at the very beginning, but thankfully the amount of traffic was limited. The trailhead was unmarked as far as I could tell, but easy to locate. I followed the initial tractor road through a couple of gates and when the road came to an end continued on a wet trail. The trail soon connected with a larger muddy trail, which I then followed west to the summit of Veten, providing excellent views in all >>>

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Kjeringafjell from Kleppa

Date:
15.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:25h
Distance:
19.0km

I started from the parking lot at Kleppa and from there tried to follow the signs to Kjeringafjell (or rather Kjeringi as used on the signs). The first sign indicated that it was only 6.2 km to the summit, which I found odd, given that earlier PB reports showed distances closer to 10 km. However, most, if not all, of these were from skiing trips, so perhaps the summer route was shorter. The signs did not always include Kjeringi though, resulting in multiple checks of the GPS to make sure that I was choosing the correct option when the trail split. This became much easier when getting above the tree line, but then the signs were not really needed anymore anyway. After leaving the gravel road, there were also a couple of wet sections, but most could easily be avoided by following the trail next to the tractor road instead of the >>>

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Flot and Flotshaugen

Date:
12.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:10h
Distance:
3.5km

Short hike across Flot . This time also including a visit to Flotshaugen . This minor summit is easy to access, but the very limited views means that most hikers will probably be happy skipping it and sticking with only the visitor register .

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Skjerdingane Øst from Laugadalen

Date:
09.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:39h
Distance:
18.3km

Given that our attempt to reach Skjerdingane Øst earlier in the week had to be abandoned due to bad weather , we simply had to give it another go as soon as the conditions improved. We followed the same trail up Laugadalen as last time, and also a pretty similar route from Laugavatnet to Styggebotngrovi, i.e. first along the weak trail from Laugavatnet and then finding our own way next to the stream. As mentioned in the previous report, our plan was to follow in the footsteps of arntfla (Arnt Flatmo) (see his trip report here ), which of course today was made easier by the fact that we now knew where to locate the start of the trail in Styggebotngrovi. To summarize, the trick is to head to the bottom of Styggebotngrovi and start heading up on the eastern (i.e. right-hand) side of the gorge. A weak trail should then shortly appear. At this time of the year the trail was lined >>>

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Laugadalen (and an abandoned attempt at Skjerdingane Øst...)

Date:
05.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:47h
Distance:
14.1km

We started out from the parking lot at the bottom of Laugadalen in perfect summer weather and from there followed the forest road, and later marked trail, to Laugavatnet . The trail included several wet areas, but was otherwise easy to follow. Excellent views along the way and also at Laugavatnet itself, where one comes relatively close to Gunvordalsbreen. Our plan was now to follow in the footsteps of arntfla (Arnt Flatmo) (see his trip report here ) and reach the summit of Skjerdingane Øst . From Laugavatnet we followed a weak trail along the north side of the lake. Clearly not very heavily used, but it could initially be followed without too much difficulty. Within not too long the trail however disappeared completely, and we ended up having to make our own way towards Styggebotngrovi, more or less following along the stream. From Arnt's report >>>

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Nuken from Åsen

Date:
04.08.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:46h
Distance:
14.4km

We payed the toll in Åsavegen , parked at Åsen p-plass , and followed the marked trail to Nuken . After a short break at the summit, the rest of my party returned along the same route to the car while I followed the marked trail to Hølsete. The trail was easy to follow but is probably rather wet during less dry periods. I tried finding the shortcut via Røvhaugane , but failed and had to take the long way around. (I later learned that the proper trail is not the main trail indicated on the map, but rather the one passing by the houses further south.) The hike was completed by walking along the roads to Barsnes.

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Fagerdalsfjellet, Ørneberget and Håmanen

Date:
30.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:52h
Distance:
8.3km

Local hike across Fagerdalsfjellet, Ørneberget and Håmanen.

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
29.07.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:13h
Distance:
6.1km

Local hike across Ørneberget and Rognåsen.

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