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Fureberget at Flatøy

Date:
23.03.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:43h
Distance:
3.2km

Decided to split up the bus ride to Melshovden with a short visit to Fureberget at Flatøy. The plan was to get off the bus before crossing the bridge to Knarvik, but for some reason the bus driver ignored my signal and I thus had to re-cross the bridge to get to the trailhead for Fureberget. The trail indicated on the map seemed to be most heavily used by off-road vehicles, probably used to perform maintenance on the antenna at the summit, resulting in rather wet tracks that could be followed all the way to the summit. As expected, the summit did not provide the best of views, and I did not stay long before returning to Knarvik and the next part of the bus ride to Melshovden. Note that the trail, or rather gravel road, toward Skjeljevikane looked much better, so perhaps a route to explore at a different occasion.

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Bradbenken to Lønborg

Date:
17.03.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:39h
Distance:
8.1km

Local hike from Bradbenken to Lønborg via Sandviksbatteriet, Furukammen and Hellen festning.

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Håhaugen from Andås E39

Date:
16.03.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:21h
Distance:
3.6km

Started by taking the bus (or more correctly buses, as four in total was required) to the crossroads west of Eikefettunnelen (bus stop called “Andås E39”). From there I walked back along the main road towards the known trailhead for Håhaugen . Thankfully there was plenty of space on the outside of the guard rails, so I was clearly separated from the high-speed traffic. The trailhead was easily located, but as expected the trail quickly disappeared. But it was still straightforward to make progress up the small valley north of the summit. At the top of the valley I located what seemed like the easiest place to ascend, and while relatively steep and requiring light climbing, it did not provide any real difficulty, except for one spot where the snow was extra slippery. From there on it was however easy >>>

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Hellen festning, Furukammen and Ørneberget

Date:
14.03.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:03h
Distance:
4.6km

Short local hike after work.

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Fløyen from Kalvedalsveien

Date:
03.03.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:37h
Distance:
12.3km

Hike from Kalvedalsveien to Lønborg (via Fløyen and Brushytten) in the rain.

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Sandviksbatteriet, Håmanen and Hellen festning

Date:
02.03.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:06h
Distance:
9.4km

Local hike in light rain from Bontelabo to Lønborg.

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Almeskila and Snøyo

Date:
23.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:02h
Distance:
7.6km

Started by taking the bus to Romarheim (bus stop called "Romarheim kryss E39") and from there walking south along the road to the trailhead for Almeskila . The trailhead was not marked, i.e. no sign with Almeskila, but the trail itself was clearly marked (and was so all the way to the summit). Already before leaving the bus I had noticed that there was significantly more snow than I had expected (given that pretty much all the snow was gone in Bergen), but I was still surprised when leaving the road and immediately sinking up to above my knees in snow, and thus quickly realizing that this would be a tougher hike than planned. Thankfully the deepest snow only lasted for the first 100 meters and when the trail started climbing it became much easier to make progress with the snow now only reaching >>>

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Lyderhorn Roundtrip

Date:
10.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:47h
Distance:
9.4km

Started by taking the bus to Lyngbø (bus stop called Lyngbø Rv. 555) and following the roads to Kvarven fort . Shortly after starting the ascent the roads turned very icy and I spent more time walking next to the road than on the road itself. When the road changed to trail the conditions shortly improved, but the ice would soon return. I reached the summit of Lyderhorn without any real difficulties though. For my descent I decided on the trial down to Banuren. Rather icy at the beginning and later more stream than trail. Upon reaching Banuren, the hike was completed by walking along the roads back to Lyngbø for the bus home. A nice roundtrip, but probably much nicer when there is less ice.

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Fagerdalsfjellet and Ørneberget

Date:
09.02.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:05h
Distance:
4.3km

Short local hike across Fagerdalsfjellet and Ørneberget. The trails were overall more wet than icy.

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Ørneberget

Date:
26.01.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:38h
Distance:
5.4km

Short local hike to Ørneberget.

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