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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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Bamsehi, Gjøken and Huldraheimen

Date:
19.01.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:59h
Distance:
20.5km

Started by taking the bus (or rather, bus, train and then bus again) to Lone and from there following the road to Borgo where the marked trailhead was easily located. However, shortly after leaving the last house behind the signs stopped, and given that the trail was completely covered by snow (and there were no footprints to follow), I was soon rather unsure whether I was following a trail or not. I think I was pretty close though. At least it was relatively straightforward to make progress toward Borgaskaret. My main challenge was that it had by now started snowing quite heavily, which made for poor visibility. I decided to still make the planned detour for Bamsehi , but more or less walking from cairn to cairn in order to avoid having to refer to the GPS too frequently. After a quick visit to Bamsehi , I >>>

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Visiting 15 cabins south of Ulriken

Date:
13.01.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:34h
Distance:
12.7km

Started from the bus stop at Montana and followed the normal route to Baunehytten and Landåsfjellet . Here I turned back and then passed by Sigridheim , Speiderhytten , Arneborg , Smaa-Gimle , Gimle , Lidskjalv and Noreg on my way up to Turnerhytten . The initial plan had been to continue to Hauggjelsvarden , but the strong cold winds made me discard this plan and instead start my descent, passing by Steinbu and Arken , before finally getting a bit of shelter. Årstadvoll , Djervhytten and Breidablik were also visited on my way down to Årstadveien. PS: Note that Arken was rebuilt somewhere between 2017 and 2018 . The cabin's appearance is therefore different compared to the pictures in "Byfjellene - mangfold og hytteliv" by Trygve Hillestad from 2016. Until coming across this information I was unsure whether I had visited the correct cabin. ;) PSS: Steinbu has clearly also recently been refurbished and now ironically looks more like it's made out of wood than the stones indicated by the name. :)

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Vardebu, Ulvehylet and Fjellsol

Date:
08.01.2019
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:06h
Distance:
6.7km

For the first time in a long while the sun was shining. I therefore left work a bit early and headed for Ulriken , this time not taking the stone steps but rather the trail along Langrinden. Slightly more tricky than expected due to several icy areas, but I made it to the upper station of the cable car without any real difficulties. There I put on the snow chains and continued to Vardebu for some very nice pictures in the setting sun. Quick visits of Ulvehylet and Fjellsol were also made before starting the descent. Decided to stay away from the icy stone steps and instead followed the old path for the first stretch, making it to the gravel road just as it was starting to get dark.

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