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Skiing at Fløyen

Date:
17.01.2023
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
2:41h
Distance:
13.7km

The first skiing trip of 2023! (Although not the first this winter .) Ok, but not great conditions. Even so, the skis came on just above the upper station of Fløibanen and stayed on until Smådiket (the small dam below Storevatnet), where the frequency of small rocks visible in the already rather thin layer of snow simply got too high. However, the skies were put back on between Munkebotsvatnet and the top of Øyjorden.

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Skiing: Fløyen and Rundemanen

Date:
18.12.2022
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
3:49h
Distance:
17.1km

A second skiing trip at Fløyen, but this time taking Fløibanen and also including a visit of Rundemanen . Overall very good conditions for skiing and more new snow than expected. The skis stayed on until the top of Øyjorden, except for most of Hellemyrstien. However there was more ice than snow, and sometimes not a lot of that either, for the final stretch from Vannverkshuset i Skiveien to Munkebotsvatnet and from there to the start of Hellemyrstien.

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Skiing at Fløyen in December!

Date:
16.12.2022
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
3:23h
Distance:
14.8km

Skiing at Fløyen in December is quite uncommon as there is usually not enough snow in Bergen at this time of the year (I had not recorded any such trips myself for the last six years). Given that the snow would most likely soon disappear, maybe already during the weekend, I decided to have a go after work on a Friday. The plan was to take Fløibanen from the city center, but I missed it by less than one minute and the next one was not until half an hour later. The trip therefore instead started by walking up to Fløyen with the skis coming on just below Skomakerdiket. Pretty good conditions for skiing overall and I more or less had the tracks to myself. Thanks to the recent new snow, some of it during the trip itself, I could even keep the skis on all the way to the top of Øyjorden.

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Five summits west and one east of Norddalen

Date:
24.04.2022
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
8:12h
Distance:
28.8km

After spending Saturday at Varaldsøy with petter (Petter Bjørstad) , we agreed to also take full advantage of the perfect weather forecast for the following Sunday. Petter therefore picked me up at 07:00 for a drive to Norddalen where the plan was to make use of the excellent skiing conditions to visit as many peaks as possible, mainly on the west side of the valley. Upon arriving, the sun was shining from a cloudless blue sky and there was next to no wind. Plenty of snow still in the area and after finding parking next to the road, the skis could be put on as soon as we left the road. We first followed the valley on the west side of the river, before finding a safe and straightforward ascent to the summit of Eggane . From there we struggled a bit to find the best route down to Martastølen, as there were a couple of steep >>>

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Dueskardhøgdi and Lingesetfjellet from Haukåsen

Date:
16.04.2022
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
3:53h
Distance:
15.7km

The small free parking lot at the start of the ski trail was full. Hence we had to park at the larger parking lot next to the airport. (Note that if installing an app it is apparently possible to get a discount on the parking fee when going hiking or skiing. We however did not notice this until it was too late. See the small poster when entering the parking lot for more details.) From the parking lot we walked the short distance to the trailhead where we put on the skis and followed the snow-covered gravel road up to Lingesete . The road continued beyond Lingesete, but as we passed south of Lingesetfjellet it started to feel a lot more like backcountry skiing. There should be a trail all the way to the summit in the summer time though. The summit provided spectacular panoramic views and, with next to no wind, a very >>>

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Skiing in Hodlekve

Date:
15.04.2022
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
2:38h
Distance:
7.3km

Short skiing trip in Hodlekve. First with my young nephew in the area around the skiing trails, before some of us took a short off-trail ascent towards Faggreggi and later returning to Rindabotn.

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Britabu Easter Barbecue 2022 + Around Fjærlandssetvatnet

Date:
14.04.2022
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
4:14h
Distance:
16.6km

Followed the ski trail from Rindabotn via Høgehaug around Fjærlandssetvatnet with an off-trail shortcut for the descent. The trip also included a visit to the traditional Easter barbecue at the Red Cross cabin Britabu .

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Skiing: Fagreggi

Date:
11.04.2022
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
3:08h
Distance:
11.8km

Short skiing trip to Fagreggi on a rather gray day where the sun did not show up until we had started our off-trail descent back to Rindabotn.

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Hodlekve and Kollsetestølen

Date:
09.04.2022
Characteristic:
Cross-country skiing
Duration:
2:20h
Distance:
10.5km

Skiing the entire 10 km track at Hodlekve Skisenter on a rather gray day during an almost constant snow shower. We also made a short detour to the DNT cabin called Kollsetestølen , which today was even more hidden than usual underneath lots of snow.

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Vardafjellet, Bjørnafjellet and Storanosi

Date:
20.03.2022
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
5:23h
Distance:
21.5km

Skiing trip organized by The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) , or more specifically Voss Utferdslag , with bus transportation from Voss to the parking lot in Brandset and later back to Voss from Ospehaugen p-plass . We started out in excellent sunny weather that was bordering on too warm, but as we ascended towards Vardafjellet the wind started to pick up, so much that we had to delay the lunch break. Initially we were going to pass just north of the summit of Vardafjellet, but after asking nicely, I was allowed to shortly leave the group for a short detour on my own to visit the summit. I quickly returned to the group and we descended to Prinsabotnskaret for a late lunch break in shelter of the strongest wind. Just as we got ready for the ascent to Bjørnafjellet , one of the participants lost her sit pad to the wind and we saw it tumbling over the ridge to the north and disappearing. After a visit of the summit of >>>

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