Combined run and hike the "rear way" up to Mount Ulriken (16.06.2016)

© Atle Solholm

On this day I had a combined workout, i.e. I run along the road called Tarlebøveien in the Ulriksdalen Valley, and then hiked up a valley called Isdalen. Where the valley called Ulriksdalen ends, it actually divides into three separate valleys, that are called (from west to east) Våkendalen, Hardbakkedalen, and Isdalen ["dal" is the Norwegian word for "valley"]. In its upper part, Isdalen Valley is called Smalisdalen, as it narrows in a bit up there. So, I hiked up Isdalen and Smalisdalen up to the mountain plateau of which Mount Ulriken is a part. From the entrance to the plateau I ran alongside the southeast side of Mount Ulriken, and then followed a commonly used trail back down to the districts of Montana and Lægdene, where I'm renting an apartment in Bergen. (Back in those days, I had not yet started "collecting" Peakbook Elements (PBEs), and I had been to the summit of Mount Ulriken before, so I didn't bother to visit the summit or any of the other peaks up there on this occation).