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Gjetingsdalen to Årvik via Grønhaug and Storahorga

Date:
30.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:32h
Distance:
16.2km

Warning: The trail this hike seemingly follows down to Årvik does not exist! Instead there is a steep off-trail descent. Read the report carefully. Petter picked up me and Kjell in Ytre Sandviken shortly after seven on a Saturday morning for a joint drive to Tørvikbygd and the ferry to Jondal. From Jondal we drove the short distance south to Gjetingsdalen, paid the 60 kr toll fee and continued up to the small parking lot at the end of the gravel road. We started by following a trail to Norddalen and from there continued on a much weaker trail, although marked by orange paint, up towards Isdalsvatnet. The trail markers were overall easy to follow however the trail itself was very weak at best. Shortly after passing the small lake south of Isdalsvatnet we in any case had to abandon the markers as they turned southeast and presumably >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
29.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike around sunset.

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Cycling: Eidsvåg and Gamle Bergen

Date:
26.08.2025
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
0:54h
Distance:
12.5km

Short evening cycling trip.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
25.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:42h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Fløysvingene and Skredderdalen

Date:
24.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:51h
Distance:
7.9km

Sunday hike at Fløyen with the goal to identify a viewpoint we had come across in a picture included in the annual report from Bergens Skog- og Træplantningsselskap . After taking the bus to the city center I walked up to Fløyen via Fløysvingene where I met my parents. They had arrived via Fløibanen and together we continued to the lower part of "lysløypen" where it did not take long before we found the spot the picture had been taken. It provided an excellent view and could be reached in two ways, with the shorter option via a trail from the gravel road to the southeast being the easiest. We proceeded to descended via Skredderdalen to Mulen. Here I continued on my own to Munkebotn and then took the bus back to Lønborg.

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Øvsthusnipa and Vest for Stangahøgdi from Fyre

Date:
23.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:12h
Distance:
15.7km

For the second weekend in a row I took the train to Voss, but where I last Sunday continued on an almost empty bus towards Ulvik I today got on one out of a total of four buses packed with tourists heading to Gudvangen. That was not my plan though and I instead got off at the last stop before Stalheim. (Tip: ask the driver to let you off before the bus takes its detour to Stalheim, as apparently there is an extended stop there.) After getting off the bus I briefly walked south along the main road on a separate cycling and walking path, crossed the road and continued on the gravel road to Fyre where I located the marked trailhead next to the parking lot . A tractor road took me up to the start of the marked trail to Grindaflethytta . I however only stayed on this trail until Øvsthus, where I left the main trail and continued on a marked trail towards Stalheimsnipa . When getting to >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
20.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike around sunset.

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Solsævatnet to Ljosandbotn via Skorafjellet and Mjølfjellet

Date:
17.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
8:00h
Distance:
20.4km

On a Sunday in mid-August where the warm summer weather made a comeback, I hopped on a train Voss and from there continued by bus to Ulsberg, where I for the second time had to help the bus driver locate the bus stop (see my hike to Kjerringafjellet and Kvasshovden ). After getting off the bus, I first followed the gravel road to Solsævatnet and then continued on the unmarked trail via Rubbelii to Nedre Skor. This was overall straightforward with the main challenge being to spot the trail between the numerous tall ferns doing their best to hide it. I think I made a wrong turn after crossing the stream west of Rubbelii though, descending to the lake instead of continuing upwards. I therefore shortly ended up on a much weaker trail before reconnecting with the main trail. (Note that there is also a trail going around the lake. So be sure >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
16.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:38h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local Saturday hike.

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Sandviksbatteriet and Sandviksfjellet from Haukeland sykehus

Date:
13.08.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:54h
Distance:
14.6km

Hike after work with some of my colleagues.

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