Åsen, Sauhaugen, Mjeldheimssåta and Vårheia (23.02.2025)
| Start point | Arna stasjon (8m) |
|---|---|
| Endpoint | Arna stasjon (8m) |
| Characteristic | Hillwalk |
| Duration | 2h 51min |
| Distance | 9.5km |
| Vertical meters | 523m |
| GPS |
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| Ascents | Mjeldheimssåta (244m) | 23.02.2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Vårheia (211m) | 23.02.2025 | |
| Åsen over Holereset (347m) | 23.02.2025 | |
| Visits of other PBEs | Arna stasjon (8m) | 23.02.2025 |
| Gapahuk Kvamme Gard (293m) | 23.02.2025 | |
| Kvamsvegen p-plass (190m) | 23.02.2025 | |
| Sauhaugen (388m) | 23.02.2025 |
Åsen, Sauhaugen, Mjeldheimssåta and Vårheia
A return to Arna on a windy Sunday with the main objective of visiting Åsen over Holereset, yet another minor peak on the Alle topper i Bergen list. I started by taking the train to Arna, from where the initial plan had been to walk along the paved roads up to Kvamsvegen p-plass, but when coming across a recently marked trail south of Vårheia, I of course took the chance to get off the road and instead followed the trail.
After later reconnecting with the paved road I followed the trail up to Gapahuk Kvamme Gård and from there tried to continue on a tractor road and trail the map indicated would take me to the summit of Åsen over Holereset. The tractor road was however nothing more than a large opening between the trees and of the trail I did not see any traces until getting up on the ridge. From there it was straightforward to get to the highest point, which sadly did not provide any views.
I continued north along the ridge before following a trail west into the valley and from there starting an off-trail ascent to Sauhaugen. Here the views were much better than at Åsen over Holereset! After a couple of pictures I headed south to reconnect with the trail to Norhytten and then proceeded to follow it back down to the paved road.
With plenty of daylight left, I included revisits of Mjeldheimssåta and Vårheia on my way to the train station, having completely forgotten that there is no direct trail between these two. It would therefore probably have been better to head via Merkeshaugen instead.
| Start date | 23.02.2025 12:35 (UTC+01:00) |
| End date | 23.02.2025 15:26 (UTC+01:00) |
| Total Time | 2h 51min |
| Moving Time | 2h 36min |
| Stopped Time | 0h 15min |
| Overall Average | 3.3km/h |
| Moving Average | 3.7km/h |
| Distance | 9.5km |
| Vertical meters | 522m |
User comments
Not too cold???
Written by HHauser 24.02.2025 09:54Dear Harald, I cannot believe that you bumped into a snake already that early -- wow! Isn't it way too cold, still, for them to come out? Interesting!
Re: Not too cold???
Written by hbar 24.02.2025 21:39Apparently I'm not the first to spot one in Bergen this month: https://www.ba.no/denne-dukket-plutselig-opp-jeg-er-egentlig-redd-for-dem/s/5-8-2915008