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Across Hellen festning

Date:
31.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.6km

Short evening hike across Hellen festning after dark.

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Nattlandsfjellet, Ramsdalsstrupen and Orrehaugane

Date:
28.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:15h
Distance:
8.0km

Lots of rain and wind for the first part of the day, so I ended up with a short hike in the afternoon to cover a small recently added summit at Nattlandsfjellet called Ramsdalsstrupen . The plan was to continue up the gravel road and ascend Orrehaugane from the east, but this was abandoned as the road was packed with ice, and the trail up Sveane was used instead. The shortcut down to Landåslien ended up being more challenging than usual as the steep decline was today a mix of snow, ice and running water...

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Tverråsen from Hatvikvegen

Date:
27.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:10h
Distance:
8.4km

Started by taking the bus to Hatvik (bus stop called Holo) and walked up the paved road in the direction of Tverråsen . The plan had been to follow the road until reaching the gravel road, but after about 1 km I came across a couple of hiking signs indicating a shortcut (which I could also find on the map). It started out as a tractor road, but more or less disappeared before connecting with the gravel road. I then followed the gravel road until reaching the crossroads indicated on the map. The crossroads was a bit hidden, partly due to a small excavator, but it is located more or less where the gravel roads starts descending. After locating the tractor road behind the excavator, I continued northeast until reaching a second crossroads where I turned north (left) and later southwest towards the highest >>>

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Hellefjellet and Furukammen

Date:
21.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:52h
Distance:
7.0km

Only a short local hike today after yesterday's long struggle in the snow.

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Randifjellet, Vorlandstua and Tveitafjellet

Date:
20.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:27h
Distance:
11.2km

Randifjellet Started by taking the bus to Førde (bus stop Førdespollen) and walked up the paved road to the marked trailhead for Førdesveten . I followed the trail towards Førdesveten and started getting a bit worried about the amount of snow. I was not the first using the trail towards Førdesveten though, so this part was straightforward. However, upon reaching the crossroads with the sign for Randifjellet this would all change. Apparently, nobody else had thought it a good idea to go to Randifjellet after the recent snow fall, and the trail was therefore not visible at all! I decided to give it a go anyway. However it quickly became clear that this was perhaps a bigger challenge than I had thought, and I was soon struggling with snow up to my knees (and sometimes even higher). Of the trail there was no trace, >>>

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Ørneberget in the snow with headlamp

Date:
17.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:44h
Distance:
6.6km

Short local hike across Ørneberget in the snow with headlamp.

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Såta, Kvamskogen

Date:
14.01.2018
Characteristic:
Backcountry skiing
Duration:
3:23h
Distance:
12.1km

First skiing trip of 2018. Started from the parking lot at Furedalen and followed the standard skiing route to Såta . Very strong winds at the summit so we did not stay long before starting our descent. First heading east and then south across Breiarusti on the way down to Furedalen. Not the best skiing conditions but overall a very nice trip.

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Radøy: From Kolås to Rimmo

Date:
13.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:16h
Distance:
21.8km

Morkefjellet Started by taking the bus to Namntveit (bus stop called Kolås) and from there walking west along the road for a couple hundred meters before leaving the road and heading northeast. This trail was unmarked, but clearly visible from the main road. There was however an information sign stating that I could follow this trail north along the lake all the way to Li. I followed the trail until locating the sign for Morkefjellet , assuming it would be easy progress towards the summit from here on. However, the trail soon disappeared, and I had to find my own way for a while. I did reconnect with the trail (or perhaps the sign does not accurately indicate where the trail starts?), but the trail was overall very weak until around 150 meters above sea level, were it crossed a fence and then followed a >>>

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Langaheia: from Spelhaugen to Nipedalen

Date:
12.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:13h
Distance:
3.8km

Started by taking the bus to Fyllingsdalsveien (bus stop called Skarphaugen) and from there walked up to Spelhaugen and the start of the gravel road towards Tennebekkstjernet. Immediately after leaving the car park I turned west, crossing the small wooden bridge and followed the unmarked trail to Langaheia . Normally this would be a very easy summit to get to, but today the trail was full of ice and slippery wet roots. The summit provided much better views than expected. After returning to the gravel road, the plan was to move quickly to the bus stop in Nipedalen. This ended up taking a bit longer than planned though, as significant sections of the road were packed with ice, requiring extra caution. This did however improve when getting closer to Tennebekkstjernet. From Nipedalen, I took the bus back to >>>

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Hellen festning and Furukammen

Date:
07.01.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:15h
Distance:
5.1km

Short local Sunday evening hike after the rain stopped and the wind died down.

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