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Helleneset and Hellen festning

Date:
25.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:55h
Distance:
4.3km

Short local hike on a gray and rainy Monday.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
24.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike avoiding the worst of the rain showers on a gray and wet Sunday.

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Cycling: Storetveit, Fjellveien and Hellemyrstien

Date:
23.07.2022
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
3:06h
Distance:
33.8km

After spending three of the last four days hiking with petter (Petter Bjørstad) in various parts of Modalen, I today switched to cycling. First exploring new parts of Storetveit, before following Fjellveien and Hellemyrstien home to Lønborg.

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Hornafjellet and Nipekråni

Date:
22.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:57h
Distance:
15.8km

Another day of hiking with petter (Petter Bjørstad) , this time using Mo as our starting point. We had initially thought to first ascend to Mostølen via the trail from Mo. But after coming across a recommendation by Nordhordland Turlag to rather use the marked trail starting from the northern end of Modalstunnelen, and describing the trail from Mo as steep and unstable, we changed our plans and went for this alternative route instead. We parked just outside the tunnel and easily located the marked trailhead about 150 meters to the northwest. While the trailhead was indicated by a total of three different signs, the start of the trail itself was however much more modest. This would nevertheless soon improve as the trail started winding its way up the steep ascent between the trees. Further up the trail again turned weak at times, especially when crossing wet areas, but there were most >>>

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Høganipa and Skavlabu

Date:
21.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:10h
Distance:
8.0km

After ascending Vetlevasseggi and Torrisskarfjellet , me and petter (Petter Bjørstad) drove the short distance to the parking lot at Svartavatnet and from there started on the marked trail to Skavlabu . When getting to the third small lake in between the two larger 868 and 916 lakes we started looking for the trail towards the summit of Høganipa that was indicated on the map. If there were any traces of this trail they were very weak, but we would later come across small cairns that seemed to be heading in the right direction that we partially followed. In any case the terrain was easy to navigate and did not present any challenges. Upon getting closer to the summit we connected with the marked trail to Skavlabu and could follow the red T's for the final few meters. The summit was marked by a small cairn that mainly functioned as a trail marker for the trail to Skavlabu and did not mention that it >>>

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Vetlevassegga and Torrisskarfjellet

Date:
21.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:55h
Distance:
7.6km

A return to Storavatnet towards the end of the long gravel road up from the south end of Masfjordtunnelen. This time, me and petter (Petter Bjørstad) were focusing on summits on the south side of the lake. We parked next to the road at one of the marked trailheads for Skavlabu at the southern tip of Storavatnet. Here there was room for one car. There was however lots of parking options just before this location as well. Our first goal was Vetlevassegga , hence we immediately ditched the marked trail and headed off-trail in the direction of the summit. A steep start of the day but otherwise straightforward and we soon arrived the summit without any issues. The summit area consisted of small hills of similar heights, with the northeastern one being ever so slightly higher. Nice views from the summit, although quite reduced by the low-hanging >>>

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Askjellfjellet

Date:
19.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:33h
Distance:
5.2km

After our visits of Sørdalsfjellet, Hornafjellet and Gavlafjellet , petter (Petter Bjørstad) and I drove the short distance to Skjerjavatnet where we parked at a gravel-covered area right next to the road. Petter immediately started his ascent of Askjellfjellet while I first changed into shorts and sneakers as the until now rather unstable weather finally had decided to stay warm and sunny. We therefore followed slightly different ascent routes and did meet up until almost at the summit. In any case, it was more or less a matter of simply following the ridge until arriving at the large cairn, and with no difficult sections to speak of. After the mandatory summit pictures, we returned together along more or less the same route as I had used for my ascent, thus concluding an excellent day of hiking in Modalen with a total of four new summits added to the list of visited summits >>>

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Sørdalsfjellet, Hornafjellet and Gavlafjellet

Date:
19.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:40h
Distance:
17.5km

A return to Norddalen with petter (Petter Bjørstad) , but this time without skis and with the goal of driving as far up the gravel road as possible to secure easy access to the remaining summits in the area that we had not yet visited. We got as far as east of Gavlavatnet before coming across the first patch of snow covering the road and quickly had to conclude that this was as far as we were going to get by car. In any case, we were just above one kilometer from the start of the ridge up to Sørdalsfjellet and were overall very pleased. After parking the car by the side of the road, we walked the short distance along the gravel road to the hairpin turn just south of Sørdalsfjellet, which was the second section of the road covered by snow, and from there started off-trail towards the summit. The terrain was easy to hike and it did >>>

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Hellen festning and Furukammen

Date:
18.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:23h
Distance:
5.0km

Short local evening hike.

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Middagshaugen and Skredfjellet

Date:
16.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:36h
Distance:
11.6km

On the last day of my stay in Sogndal this time around, we decided on Middagshaugen and Skredfjellet as our targets and drove to Berge between Frudalstunnelen and Bergstunnelen. Here we parked at the small parking lot next to the viewpoint and started on the gravel road up Bessdalen. Note that after a short initial descent there is a bridge across the motor way enabling hikers to safely get to the other side of the busy road. Soon we split from the gravel road at a hiking sign for Endrefjellet and followed a marked trail that would take us up to the large wet area east of the Skredfjellet ridge. Here the trail markers did continue, at least occasionally, but the trail itself was much harder to spot. The direction was however obvious and we simply headed north where we later reconnected with the marked trail. Just before the trail >>>

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