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Fjellveien

Date:
30.01.2025
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
1:45h
Distance:
7.3km

Left work a bit earlier than usual to enjoy the nice weather during a walk along Fjellveien with a colleague.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
28.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Ørnatua

Date:
26.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:39h
Distance:
2.3km

A short and windy Sunday hike before the forecasted rain and snow showers. The objective was to visit Ørnatua , yet another minor peak on the Alle topper i Bergen list . I started from the last bus stop at Flaktveit and from there headed south towards Kråvatnet. When the roads ended I continued on an initially wet trail that later connected with a tractor road that took me to just west of Ørnatua. After a short and steep off-trail ascent I easily got quite close to the highest point. The summit area was however completely covered by juniper bushes and thus locating the exact summit was more difficult. I returned the same way and then headed for the bus stop at Breimyra to conclude the short hike.

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Furelegene and Eikåsen

Date:
25.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:15h
Distance:
8.2km

After the short hike to Haukeberget I took the bus from Åsane terminal to the start of Almåsvegen which I then proceeded to follow west towards Almåsgården. My initial plan had been to ascend Furelegene from the trail west of the summit, but in the end I instead simply headed off-trail in the direction of the summit from the south, starting from just before the road crossed a small river. The remaining ascent was overall straightforward but did require some minor fighting with the many bushes doing their best to block the way. From the summit of Furelegene, I continued north to connect with trails indicated on the map, however as I did not really find any trails, I soon pretty much made my own way east to the main road. The main road was then followed south to Eikåstunnelen where I started my ascent of Eikåsen , first along a gravel >>>

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Haukeberget

Date:
25.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
2.2km

A short hike on a very windy Saturday for a visit of Haukeberget . After the walk up from Tertneskrysset, I located an unmarked trail at the northeastern corner of the football field at Åstveit that took me all the way to the summit. I continued northeast along a weaker trail to connect with the paved road and then followed various roads and trails to Åsane terminal where I took a short bus ride to the start of Almåsvegen for a hike to Furelegene and Eikåsen .

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
22.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:37h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
20.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:39h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Tangelandsheiane

Date:
19.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:28h
Distance:
4.3km

Short Sunday hike in Arna to visit Tangelandsheiane Øst , another recent addition to the Alle topper i Bergen list . I started by taking the train and bus to Espeland. Here I first had a quick look at Espeland stasjon , an old station on the original railway line from Bergen to Voss , before heading west to the unmarked trailhead next to a small playground. On my way to Ågotaskaret I made a short off-trail detour to Oksla, which, if nothing else, provided a nice view towards Tangelandsheiane. After a brief visit of the lower western summit of Tangelandsheiane I followed the trails east to the higher eastern summit which provided surprisingly good views! The hike was concluded by returning north along the trail and then finally connecting with the roads and aiming for the bus stop in Arnatveitvegen. In summary, Tangelandsheiane was overall a positive surprise! Lots of trails of ok quality and great views >>>

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Morkafjellet from Verpelstad

Date:
18.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:56h
Distance:
7.0km

After three days on the couch due to a bad cold, I recovered just in time for a short Saturday hike to Morkafjellet with Petter and Endre . Petter picked me up at my place at 08:00 and we met up with Endre at the surprisingly large parking lot at Verpelstad a bit more than an hour later. Thanks to an external report we easily located the unmarked trailhead behind the houses just northeast of the parking lot and from there followed a partially marked trail all the way to Verpelstadstølen (except for doing our own "shortcut" just below the cabin when briefly losing the trail, see the return track for the correct route). From Verpelstadstølen there was a weaker trail up the first steep slope but soon we were simply making our own way towards the summit. There were several large patches of snow that had to be crossed but there was significantly less snow than expected for the middle of >>>

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Fjellveien, Gamle Bergen and Hellen festning

Date:
12.01.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:06h
Distance:
8.3km

Local Sunday hike on the last day before the recent snow will most likely all melt away given the upcoming heavy rain showers.

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