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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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Cycling: Fjordstien and Stedjeberget

Date:
15.07.2022
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:49h
Distance:
15.0km

Short cycling trip along Fjordstien to Stedjeberget turpostkasse .

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
14.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
4.4km

Short evening hike along Barsnesfjorden. The first in nice warm weather! (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Orrabu

Date:
14.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:03h
Distance:
2.7km

When picking up my niece arriving by boat at Leikanger, there was just enough time to first make a quick visit of Orrabu . We started from the parking lot at Kleppa and from there followed the marked trail all the way to the cabin. The plan had been to return via Høgehaug , but this had to be dropped in order to get to Leikanger before the boat arrived.

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
13.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:08h
Distance:
4.4km

Another short walk along Barsnesfjorden. (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
12.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:28h
Distance:
4.4km

Yet another short walk along Barsnesfjorden. This time including many short stops underneath large trees to avoid the worst of the rain showers.

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Bergsetbreen

Date:
11.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:48h
Distance:
8.0km

We drove to Bergset in Jostedalen and found free parking at Bergset p-plass . From the parking lot we could clearly see Bergsetbreen in the distance as started west along the marked trail. The trail was very nice and well maintained, and with less than 100 meters ascent spread across less than 4 km we made good progress towards the glacier. While Bergsetbreen, like most other glaciers in the area, has diminished significantly over the last decades, and clearly did not descend as far down into the valley as indicated in most promotional material, it was still very much worth the visit. Especially as it was so easy to get to and can be accessed even by relatively small children. After a short lunch break, we returned along the same route. Note that if you want a slightly longer hike you can also include a visit of Tuftebreen , to >>>

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Hesteggi from Einehaugen/Barsnes

Date:
10.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:04h
Distance:
14.4km

Today it was time for a hike that I had not done since I was a kid: ascending to the tractor road at Barsnesfjellet from Einehaugen/Barsnes via Flot . We started along the marked trail to Flot where we made a quick stop at the now marked viewpoint just west of the visitor register. After rounding the small hill to the east, we began the real ascent to the tractor road. There is a trail to Furehaugen (there was even a single red trail marker early on!), but it is now quite weak and feels more like a deer track than a trail. On the way to Furehaugen you can also look out for an arrow carved in a large tree that points the way. At Furehaugen the trail more or less disappeared, with the many fallen trees across the trail not helping. There was however a steep trail/track that could be followed, but whether this was >>>

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