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Skora, Rustene and Straumsrinden

Date:
23.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:25h
Distance:
4.9km

With a weather forecast including potential afternoon thunderstorms, I decided to stay relatively local and at low altitude. The result was a return to Hausdalen for a visit of yet another minor peak on the Alle topper i Bergen list . After getting off the bus at "Samdal sag" I shortly continued north along the main road before following the tractor road to south towards Ulvvatnet. Just before the bridge at the northwestern end of Ulvvatnet, I left the tractor road and followed a deer track across the stream to connect with an older tractor road took me very close to Skora . All that remained was a short off-trail ascent to the highest point. I descended via various deer tracks until reconnecting with the old tractor road and then followed the same route back to the main road. With rolling thunder in the distance, >>>

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Hellen festning and Furukammen

Date:
21.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:07h
Distance:
4.5km

Short local evening hike.

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Hovlandsskuten and Håfjellet from Skånevik

Date:
20.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:28h
Distance:
19.2km

After another early breakfast, I checked out of Skånevik Fjordhotel and left behind most of my luggage to be picked up at the end of the hike. I started following the road east before turning southeast and ascending Åsheimsvegen. When the gravel road forked west of Valdra I crossed Valdraelva via a bridge and continued on a tractor road until it came to an end near a couple of cabins close to Måsahaugen. Just as I was about to start on the route taking me up to the uppermost cabin called Takhaug, I spotted the one thing that I'd rather not see just before setting out on a longer off-trail part of a hike: a viper slithering away to my left. Hoping that more were not hiding in the tall gras, I continued across a wet area before following the weak traces of a tractor road that seemed to be more used by ATVs. When >>>

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Aksdalsneset to Skånevik

Date:
19.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:47h
Distance:
19.5km

After arriving late in Skånevik the day before and spending the night at Skånevik Fjordhotel , I got up early to catch the 08:30 bus from Skånevik to Aksdalsneset. Note that the bus had to be ordered by calling Skyss at least one day in advance. Also, it was not actually a bus, but a rather a taxi. In other words, if you have not called in advance, you may risk being left behind at the bus stop, or that there is no taxi showing up in the first place. I got dropped off at Aksdalsneset from where I had come across a hiking suggestion at ut.no indicating what looked like a nice route to the summit of Børkjenesnuten . First I followed a gravel road that quickly turned into a tractor road taking me up to the unmarked trailhead. The start of the trail was easy to miss but after crossing a wet area early on it was overall straightforward to follow until getting near Vasstølsvatnet. Here the trail turned >>>

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Skånevik: Skålnestangen and Peparen

Date:
18.07.2025
Characteristic:
Walk
Distance:
1.7km

Short late evening stroll after travelling from Bergen to spend the weekend hiking in Skånevik. A journey that turned out much longer than expected given that the boat I was supposed to transfer to at Leirvik had technical issues. Those of us travelling to Skånevik therefore instead had to stay on the boat from Bergen one more stop to Sunde. There we were promised that a taxi would be waiting for to drive us to Utåker such that we could catch the next ferry to Skånevik. The ferry had even agreed to delay its departure by five minutes, which would have been just enough, if the taxi had been there when we got off the boat. It was not, and when it finally arrived the ferry had already left Utåker. As a result, we ended up with almost two hours waiting for the next ferry at Utåker. On the >>>

Storetunga and Vetle Hansbunuten from Finse

Date:
17.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:49h
Distance:
20.0km

On yet another very warm day, I decided to escape some of the heat by heading up to Finse to visit two relatively recent additions to the Hordaland ≥ 100m pf. list , both of which had been upgraded due to more accurate LiDAR data more accurate data. First up was Storetunga . After getting off the train at Finse, I headed southeast along Rallarvegen before later leaving the gravel road and heading off-trail towards the summit. Besides some enjoying undergrowth early on, the terrain was generally easy to travers and the summit was reached without any difficulties. After a break next to the summit cairn to take in the excellent views, I returned along the same route to Rallarvegen before crossing the river along a small bridge underneath the larger railroad bridge and starting my ascent of Vetle Hansbunuten . There were a couple of small cairns in the area around the bridge >>>

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
16.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:29h
Distance:
6.2km

Short local hike on a very warm summer day.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
15.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local hike after returning from Sogndal to Bergen.

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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
14.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:38h
Distance:
4.4km

Short walk along Barsnesfjorden before the drive back to Bergen. (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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Vardafjellet from Rindabotn

Date:
13.07.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:04h
Distance:
7.6km

We found parking next to the road above Rindabotn and from there continued up the gravel road. It would probably have been possible to drive further but then the parking options were less certain. We later left the gravel road and followed a marked trail heading north towards Kokkstadfjellet , however we did not head all the way there before turning west to Vardafjellet . On our way there, we had the best views of the day. Most notably north in the direction of Anestølsvatnet. At Vardafjellet, my niece continued on her own to Kambafjellet while my parents and I headed more directly south to the car. First along a marked trail and then along the winding gravel road. As a results, my niece got to Rindabotn long before us and we later picked her along Hodlekvevegen.

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