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Kolhusfjellet and Haggardsrinden

Date:
14.06.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:23h
Distance:
5.7km

Started by taking the bus to Øvre Totland and walking up to the nearby parking lot. The first goal of the day was Kolhusfjellet , so I followed the trail northwest to the small barn indicated on the map. There I continued north up the valley, first on a trail and soon along much weaker, most likely, deer tracks. At the first opening I turned west and headed for the summit. This initially required a bit of very light climbing, but the terrain soon turned into more of a plateau and from there it was straightforward to reach the summit. Kolhusfjellet provided very nice views in all directions, but I did not stay long as the summit was also full of flies. So many that it actually was difficult to take any pictures without at least one of them being caught on camera! I tried moving south to the smaller hill containing >>>

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Smøråskletten - from Valle to Lagunen

Date:
12.06.2017
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
1:33h
Distance:
5.9km

Short afternoon hike to cover a small summit that had been added to the "Opptur Bergen" list since my last visit to Smøråsfjellet. Started by taking the bus to Valle and following the marked trail to Smøråsfjellet. On my last visit the start of the trail was covered with ice. This time the ice had been replaced with water and mud, but the trail was equally poor. It quickly improved though and soon turned into a gravel road. I followed this gravel road towards Bjørnevatnet, with a very short detour to Vallastolen (and Vallastølen). I did not find any trails to the summit of Smøråskletten , but reaching it was straightforward. Limited views from the summit, and only really worth a visit for those collecting the "Opptur Bergen" list. From the summit I continued west down to Apeltunvatnet and Lagunen >>>

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Sveningen, Søtefjellet, Sauskolten and Rindafjellet

Date:
10.06.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
8:10h
Distance:
20.0km

Started from the parking lot in Øvredalen and followed the marked trail towards Sveningen . It started raining as soon as we left the car, and in addition we were quickly surrounded by quite dense fog. But while the rain stopped an hour into the hike, the fog would follow us for almost all of the hike, dramatically reducing the expected views. Despite the fog, the trail was easy to follow, and we soon made it to the summit of Sveningen. Here we waited a while for the fog to clear, but in the end we had to give up and continue towards the next target: Søtefjellet . We struggled a bit to locate the trail, the fog obviously not helping, but after finding the trail it was fairly easy to follow. Shortly after leaving Sveningen, the fog cleared briefly and we got a glimpse of the views we were missing. For a moment we thought that perhaps the >>>

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Helldalsåsen

Date:
08.06.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:49h
Distance:
1.7km

Started by taking the bus to "Helldal skule" and locating the start of the trail towards Helldalsåsen . The quality of the trail was quite good at the start and I quickly arrived at the small plateau south of the summit, just above the houses at Helldalsneset. Here the trail stopped, and I had to start making my own way towards the summit. The progress was at first rather slow, as it mainly consisted of going under/over/around trees that were crisscrossing the path, leftovers from both recent and older storms. This cleared up a bit after a while, but increased again when approaching the summit, which was actually the most difficult section to traverse. The summit provided limited views, but due to the power lines crossing over the summit there was at least a bit of open space. However, the trees >>>

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Sveåsen and Lauvåsen from Kalandseidet

Date:
05.06.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:37h
Distance:
12.0km

Started by taking the bus to Kalandseidet and walking west along Kismulvegen until Kismulstølen. Here I followed the road south until a crossroads where I took a right and then left, entering a very nice gravel road. At both of these crossroads there were hiking signs towards Tereleitet . I continued south towards Svartavatnet, where the road turned west and then north, and started looking for trails to Sveåsen . A sign with "Merket sti til Sveåsen" (i.e. "Marked trail to Sveåsen") soon appeared on my left-hand side, and I decided to follow this one. The trail started south on the east side of Sveåsen, before finally turning north and approaching Sveåsen from the south. Note that even though the trail was marked, it was of pretty low quality and very muddy at times, especially the section >>>

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Herlandsfjellet and Bjørndalshovden to Storoksla

Date:
03.06.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:42h
Distance:
17.8km

From Espeland to Osavatnet Started by taking the bus to Espelandshallen and walking up Moldamyrane and later Gullfjellsvegen to Osavatnet. The distance was about 5 km and took around one hour, and even though this was merely a requirement to get to the start of the actual hike, it was nicer than expected and can be recommended as an alternative way of getting to Osavatnet if you do not have a car. Herdalsfjellet Next, I located the trail towards Herlandsfjellet . It starts close to the northern end of Osavatnet, right behind the red cabin on the left-hand side before arriving at the parking lot. The start of the trail was not marked, and a bit weak at the beginning, but due to the red cabin it is still very easy to locate. According to the map, the trail would only take me up to around 500 meters, but as expected >>>

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Gullsteinen, Løvstakken and Strandafjellet

Date:
31.05.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:39h
Distance:
9.7km

Started by taking the bus to Bønestoppen and from there following the trail over Gullsteinen to Løvstakken . From Løvstakken we continued to Strandafjellet , and finally followed the trail/gravel road down to Løvstien before ending the hike in the city center. Overall, a very nice hike that can be highly recommended.

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Skinarfjellet from Barsnesfjorden

Date:
27.05.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:14h
Distance:
12.6km

Started from the private parking lot at the end of the gravel road on the south side of Barsnesfjorden. We then followed the marked trail via Dal to Helgasete . After a long break at Helgasete we continued northeast, first along the marked trail towards Solvornnipa and later along the marked trail towards Solvorn. When getting to the end of Hestadalen and the start of Skaret, we turned northwest and made our own way across the smaller peaks there, while enjoying all around spectacular views towards the north! We then turned southwest and headed for the summit of Skinarfjellet , which is called Nonhaug on the sign at the summit (and Skinarfjellet/Nonshaug on the map). Here there were excellent views in all directions, as can be seen from the pictures. No clear trails to/from the summit, but some weak trails/animal tracks that could >>>

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Kaupangsholtane

Date:
25.05.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:58h
Distance:
6.1km

The marked trail started from Haukåsvegen soon after leaving Kaupanger, and we first followed this trail/forest road to Kaupangsholten . Note that this is not the highest point of Kaupangsholtane, but it did provide a very nice view towards the south and seems to be where most people visit. We then followed the trail west to another viewpoint towards the south, before taking the mandatory visit to the highest point . The summit itself was filled with small pine trees and provided no views. The same was true for the slightly lower hill to the northwest, although here the forest was not as dense. From the summit, we followed trails and forest roads back to where we started the hike. All in all, a nice and easy hike, along easy to follow trails and forest roads.

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Amlaholten

Date:
25.05.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:40h
Distance:
5.2km

From Kaupanger we drove towards Mannheller (where the ferry goes to Fodnes), but before heading into the tunnel going down to the ferry, we left the highway and followed the road towards Festingdalen. A bit more than halfway to Festingdalen we located a small parking lot with signs indicating the trail to Amlaholten . We followed this trail/forest road west until it turned south and then east. Here we shortly left the main trail and located a nice viewpoint to the southwest. Next, we relocated the trail, which now got a lot steeper, and quickly arrived at the summit of Amlaholten. The views from the summit were nice, but rather limited due to all the trees. We continued east across the summit and followed the trail in the direction of Festingdalen, and finally arrived back at the road for a short 200 >>>

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