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Barsnesfjorden

Date:
09.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:50h
Distance:
3.6km

Short afternoon 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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Tverrfjellet from Nordvik

Date:
07.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:33h
Distance:
3.6km

I left work early and took the bus to Nordvik where I got off at the stop called "Nordvik nord, Bergen". After a short walk along the road I started looking for the trail up the valley in between Tverrfjellet and Høgeåsen . Thankfully I came across one of the locals and could ask for directions before it started feeling too much like trespassing, especially as I had to walk along the outskirts of his lawn to get to the trailhead. At first the trail was easy to follow, but soon it would either be hidden by ferns or look and feel more like a small stream. I therefore left the trail behind and headed off-trail in the direction of the summit of Tverrfjellet, following various deer tracks when these seemed to head in the right direction. The summit was thus reached without any issues and provided excellent >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
04.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:35h
Distance:
3.0km

Short local evening hike.

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Ramnaberget, Veten, Kjetilsfjellet and Hendershaugen

Date:
03.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:57h
Distance:
10.0km

Afternoon trip to Korsneset to visit three minor summits on the Alle topper i Bergen list. I started by taking the bus to Krokeide and getting off at the final bus stop called "Krokeide videregående skole". From there I walked along the roads until being just east of Ramnaberget and managed to find a relatively easy off-trail ascent, partly following deer tracks. Limited views from the summit, but great views could be obtained a short distance to the southwest. I returned along more or less the same route before following the steep trail to Veten where the usually excellent views were reduced due to a passing light rain shower. I therefore did not stay long before starting my descent, this time following the less steep southern route. Shortly before returning to the gravel road, I made a quick detour to the summit of >>>

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Gråfjellet, Høgabu and Bergsbukken (from Lid to Vaksdal)

Date:
01.07.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
8:49h
Distance:
28.3km

On what looked like it would be the last sunny and warm day for a while, I took the advice of the weather man on the morning radio and took the Friday off to go hiking. Started by taking the train to Dale and the bus to Bergsdalen where I got off at the bus stop called "Lid aust". This put me directly at the start of the marked trail to Høgabu which I then proceeded to follow. For the first part of the ascent I was escorted by a squadron of buzzing flies, but thankfully they gave up their pursuit as I climbed above the tree line, partly due to a cool breeze from the southwest. On my way to Høgabu I had initially planned to ascend Gråfjellet from the northeast via Storaskaret as there is supposed to be a weak trail crossing the ridge of Gråfjellet. However, as I did not locate the start of this trail, >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
30.06.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.2km

Short local evening hike.

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Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
26.06.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:18h
Distance:
5.6km

Short local hike on a very warm Sunday.

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Sveindalsnuten, Blåkoll, Flatafjellet and Kiellandbu

Date:
24.06.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:55h
Distance:
20.0km

After spending all of the previous Saturday at work, it was in easy choice to take the following Friday off when the weather forecast for Bergen predicted blue skies and close to 30 degrees. Three other colleagues were quickly convinced to join and we settled on ascending to Kiellandbu from Hodnaberg, with my own goal of also visiting at least a couple of new summits in the area. We parked next to the power station at Hodnaberg and started by following the gravel road south. After a short steep incline, we left the gravel road and continued on the marked trail to Kiellandbu, enjoying the excellent views along the river. Before reaching Nedre Kvålsdalstjørni, we decided to split into two pairs, given that it was only me and one other colleague that were interested in a slightly longer hike that also >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
20.06.2022
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:42h
Distance:
3.7km

Short local evening hike after work.

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Svadfjellet and Dukefjellet from Kringla to Haugsvær

Date:
19.06.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:46h
Distance:
21.8km

For my visit of Dukefjellet I decided to combine GeirL (Geir Lie) 's ascent from Kringla with petter (Petter Bjørstad) 's descent via Hopsdalen and of course also adding my own twist. I started by taking the bus to Kringla where the bus stop is located about 650 meters south of the trailhead. In order to reduce the walk along the main road (as there is no sidewalk), I started with a minor detour around Husevatnet. This also allowed me to inspect the alternative trailhead east of the lake, but as I did not see any trail or signs indicating a trailhead, I concluded that this trail had most likely not improved since Geir used it for his descent three years earlier. After a short walk along the main road, where it was easy to stay out of the way of the traffic, I finally arrived at the marked trailhead. As expected, there was no mentioning of Dukefjellet, rather Svadfjellet was highlighted as the >>>

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