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Cycling: Casperkollen

Date:
19.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:04h
Distance:
28.0km

Evening cycling trip to Casperkollen , a small hill that had recently been added as its own PB-element (after my earlier visit to the area to ascend Lerkhaugen and Lisahaugen ). I left the bike just north of the summit and completed the last 50 meters on foot. To my surprise there were trails all over the small hill, even to the summit itself. Rather limited views due to all the trees though. Casperkollen is not really worth a trip on its own, but worked fine as a goal for where to go cycling.

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Cycling: Kalandsvatnet and Tereleitet

Date:
17.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
4:36h
Distance:
62.7km

In order to spice up the standard cycling trip around Kalandsvatnet, I decided to also include a visit of Tereleitet . I stayed on the bike all the way until the crossroads in the forest/gravel road east of the summit (even though this included traversing a couple of patches of snow), and from there covered the last approximately 500 meters on foot along a marked trail. The summit provided better views than expected, with the highlight being the snow-covered Hausdalshorga (and the rest of the Gullfjellet area) in the far distance.

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Cycling: Salhus Roundtrip

Date:
15.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:12h
Distance:
36.8km

The first cycling trip of 2021! A bit cold in the shade, especially when descending at higher speeds, but overall very nice.

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Cycling: Orrsåta and Hoplandsfjellet

Date:
03.10.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
6:01h
Distance:
61.7km

With weather forecasts of strong winds at high altitudes on an otherwise unusually warm October day, my initial hiking plans were replaced by a cycling trip to Holsnøy for short visits of Orrsåta and Hoplandsfjellet .

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Cycling: Eidsvågneset and Fjellveien

Date:
27.08.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
1:33h
Distance:
22.4km

Short evening cycling trip.

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Cycling: Skjønhammaren and Høgafjellet

Date:
31.07.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
12:07h
Distance:
106.8km

On the last weekday of my summer holiday I decided to go for another ambitious cycling trip. Yet again starting by bringing my bike with me on the express ferry to Malkenes and following the now common route along the lovely Onarheimsfjorden. However this time the plan was to continue all the way to the southern tip of Tysnesøya and Hodnaneset, and then take the ferry to Nordhuglo. I had perhaps underestimated the time it would take me to reach Hodnaneset though, and with a ferry to catch I had to push in order to make sure get there in time. In the end I made it with less than ten minutes to spare, and after boarding the ferry I could finally take my first real break. Which was made even longer by the ferry first heading to Jektavik (at Stord) before turning southeast for Nordhuglo. At Nordhuglo, >>>

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Cycling: Landås and Fjellveien

Date:
01.07.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:26h
Distance:
30.2km

Evening cycling trip to Landås and Fjellveien.

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Cycling: Malkenes - Skorpo - Våge - Lønborg

Date:
27.06.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
10:01h
Distance:
97.1km

Another ambitious cycling trip to Tysnes, this time with the goal of visiting Kongshaug and Hovda . I repeated the success of my previous trip and thus took the express ferry to Malkenes instead of starting by cycling the 40 km to Halhjem. From Malkenes I cycled to Skorpo, once again enjoying the excellent views along Onarheimsfjorden. The trailhead for Kongshaug at Stykkenestet was easily located, and after a visit to Kongshaug (see the separate trip report here: Kongshaug ), I returned to Onarheim for a well-deserved ice cream before starting the climb up Fjellvegen towards Hovda. After the visit to Hovda (see the separate trip report here: Hovda ), I was happy to see that I had plenty of time to get to the planned ferry at Våge, where I arrived with around 15 minutes to spare. From Halhjem the trip was then completed by cycling the around >>>

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Cycling: Malkenes - Espevik - Våge - Lønborg

Date:
16.06.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
12:12h
Distance:
91.3km

On yet another day of excellent warm summer weather, I decided to take the day off and carry out the second of my ambitious cycling/hiking trips to Tysnes. This time avoiding the initial 40 km bike ride to Halhjem by instead taking the express ferry from the Bergen city center to Malkenes, as this would allow me to spend more time hiking. Upon arriving at Malkenes, I followed the now partially familiar roads to Skaret p-plass , where I left the bike behind for an excellent hike to Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet . See the separate trip report here: Hovlandsnuten and Etlådnefjellet . When coming back down to Skaret, I did not waste any time and quickly continued south to Onarheim, basically all downhill and flat, and with some spectacular views along the way. At Onarheim I took a break for an ice cream and a soda, before continuing to Espevik and a visit of Barmehovda . See the >>>

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Cycling: Landås

Date:
11.06.2020
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:21h
Distance:
31.2km

Another cycling trip after work.

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