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Oppstemten

Date:
11.08.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:16h
Distance:
4.7km

A quick hike up Oppstemten before heading home from work.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
10.08.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:52h
Distance:
3.9km

Short local evening hike.

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Grytehorga from Maurset to Liset

Date:
07.08.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:04h
Distance:
9.5km

With the upcoming weekend looking very wet, I decided to use the last Friday of my summer holiday for an ascent of Grytehorga . After taking the train to Voss and the bus to Eidfjord I got off at Maurset, from where I started on the gravel road next to the ski lift which later turned into an unmarked trail. When reaching the top of the ski lift, the trail forked and I continued west on a marked, although quite wet, trail to Grytehorga. Both the trail markers and the peak itself would pretty much disappear before I got to the summit, with the latter resulting in a rather short stay before starting my descent via the trail heading north towards Isdalsvatnet. The dense fog made it difficult to follow the weak trail, although the occasional small cairn helped a lot. Both the trail quality and the visibility >>>

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Englafjell

Date:
28.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:59h
Distance:
10.1km

When a small window of nice weather finally appeared in an otherwise rather wet and gray period, it of course had to be taken full advantage off. I therefore bought a ticket on the boat to Rosendal to ascend Englafjell and left a rainy Bergen behind. After getting off the boat, I had a short stop in Rosendal where I made an attempt at a quick visit of Baroniet , but decided not to pay to enter as I only had a couple of minutes before the bus to Uskedalen. Here I easily located the trailhead and after a short walk along a tractor road and passing through two gates, I was ready to start the real ascent. The trail marked with red T’s was overall easy to follow, and although it was quite steep with only a couple short flatter stretches along the way, there were no difficult or exposed sections, nor was any scrambling >>>

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Saueskardegga and Skorvane

Date:
26.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:07h
Distance:
6.2km

Upon completing the hike to Høgerinden , we drove south to Kringletevatnet and found parking next to the road. First up was Saueskardegga , where we came across an animal track that led us up to the ridge, which could then easily be followed the rest of the way to the summit, making this the shortest and easiest ascent of the day. After returning to the car, we started the ascent to Skorvane . First by following a weak animal track into the valley between the 720.1 and 783.8 hills and then ascending off-trail up to the top of the 783.8 hill. Here we were surprised by the large drop between us and Skorvane. I blame it on the wet conditions making it difficult to interact with the digital map. We had no choice but to detour north to not lose too many vertical meters. From there on it was straightforward to reach the summit, however the wet >>>

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Høgerinden

Date:
26.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:08h
Distance:
3.6km

After the ascent of Blåfjellet and Blyfjellet , we drove the short distance to the end of the gravel along Stølsvatnet. Here we parked next to the dam and followed a marked trail north of the dam where there was a bridge across the currently almost dry riverbed. As soon as we crossed the bridge we lost the trail and did not find it again until spotting a small red gate just east of the dam. From there on there was a marked but quite weak trail that could be followed almost to summit, with only the final less than 300 meters being without a trail. After a couple of pictures of views that are probably much better under different conditions, we returned the same way, although this time taking a shortcut across the dam and skipping the detour via the bridge, which is probably the recommended route when the water level of Stølsvatnet >>>

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Blåfjellet and Blyfjellet

Date:
26.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:04h
Distance:
6.3km

Given the poor weather forecast, I initially did not have any hiking plans for the weekend, but when Petter called and asked if I wanted to go hiking I of course could not resist. We settled on Stordalen as a suitable target area where there were lots of seemingly easy summits that neither of us had visited. After the nearly two-hour drive from Bergen, we parked next to the road at Nystølen and were ready to start hiking shortly before ten. Our first target was Blåfjellet where the map indicated a trail to the summit. The actual trail however did not match the map! We therefore stupidly ignored the start of a marked trail, partly to avoid crossing a small stream, and instead continued along the road to the location indicated on the map. This resulted in a rather wet off-trail start to the ascent before later >>>

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Nord for Torstadnakken from Anestølen

Date:
21.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:54h
Distance:
11.7km

To get to the parking lot at Anestølen one has to pay a 70 kr toll fee . This however removes the need for an extra 3 km walk each way along a gravel road and thus gets you to the real hike faster. From the parking lot I followed a largely unmarked trail, with some occasional small cairns, up Tverrdalen to Tverrdalsvotni. The trail was overall easy to see but also had its weaker sections. At the lake I had planned to cross the river via a bridge , but as the bridge was laying next to the river and not across it, I instead had to find another way to the other side. This was however straightforward and after shortly following an animal track, I made my own way up towards Nord for Torstadnakken . Except for a short steepish section south of the unnamed small lake west of the summit, where a bit of route-finding including some easy scrambling was required, the ascent did >>>

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Slettafjell via Bagne

Date:
16.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:52h
Distance:
6.5km

An ascent of Slettafjell had been on my wish list for a while, however getting there typically requires some sort of transportation across the fjord, as the alternative route from Langevatnet via Onen is rather long and cumbersome. My search for help with getting to the eastern side of Bagnsfjorden resulted in many interesting suggestions. The most unusual was to take advantage of the fact that there was a property for sale at finn.no that just happened to be located right next to the desired trailhead, with boat transportation provided for interested buyers! I however had to conclude that including an ascent of Slettafjell as part of a viewing might be a bit of a stretch. ;) The solution to the problem came through a friend of a colleague. She originated from Osa and was going to be staying there with her family for part of their summer >>>

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Viskjer to Tjelmeland via Viskjerstølen

Date:
14.07.2026
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
10:36h
Distance:
24.5km

After yesterday afternoon’s short ascent of Hålandshovda , it was time for a much more ambitious hike: following the mountain ridge on the south side of Åkrafjorden including at least seven peaks along the way. I had only been able to find a single report of a similar hike , but that one started from Langfoss and was thus longer than what the bus schedule would allow. (That there is no bus stop at Langfoss also did not help). I therefore looked into Bjørkestronda as a potential starting point and ascending via Viskjerstølen . The map here indicated a trail, but with its largely straight lines it looked more like a blueprint than a proper trail. It was also going through steep terrain which meant that if I lost the potentially weak trail, finding my own way could be difficult. That I could not find any information about anyone actually using this particular route >>>

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