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Manen from Pallane

Date:
30.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:17h
Distance:
7.4km

When my plans to spend the first of May skiing at Finse had to be postponed due to bad weather, I instead left work early the day before for a trip to Kvinnherad with Petter . We drove south from Bergen and made the 16:10-ferry from Gjermundshamn with plenty of time to spare. After crossing the fjord we drove the short distance south to the start of Uskedalen where we parked next to the marked trailhead at Pallane in Eikevegen and were ready to start our hike to Manen shortly after five. We began by following a tractor road up to the start of the marked trail. The trail was however at first rather weak and we quickly lost it. But after a couple of minutes we found it again and from there on it was straightforward to follow it all the way to the summit. Note however that the trail seems to end at a large cairn that is not at the highest point. The summit >>>

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Hillesdalsfjell and Håfjell

Date:
26.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:27h
Distance:
14.6km

Kjell picked me up at 06:50 for the short drive to meet up with Petter and from his place we all continued in Petter's car to Gjermundshamn for the 09:00-ferry to Årsnes. After crossing the fjord, we drove south via Rosendal to Matre and Matersdalen where we found parking next to the road and were finally ready to start hiking shortly after 10:00. From the car we briefly descended back down the paved road before ascending south along a tractor road up to Vadtjørnane. Here we aimed for Hillesdalsfjell and pretty much followed a straight line towards the summit. We did spot one or two red trail markers on the way, but these were quite faint and of the trail itself we did not really see much evidence. Hence the route has to be described as off-trail but still straightforward and without any real challenges. After a couple >>>

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
23.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
4.0km

Short local hike just before sunset.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
09.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:49h
Distance:
3.8km

Short local hike after work.

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Lyderhorn from Gravdal to Loddefjord

Date:
02.04.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:13h
Distance:
6.7km

A hike after work with three of my colleagues in the sunny and unusually warm start of April.

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Tjellflotåsen from Skånevik

Date:
30.03.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:26h
Distance:
5.6km

Initially, I had planned to go skiing this Sunday, but after spending all of the Saturday hiking with Petter in Kvinnherad , I decided to rather take it easy and instead went for a boat trip to Skånevik for a short hike to Tjellflotåsen . Roughly three hours after embarking on the high-speed passenger ferry in Bergen, and after a quick transfer to similar boat in Leirvik, I arrived in sunny Skånevik ready to start my hike. I started by walking northeast along Skånevikvegen before later leaving the main road and turning southwest on the smaller road to Ytre Nes. After about 300 meters on this road I arrived at the marked trailhead for Tjellflotåsen. From there, the trail was marked all the way to the summit, however there should have been one additional marker early on when the tractor road split. Here the trail continues straight ahead >>>

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Bergshovda

Date:
29.03.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:09h
Distance:
2.5km

After completing the ascent of Åsen , we drove the short distance northeast to the crossroads of Matersvegen, Myklebustvegen and Blådalsvegen for our final ascent of the day, namely Bergshovda . We left the car next to the road and from there tried to follow Pål’s trip report . However, as it did not contain a GPS-track we had to rely on our best attempts at interpreting his written description. This started out well enough and after first heading northwest without a trail we came across the trail mentioned by Pål and then proceeded to try to follow it. Calling it a trail seemed like an exaggeration though as it looked more like a deer track, but perhaps one of the more frequently used ones. We do not know whether we actually followed the exact same route from there on though, but at least our trail/deer track made sure that we got to the >>>

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Åsen

Date:
29.03.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:09h
Distance:
2.2km

With Ingahogg and Tindafjellet in the bag, we drove the short distance from the parking lot at Fjellhaugen Skisenter to the top of the pass between Indre Matre and Opstveit. Here there was room for a couple of cars without hindering the traffic or blocking access to the recycling station. In light rain that would thankfully soon stop, we then followed various deer tracks up to the ridge leading to Åsen . Getting to the ridge involved a short steep section that we managed to avoid when later descending but was otherwise straightforward. It was then just a matter of following various deer tracks on our way to the summit. Despite being the lowest summit of the day, it actually provided the best views, mainly as we were now under the layer of dense fog, however the views were marred by the overhanging powerlines. We returned more or less the same way and then >>>

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Tindafjellet from Fjellhaugen Skisenter

Date:
29.03.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:14h
Distance:
4.4km

Warning: This hike includes a steep off-trail ascent/descent. Read the report carefully. After our ascent of Ingahogg , and quick stop in the car for Petter to change to warmer gloves, we once more left the parking lot at Fjellhaugen Skisenter but this time heading southwest towards Tindafjellet . First, we partially followed the roads used for cross-country skiing before heading off-trail towards the summit. Getting up to around 725 meters was straightforward. Here we shortly followed a relatively flat area north before turning west and completing the final ascent to the summit. This included a rather steep but not very long section that is perhaps more challenging under different conditions and that may also be prone to small avalanches. Today there was however the perfect combination of not enough snow for avalanches but enough such that we could make our own footholds >>>

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Ingahogg from Fjellhaugen Skisenter

Date:
29.03.2025
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:03h
Distance:
5.6km

Due to Petter being otherwise engaged on the very nice-looking Sunday, we had to make the best out of a gray Saturday and therefore left early from Bergen to catch the 09:00 ferry from Gjermundshamn to Årsnes. The day before we had decided on the area north and northwest of Åkra and the goal to ascend up to four summits that neither of us had yet visited. First up was Ingahogg . We parked at the parking lot next to Fjellhaugen Skisenter , which, given the unusually warm winter was completely free of snow, even though it was still only the end of March. From the parking lot we first tried to follow the marked trail to the summit but quickly lost the trail and instead simply found our own way to the top of the ski lift. Here we came across the first sign for Ingahogg and from there on it was relatively easy to follow the markers to the summit, with >>>

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