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Smådal to Kirkebirkeland

Dato:
17.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
4:13t
Distanse:
12,8km

Last day of the 2017 Easter holidays and time for a new hike in the area around Kalandsvatnet. Started by taking the bus to Kaland skole and from there walking along E39 in the direction of Os. After walking for a couple of minutes and not finding the signs towards Orrtua and/or Vardafjellet , which I thought I'd seen when passing the area by car a couple of weeks earlier, I checked the GPS and discovered that I had already passed the planned start of the hike: Smådal. I therefore doubled back and quickly found the missed exit. There were no proper signs (at least none that I could see), but there was a map. One has to cross the road to see it though, so this could be clearer. But if keeping an eye on the GPS, the start of the trail should be easy to locate. I then followed a well-marked trail (indicated with >>>

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Romnaholten

Dato:
13.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
3:17t
Distanse:
9,2km

Started from Barsnes and walked along Barsnesfjorden until following the marked trail towards Helgasete . However, before reaching Dal we took a shortcut/more direct route to Dal. From Dal we partly followed a trail and partly found our own to reach the top of Romnaholten . Limited views from the summit, but there were several nice viewpoints just to the south of the summit. We more or less followed the same route for the descent, but this time following the main trail from Dal down to Barsnesfjorden. (Note that the road to where the trail starts 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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Storhovden, Midtfjellet and Rundemanen

Dato:
09.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
4:54t
Distanse:
20,0km

Started by talking the bus to Flaktveitrinden and walking to Søre Hjortland. There I followed a nice gravel road to the end, where I located two trails I assumed were both heading towards the top of Storehovden. I ended up taking the left one (see picture), and followed it almost all the way to the top, only taking a shortcut at the very end. There was practically no view at the top (something that was going to be a theme for the day, more on that later), but I'd still recommend a visit as the gravel road leading up to the trail was quite nice and it's an easy peak to get to. From the top of Storehovden, I followed a trail going southeast, hoping it would return me back to where I started the accent, which turned out to be correct. In other words, both of the potential trails located at the >>>

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Straumsfjellet and Storhovden

Dato:
08.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
2:19t
Distanse:
7,9km

Short Saturday hike to cover two smaller peaks I had not yet visited. Started by talking the bus to Bjørndalsbakken and from there walking up Bjørgeveien. I then located the trail to Straumsfjellet and easily made it to the top. Decent views for such a small peak. From the top of Straumsfjellet I continued south to Bjørndalsskogen and then down to Bjørndalsvatnet. After reaching the northern end of Bjørndalsvatnet I followed the marked trail towards Krokatjørna, but after a while started looking for trails going in the direction of Storhovden. Did not find any clear trails, but found something I thought would take me in the direction of the top and tried to followed this one. The trail almost disappeared a couple of times (see picture), but also connected to/crossed other more easily visible >>>

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Blåmanen from Kobbeltveit

Dato:
05.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
3:32t
Distanse:
14,4km

Started by taking the bus to Årstadveien and from there walking along Svartediket. A bit less than halfway up the road to Tarlebøvatnet, at Kobbeltveit, I followed the signs towards Blåmanen. This started out as a forrest road, but at the end turned into a steep trail. The trail took me almost all the way to the eastern top of Blåmanen, but I failed to find a trail taking me to the peak itself and ended up just trying to take the shortest path through the terrain. There are therefore probably easier ways to get to the top than the one I used. From the top I walked towards Rundemanen and quickly found a trail that I followed all the way until where Blåmanen meets Rundemanen, and then down to Brushytten and onwards to Munkebotn.

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Ådnanipa

Dato:
03.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
3:16t
Distanse:
10,0km

Started by taking the bus to Arna Terminal. Then followed the standard path to the top and the same route back.

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Fløyfjellet

Dato:
02.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
3:28t
Distanse:
14,2km

Hike to Fløyvarden, Fløyfjellet and Nordre Midtfjellet (450m, west of Brushytten).

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Fagerdalsfjellet

Dato:
01.04.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
2:00t
Distanse:
6,7km

Short local trip to Fagerdalsfjellet and Øyjordsfjellet (i.e. Ørneberget).

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Lyshornet and Vetla Lyshornet

Dato:
18.03.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
2:23t
Distanse:
6,1km

We started from the parking lot next to the Lysekloster Ruins . (Note that the number of parking spots is limited (less than 10?), so keep this in mind if doing this hike on a weekend with nice weather.) From there we followed the standard trail through the woods to the summit of Lyshornet . Snow started appearing at around 300 meters and from there on the trail was covered by snow and ice all the way to the summit. For return we decided to follow the advice of some fellow hikers and follow in their footsteps by taking a longer U-turn across Vetla Lyshornet (see map for details). This was a nice addition to an otherwise short hike. The trail was not always easy to locate though, so it was a good thing we had footprints in the snow to follow. In the end our U-turn ended up connecting with the end of the gravel road that we briefly crossed >>>

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Hamrefjellet, Vardane and Torneberget

Dato:
26.02.2017
Turtype:
Fjelltur
Turlengde:
3:05t
Distanse:
9,2km

The trip started by talking the bus to Vallaheiene where I quickly located the signs for Smøråsfjellet. Not too difficult to locate the right trail, but the trail itself was a bad combination of ice and mud. The top of Hamrefjellet provided only limited views, so I decided to continue to a viewpoint called the "Orange Bench" ("Appelsinbenken" in Norwegian), which turned out to be a significant upgrade with nice views across Fanafjorden. I returned to the main trail around Bjørnevatnet and then took a detour to pass by the two smaller summits of Vardane and Torneberget . The former had nice views, while the latter views left a lot to be desired. The hike was then completed by walking down to Litle Tveiten and from there back to Nesttun Terminal for the tram back to the city center.

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