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Hellemyrstien and Håmanen

Date:
21.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:19h
Distance:
7.6km

Local hike in strong winds.

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Furukammen and Ørneberget

Date:
14.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:24h
Distance:
5.3km

Short local hike in light rain.

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Fagerdalsskaret and Furukammen

Date:
09.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:46h
Distance:
3.3km

Short local hike after work.

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Dystingen and Flatafjellet

Date:
08.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:53h
Distance:
7.8km

We parked outside Fosse Kraftverk and from there walked 100 meters west along the road to the marked trailhead for Dystingen . The marked trail was relatively steep, especially at the start, and contained lots of wet sections, but could overall be followed without any issues. As the trail turned west towards the summit of Dystingen, I made an off-trail detour to Flatafjellet on my own, before we later reunited at the summit of Dystingen. My route to Flatafjellet did not provide any challenges, perhaps with the exception of trying to locate the exact summit, as Flatafjellet definitely lives up to its name. As far as I could tell, there are two competing summits, so I visited both just to be sure. From Flatafjellet, I returned along more or less the same route to the marked trail to Dystingen. Upon reconnecting with >>>

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Ørneberget

Date:
06.11.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:57h
Distance:
4.1km

Short local hike after work.

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Geithaugen

Date:
31.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:14h
Distance:
3.8km

After the small expedition required to get to Solaråsen , I still had plenty of time before the bus back to Bergen and decided on a short bonus trip to Geithaugen . I started west along the main road before following Stamnesvegen to an unmarked trailhead east of the summit. The trail itself was weak, but the direction was pretty obvious. 100 meters east of the summit I connected with a marked trail and could shortly enjoy nice views from the summit, most notably providing an excellent overview of my earlier route to Solaråsen. For the descent I followed the marked trail east and then north to a tractor road, which I could then follow back down to Stamnesvegen. This trail was of much better quality and was also sparkled with lots of wooden animals "hidden" at various locations. Not as exciting as the large real deer I came across at Fethaugen earlier >>>

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Solaråsen via Fethaugen

Date:
31.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
4:06h
Distance:
7.6km

Warning: This hike includes steep off-trail descents in rugged terrain. I had always assumed that reaching the summit of Solaråsen would require an initial transportation stage by boat, as this was the option used in all of the limited number of available trip reports. At least until I came across petter (Petter Bjørstad) 's external trip report indicating an alternative route starting from the private suspension bridge in Kuviki. While this route included a significant amount of both ascending and descending in rugged terrain (after initially following a marked trail around Fethaugen ), it did provide a land-based alternative and seemed doable. After studying Petter's report in detail (as it did not include a GPS-track), I took the train and bus to Kuviki and got off at the bus stop called Kulshamar (or Kullshammar on the map). This landed me right on front >>>

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Såta and Våkefjellet from Holdhus

Date:
24.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:31h
Distance:
23.4km

I started by taking the bus to Holdhus and from there following the paved roads to Berland and the marked trailhead for Såta and Våkefjellet . These 7.5 km took me about 1 hour 15 minutes and was actually nicer than expected. The highlight being Gjønavatnet and Eide. Berland also had a nice location, but the last kilometers up to it were not the most interesting given the limited views. The marked trail began as a high-quality tractor road that soon became much rougher, before finally making the transition into an initially wet and muddy trail. The trail quality did however quickly improve, although there were still lots of wet sections that made me thankful for using my hiking boots today (even though that was not as appreciated during the longer walks along the road). Within not too long I arrived at Såta, >>>

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Litlanipa and Stornipa

Date:
22.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:33h
Distance:
3.2km

Short afternoon hike to a recently added small peak west of Storsåta in Åsane called Litlanipa . Before descending we also passed by the slightly higher Stornipa , which later was added as its own PB-element as well.

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Rundemanen

Date:
18.10.2020
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:11h
Distance:
15.1km

Hike across Rundemanen from Bryggen to Lønborg. Note: The last third of the track had to be recreated as the GPS stopped recording, hence the average speeds should be taken with a large grain of salt.

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