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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
01.03.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:01h
Distance:
4.2km

Short local hike after work.

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Hestfjellet from Storevatnet

Date:
27.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:52h
Distance:
12.2km

On a Sunday with strong winds at high altitudes, I decided to stay away from the most exposed summits and instead made yet another return to Masfjorden and Storevatnet. This time to visit Hestfjellet . But after getting off the bus (at the bus stop called Nedre Storavatn), I however started to think that coming here today might have been a mistake, as the road towards Haugsdal was covered with ice and I was now walking into a headwind that I almost had to lean into in order to stay upright. Thankfully, I had brought my snow chains, which took care of the first problem, while it also did not take long before I was sheltered from the worst of the wind. Combined with the warmth from the sun it actually ended up as a rather pleasant walk towards the trailhead next to Kjetland. The snow chains stayed on until >>>

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
26.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
4.1km

Short local hike on an overall gray and windy Saturday.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
14.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:07h
Distance:
4.2km

Short local hike after work to catch the sunset at Ørneberget.

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Fagerdalsskaret, Ørneberget and Rognåsen

Date:
13.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:45h
Distance:
7.1km

Local Sunday hike in much better weather than expected.

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Åstveitskogen, Hestaberget and Griggastemma

Date:
05.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:20h
Distance:
9.1km

On a Saturday where the weather forecast was not very suitable for longer hikes, at least not those also requiring travelling, I decided to rather go for an exploration of Åstveitskogen - an area close by that I had not previously visited. I started by taking the bus to Åstveit and getting off at the stop called "Åstveitvegen". After a short walk along the road I easily located the unmarked trailhead into Åstveitskogen and shortly passed by a shelter with a sign that said "Hundremeterskogen". Plenty of trails/gravel roads to choose from and I made a quick visit of Åstveitvatnet, or Kanalen as it was called on the signs, before heading north and following a marked trail towards Hestaberget . The summit itself had very limited views, but there was a spot about 200 meters west of the summit with nice views to the south and >>>

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Fagerdalsskaret and Ørneberget

Date:
04.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:45h
Distance:
3.0km

Short local hike after work where I ended up in a snow/hail-shower with the sound of thunder from relatively close by.

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Ørneberget and Furukammen

Date:
02.02.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:57h
Distance:
3.9km

Short local hike before it got dark.

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Searching for a 120-year-old cabin ruin behind Rundemanen

Date:
30.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:20h
Distance:
17.9km

After managing to find all of the cabins that we included on the Hytter i Bergensernes Fjellverden II list, I have some experience with locating old ruins without needing a lot of information. However, I may now have come across the hardest challenge yet. Basically, all there is to go by is a single picture from around 1900 labeled with På byfjellet bak Rundemannen , plus an additional three pictures from (what appears to be) the same hike: Byfjellene, Bergen , På tur i Byfjellene and Mann i Fjellveien , where the second one is clearly from the road below Blåmanen . The order of the pictures is defined, neither is the route for the hike. So, with this rather limited information, we set out from Svartediket to inspect the first potential location in the area south of Tarlebøvatnet. Here we got optimistic early on when coming across some unknown ruins and what appeared to be an old road east of the gravel road just before >>>

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
24.01.2022
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
4.2km

Short local hike after work to catch the sunset at Ørneberget.

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