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Gaukavarden and Hinderåsen

Date:
09.05.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:23h
Distance:
4.8km

A short hike in Arna to visit Gaukavarden and Hinderåsen (the latter added as its own PB-element). I got off at "Haukeland sør" and followed Brattlandsvegen until just west of the summit. From there I headed off-trail to the summit which was easily reached. The views were limited by the low-hanging clouds but I could at least see Haukelandsvatnet. I descended north along a weak trail that turned into a tractor road before connecting with the gravel road north of Gaukavarden. Next, I made a quick visit of Hinderåsen , which despite its name (directly translates into "obstacle hill"), could be ascended without any issues. It even provided ok views to the north with Loneheia visible in the distance. While there was a weak trail continuing north from the highest point, after passing through a gate, I decided to not >>>

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Tverrfjellet

Date:
01.05.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:28h
Distance:
7.7km

After our visit of Skorpo , we wanted to have a go at one more peak before heading back to Bergen and decided on Tverrfjellet in Omvikdalen. (To be more precise, we decided on the lower peak with that name on the eastern side of Omvikdalen, as there is also a higher peak with the same name on the other side. Not a lot of points for creativity when naming mountains in this area in other words...) We parked at a small parking lot at the trailhead and from there followed a gravel road up to Aterstadvatnet. Here we had to cross the river to continue on the marked trail to the summit. There were several steppingstones that made the crossing straightforward, however avoiding wet shoes was not really an option. Kjell here decided to turn back and returned to his car, while Petter and I started on the initially relatively steep ascent >>>

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Skorpo

Date:
01.05.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:59h
Distance:
5.2km

Shortly after our successful ascent of Storhaugen på Seløy , Kjell managed to secure yet another boat ride, this time to from Stølavika to the island of Skorpo . Once more both Petter and Endre were eager to join, but in the end Endre decided to instead use the one to retrieve his car in Ortnevik (left there after his impressive skiing trip to Voss ). Petter picked me up at 07:00 for the drive to Gjermundshamn and the ferry to Årsnes. We met up with Kjell on the ferry and drove together from Årsnes to the agreed upon pickup point in Stølavika, where only minutes later the boat showed up and transported us to Søre Skorpevågen at Skorpo. A short trip taking less than ten minutes. From Søre Skorpevågen we did as recommend by the boat owner and followed a gravel road west until reaching a tractor road, and later trail, marked with red T's, which we then proceeded to follow up to the cairn at the hill east >>>

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Steinen and Øyjordsåsen

Date:
23.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:21h
Distance:
6.9km

When a two-day meeting at Solstrand came to an end, I made the rather unusual choice of skipping the concluding lunch at the hotel and instead changed into my hiking gear and hopped on a bus to Sævareid with the goal of visiting the final two peaks I had left in Bjørnafjorden. After switching buses at Kilen I got off at "Sævareid sør". This put me right at the start of Markhusvegen and I now had just under 2.5 hours to complete my hike and return to the bus stop before the last bus of the day would take me back to Bergen. I started by following Markhusvegen up towards Markhus but left the gravel road just as it flattened out and instead headed off-trail towards the summit of Steinen , leaving my heavy backpack behind at the first opportunity. The ascent started quite steep and even required some >>>

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Storhaugen på Seløy

Date:
17.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
0:48h
Distance:
0.8km

A visit of Storhaugen på Seløy had been on my wish list for a while, especially after it became the only peak left on the Tysnes ≥ 100m pf. list. But while the short ascent to the summit should be straightforward, the challenge was how to get to the island. Kjell had exhausted his connections in the area without any luck, so I asked a colleague of mine who used to live at Tysnes. It turned out that his daughter and son-in-law were living in Onarheim and it therefore did not take long before we had secured our boat ride to Seløy! Of course, only after initial questions such as: are you sure you mean Seløy?! and, why would anybody want to go there?! ;) To make the most out of the trip, I also invited Petter and Endre and together with Kjell we found a time that worked for everybody. Petter travelled by himself earlier in the morning to visit >>>

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Olsokfjellet and Lyreneset

Date:
16.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:39h
Distance:
10.6km

One of my colleagues suggested that we should do a short hike to Olsokfjellet after work, mainly so that she could collect more "stolper" for Stolpejakten , and we managed to get one additional colleague to join. The nice weather we had been promised when deciding on the hike the day before was however replaced by rain showers for the first part of the hike and a dense fog hiding most of the views. After descending via Damsgårdsfjellet to Laksevåg, two of us continued north to finish of the hike with an interesting exploration of Lyreneset .

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Aksla and Revurefjellet from Nordtveit

Date:
14.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:52h
Distance:
8.7km

After our hike to Senafjellet , Endre and I drove the short distance south to Nordtveit where we parked at a designated location next to the road and from there followed the marked trails for Revurefjellet . Our first goal was however Aksla and after first following the tractor road up to Vetlavatnet and from there the marked trail to Svineskaret, we left the trail for Revurefjellet and instead continued northeast on the marked trail to Aksla. The trails were overall quite wet but the trail markers had recently been refreshed and overall we did not have any problems finding our way. The summit of Aksla provided excellent views and we would perhaps have stayed longer if it had not been for the cold wind. After a quick visit of the alternative and slightly lower summit to the south we therefore reconnected with the marked trail and continued southwest to Revurefjellet via Svartavatnet.

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Senafjellet from Femanger

Date:
14.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:07h
Distance:
4.0km

Endre picked me up at my place and together we drove south to Bjørnafjorden via Samnanger. Our first goal was Senafjellet where we, thanks to previous trip reports, easily located the small parking area just north of the small bridge at Femanger. After a short walk east we left the gravel road and began our off-trail ascent towards the summit. The ascent started quite steep and muddy, with lots of trees to navigate around/over, but it did not take long before we were following what almost looked like a trail. It was most likely just deer tracks though, which became more obvious the higher up we got. We decided to more or less follow the narrow valley in a straight line all the way to the summit. This worked out fine and did not present any real challenges. As we approached the summit the light rain shower that >>>

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
10.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:04h
Distance:
4.3km

Short local evening hike.

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Håmanen and Hellemyrstien

Date:
07.04.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:21h
Distance:
6.3km

Short local hike on a wet and windy Sunday. Managed to avoid the rain showers though.

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