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Cycling: Nordåsvatnet, Flesland and Skjold

Date:
26.06.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
3:51h
Distance:
54.9km

Cycling trip with the main objective of visiting more minor peaks on the Alle topper i Bergen list . I started by cycling to Nordåsvatnet and onwards to Ruskeneshaugen . As I did not see any way to access the summit without bordering on trespassing, I skipped the last 50 meters the summit and instead turned south to Kokstadhaugen . I left my bike northwest of the summit and continued the rest of the way on foot, partly along a trail. Better views than expected from the summit. Before heading for Skjold and the final two peaks, I first made a quick visit to Flesland. Getting to Skjoldhøgda was straightforward, except for lots of roadwork resulting in several detours. Also here I skipped the last 20 meters to the summit in order to avoid strange looks from the nearby neighbors. There were some very nice views from just north of the summit though, which could >>>

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Cycling: Nonkletten and Moldstigahaugen

Date:
20.06.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
4:31h
Distance:
67.5km

With a weather forecast of late afternoon rain showers, I postponed my initial hiking plans and rather went for a cycling trip to Krokeide with the goal of visiting two more peaks on the Alle topper i Bergen list, namely Nonkletten and Moldstigahaugen . Thanks to the earlier trip reports, I could easily locate the unmarked trailhead south of Nonkletten, and after leaving my bike behind I followed the marked trail all the way to the summit. Limited views from the summit itself, but the views during the ascent (and later descent) were quite good. From Nonkletten I followed the trail north towards Moldstigahaugen. And while the trail almost disappeared when crossing one or two wet areas, and the trail markers were anything but frequent, the trail did make it relatively straightforward to get from Nonkletten to just east of Moldstigahaugen. >>>

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Cycling: Øykjafjellet and Salsborg from Malkenes

Date:
06.06.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
9:56h
Distance:
88.2km

Yet another cycling trip to Tysnes, this time with the goal of visiting Øykjafjellet and Salsborg . Once again I used the highly recommended trick of bringing my bike with me on the high-speed ferry to Malkenes and thus started my cycling from there. After about 1.5 hours of cycling, I arrived at the marked trailhead for Øykjafjellet in Flakkavågen. Here I left the bike behind and continued towards the summit on foot. See the separate trip report: Øykjafjellet from Flakkavågen . Upon returning to my bike, I cycled southwest along the road to the marked trailhead for Salsborg, where I again left the bike and started the ascent on foot. See the separate trip report: Salsborg from Skjelevika . When later returning to the trailhead I had to decide whether to continue southwest to Hodaneset, and from there follow the road north to Våge, or return to Onarheim for the route >>>

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Cycling: Nonskletten

Date:
01.06.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:26h
Distance:
31.0km

Evening cycling trip with the main objective of visiting Nonskletten . I left the bike at the gravel trail just east of the summit and made the most direct ascent towards the highest point. The summit was not very interesting, but there was a nice park south of the small hill.

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Cycling: Fedjebjørnen from Bergen

Date:
30.05.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
12:23h
Distance:
148.6km

For some time I had been considering an extended cycling trip with the goal of visiting Fedjebjørnen , and with a weekend of excellent weather forecasts I decided to finally give it a go. I started cycling from Lønborg just after nine in the morning and more or less followed the cycling route towards Mongstad. This meant that for most of the trip I was either on separate cycling/walking paths or on roads with limited traffic. The exception perhaps being the stretch from Alversundsbrua until turning left for Sæbø. Here it is probably best to avoid the rush hour traffic. Almost 4.5 hours later, and a total of 70 km, I finally arrived at Sævrøy. Here I had a 20-minute break waiting for the ferry to Fedje. Except for some light haze, the conditions were very good, and I could enjoy the excellent views from >>>

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Cycling: Gullfjellet roundtrip

Date:
22.05.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
7:02h
Distance:
106.4km

Long cycling trip around Gullfjellet via Åsane, Trengereid and (almost to) Osøyro. Close to all of the trip was on either separate cycling paths or along roads with very limited traffic. The main exception being the section from Trengereid (from after the short tunnel above the roundabout) to Hisdal. Here the only option is to share the road with the high-speed traffic. It is therefore recommended to avoid cycling here at times when there may be a lot of traffic. Note that it is straightforward to avoid the second slightly longer tunnel just before reaching Hisdal. The trick is to use the nice gravel road on the south side of the tunnel. As a bonus you get a very nice view towards Samnangerfjorden. I passed through the first tunnel, as it was much shorter and there was not a lot of traffic, >>>

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Cycling: Flaktveit

Date:
17.05.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
1:39h
Distance:
25.5km

Evening cycling trip exploring Flaktveit.

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Cycling: Neshamn

Date:
13.05.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
11:54h
Distance:
112.9km

The main objective of the day was to visit Kleppavarden at Tysnes, and the trailhead was to be reached by bike. When I started cycling from Lønborg, low-hanging clouds were covering half of Askøy, and the clouds had still not started lifting when I arrived at Halhjem, where I was too early and had to wait more than 40 minutes for the ferry. When getting off the ferry at Våge, the clouds finally disappeared as I followed the main road to Søreidsvågen, from where I continued on the smaller Neshamnvegen to the marked trailhead for Kleppavarden next to Kongsviktjørna. Here I left the bike behind and continued on foot. See the separate report here: Nesevarden, Kleppavarden and Hovåsen from Kongsviktjørna . Upon returning to the bike, I still had plenty of time until the ferry at Våge, and I therefore first made a short detour to Neshamn before following the >>>

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Cycling: Fjellveien

Date:
11.05.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
2:54h
Distance:
15.0km

Short local cycling trip that also included an extended break to properly clean the bike.

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Cycling: Nordåsvatnet and Storrinden

Date:
25.04.2021
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
4:12h
Distance:
52.5km

Cycling trip around Nordåsvatnet that included a revisit of Storrinden and the excellent views from southwest of the summit . When descending from Storrinden I made a quick detour on foot to Dolvikfjellet , easily reached via a marked trail, although the views from the summit were limited. Before starting my return journey, I made a short visit of Skranehovden , ascending from the northwest (again leaving the bike behind), thus avoiding the feeling of going through someone's backyard that the ascent from the south seemed to include. To my surprise the small hill was packed with people enjoying the nice weather, most likely as the forested summit area provided shelter from the cold northerly wind. But all the trees also meant that the views were rather limited, however some very nice views towards Knappen and Lyderhorn could be obtained if heading north of the summit.

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