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Hiking to "The Troll's Tongue" with my Daughter.

Dato:
28.06.2017
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
8:00t
Distanse:
20,4km

My daughter and I were on our way from the city of Stavanger to the town of Ålesund, both on the west coast of Norway. As we had been planning our drive northwards, we had decided to do some mountain trekking along the route. On the first day of our trip we had stopped by the village of Jøssang, in order to hike to Preiekstolen [i.e. "The Pulpit Rock"]. On the second day of our trip, we wanted to go trekking to Trolltunga, in English "The Troll's Tounge". And so we did. For the night between our trek to The Pulpit Rock and our trek to The Troll's Tongue, I had booked a hotel room at a village called Ullensvang . This, however, proved to be a mistake. Ullensvang is located about 35 km north of Tyssedal, which is like a gateway to the valley Skjeggedal, the set-out point >>>

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Hiking to "The Pulpit Rock" With One of My Daughters

Dato:
27.06.2017
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
1:33t
Distanse:
4,6km

I had previously visited The Pulpit Rock [Norwegian: Preikestolen] on one occasion, i.e. on August 8th 2015, when I made this trek with my youngest son. On the current occasion, however, I had been to the city of Stavanger to help my oldest daughter move from one apartment to another, and as we were heading north along the coast of Norway by car, we decided to stop a couple of places and do some mountain climbing on our way. From Stavanger there's two ways to get to the Pulpit Rock: You either drive via Sandnes to Lauvvika , where a ferry will take you across the fjord Høgsfjorden . Or: You take the ferry from Stavanger to Tau across the fjord Hidlefjorden, from where you drive to Jøssang, where you take a tiny road [i.e. road #4642] to lake Revsvatnet , where Preikestolhytta [i.e. The Pulpit >>>

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Across Mount Storhornet on Godøy Island From North to South

Dato:
15.10.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
3:01t
Distanse:
7,5km

I have climbed the mountain of the island called Godøya a large number of times, but I've mostly used the various commonly used trails to get up and down; though I did once climb up a very steep slope without any trail on the western aspect of the island (for that particular climb, see here: A Different Climb on the Godøy Island and Mount Storehornet ). Now, in order to get some variation, I decided to do a somewhat unusual trek even on this day; so I started out from the parking lot in the bay called Hestevika, and embarked upon a climb more or less straight up the mountain side (see map). At about 250 m.a.m.s.l., this island has a plateau with a lake that serves as the main water supply for the local community, which is comprised of the 4 islands Vigra, Valderøy, Giske and Godøy. Now, in order to bring the water to the community, there's a pipeline >>>

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To Mount Urfjellet with my Son Dag

Dato:
16.07.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
3:25t
Distanse:
10,7km

Just outside the little village of Slyngstad, you'll find an old road over Mount Remefjellet, and then down to the fjord called Samfjorden on the other side of the mountain (see map). This old road was once upon a time the main road to the village of Brattvåg. Later on, however, a new road was built, with a tunnel through the mountain; and the old road is now no longer being maintained, and it is now mainly used by tour walkers and mountain trekkers. Tour walkers are actually still using the entire length of the road to get from one side of the mountain to the other; whereas for the mountain trekkers about half of it has become the first leg of the trail up to Mount Urfjellet [839 m.a.m.s.l.] and Mount Storfjellet [950 m.a.m.s.l.]. My son and I parked our car at a little parking lot at Slyngstad, >>>

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Hiking to Mount Blåskjerdingen with my Sister

Dato:
02.07.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
5:04t
Distanse:
9,8km

My sister is living in another part of our beautiful country, but whenever she's visiting our part of the country, she frequently asks me to take her on some mountain trip. Now, I don't dare to take her on the steepest and most challenging climbs, so when she asks me for that, I say to her, just as when we were kids: "No, you're too young...!" Nevertheless, I considered that she would do quite well with Mount Blåskjærdingen, so on this day we agreed to go there. Now, Mount Blåskjerdingen has two summits, with a characteristic V-shaped cleft in between them; and this actually makes it quite easy to spot the mountain even from afar. We parked our car at a parking lot in Vatnedalen Valley (see map). Her on Peakbook this parking lot has actually been named after the mountain, i.e. you'll >>>

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Evening Hike Up the Northwest Ridge of Mount Ulriken

Dato:
20.06.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
2:44t
Distanse:
9,8km

On this longest day of the year, I made this combined run and hike in the city of Bergen, Norway. I started out by running along Lake Alrekstadvatnet [commonly referred to as Svartediket, i.e. "The Black Dike"] in Ulriksdalen Valley. At the end of the valley I circumscribed the east end of the lake, passing the valleys of Våkendalen, Hardbakkedalen and Isdalen; and then came to the foot of the mountain ridge called Ulrikseggen. [The proper translation of "Ulrikseggen" is "The Mount Ulriken mountain ridge", though the Norwegian word "egg" in Ulrikseggen actually corresponds to the English word "edge"]. At the foot of The Mount Ulrik Ridge, there's some dense birch forrest, and there where multiple trails in the forrest, hence a little bit difficult >>>

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Hiking to Mount Trolltind from Tomresetra with my Son Dag

Dato:
18.06.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
4:34t
Distanse:
10,4km

Mountain hiking to Brustind (1170 m.a.m.s.l.) with my son Dag on this day. We chose a different outset from what I did when I climbed this mountain on November 1st last year, allowing us to climb even the mountain Middagsfjellet on our way up. The literal meaning of the name "Middagsfjellet" is the "Mid-Day Mountain" or the "Noon Mountain", a name probably applied to the mountain because of its location just south of the village Tomra by the fjord Tomrefjord. At 12 o'clock the sun would be standing just above this particular mountain (for an observer in Tomrefjord); hence the inhabitants in Tomra used the mountain to mark out the time for noon back in the old days when common people didn't go around wearing watches. This hike isn't too steep. The first part goes >>>

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Combined run and hike the "rear way" up to Mount Ulriken

Dato:
16.06.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
2:24t
Distanse:
12,0km

On this day I had a combined workout, i.e. I run along the road called Tarlebøveien in the Ulriksdalen Valley , and then hiked up a valley called Isdalen. Where the valley called Ulriksdalen ends, it actually divides into three separate valleys, that are called (from west to east) Våkendalen, Hardbakkedalen, and Isdalen ["dal" is the Norwegian word for "valley"]. In its upper part, Isdalen Valley is called Smalisdalen , as it narrows in a bit up there. So, I hiked up Isdalen and Smalisdalen up to the mountain plateau of which Mount Ulriken is a part. From the entrance to the plateau I ran alongside the southeast side of Mount Ulriken, and then followed a commonly used trail back down to the districts of Montana and Lægdene, where I'm renting an apartment in Bergen. (Back >>>

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With my daughter Vår to the summit of Mount Storhornet

Dato:
30.04.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
0:57t
Distanse:
3,3km

I had a combined hike and run to Mount Storhornet with my daughter Vår vaarsolholm (Vår Solholm) on this day. We wanted to see how quickly we could get up there (from the parking lot at Hestvika - i.e. The Horse's Bay). We walked quickly up to the plateau where Lake Alnesvatnet is located, then run east along the edge of the plateau, before we continued with quick walking up the mountain ridge towards Storhornet, with a final short run even at the little summit "plateau". As we were pushing on all the way up, I actually also used my Endomondo App as a stop-watch; which is why I only tracked the climb up, and not the descent back down from the mountain on this occasion. For a more thorough trail description, and for a more proper GPS tracking, see my tour description from March 26th 2016, when I climbed the >>>

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Evening Hike Up Mount Ulriken

Dato:
16.04.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
0:46t
Distanse:
1,8km

This evening I hiked Mount Ulriken. I started out from my Bergen apartment just behind Haukeland University Hospital, and hiked along a trail that goes pretty much parallel to the cable car, though it also crosses a few time underneath the cable line. This route is very nice, in that it goes through the forrest until you've come to the forrest boundary; thereafter it just goes through heather and over stones and rock. I arrived at the area of the upper cable car stop just in time for the sunset, and managed to capture some nice images.

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