Cycling to Askøy with Folleseåsen (27.05.2017)

Written by HHauser (Helwig Hauser) GSM

Start point Varden (45m)
Endpoint Varden (45m)
Characteristic Bike trip - mixed
Duration 3h 00min
Distance 30.8km
Vertical meters 732m
GPS
Ascents Folleseåsen (166m) 27.05.2017
Midtfjellet (159m) 27.05.2017
Sørafjellet (156m) 27.05.2017
Visits of other PBEs Sælen kirke p-plass (15m) 27.05.2017
Hurtigruten coming into Bergen (as seen from Folleseåsen)
Hurtigruten coming into Bergen (as seen from Folleseåsen)
Note that this track has been created from memory, i.e., it was not recorded automatically.

Trip Summary

We started our little cycling trip in the south of Fyllingsdalen and took Bjørgeveien towards Loddefjord. From there, we connected to Kjøkkelvikveien and at Nybø, we connected to Sundby Hvorups vei, which brings cyclists (and pedestrians) to the southern end of the large bridge to Askøy (drivers take a tunnel). We crossed over the Askøy-bridge and followed the sidewalk to the place, where a bigger bus-stop is. There, right behind the bus-stop, a steep path is leading downwards to Skarholmvegen. Turning sharply right, once down there, we took Skarholmvegen towards the west on the southern edge of Askøy. We followed this road until we came to Strusshamn, where we continued northover (and upwards), until we got to Follesevegen. There, we continued again westwards (a little), until we parked our bikes next to some larger soccer fields, right north of Follesevegen.

Folleseåsen

From right east of the soccer fields, a small path can be found, which first brings one up to a little ridge, which when leads westwards, passing the soccer fields in their north. This path is easy to follow and it leads up to Folleseåsen conveniently. Once near the top, the situation becomes a little less clear. There is a little top, Sørafjellet, at the southern end of Folleseåsen, which offers nice views towards the south. The "highest" point on Folleseåsen, however, seems to be more to the west of it. From there one can enjoy nice views towards the west (Sotra, etc.). From there, a first promising path leads northwards (marked red), only to turn left (and westwards) later, which clearly was the wrong direction. The connection back to the east of Folleseåsen became thus a bit of an improvisation (through the forest, bushes, etc.). Shortly later, another path came into sight (marked blue), leading northwards, again, but this time on the eastern edge of Folleseåsen. This path brings one down into some wet, swampy area (north of the soccer fields). Connecting back to the start point through this area was OK, but wet, of course (not really with a path, then).

Back

Back on our bikes, we first made a little detour (down Skiftesvikvegen to Skiftesvik and then along Lyngneset back to Strusshamn). From Strusshamn, we basically followed the same track back as we took in order to get to Askøy. All in all, this was a nice little biking trip in wonderful warm summer weather. Nice! :-)

Photos

Selected photos are available as Google photo album.

Useful Resources

See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.
Petter Bjørstad has a useful page about Folleseåsen.

User comments

Comment title:
Characters left: 1000
Comment text:
You need to be logged in to write comments.