Snow-covered Liatårnet (via an unusual route) (25.02.2018)

© Helwig Hauser

Note that this track has been created from memory, i.e., it was not recorded automatically.

Trip Summary

Very nice hike over snow-covered Liatårnet! We started from the west, followed the road (towards the shooting range), before we then entered one of the main hiking paths to Liatårnet (the main route up from the west). But instead of following this path all the way up, we took a turn to the right (southeast) shortly before reaching the main west-face of Liatårnet (at about 200mosl) and connected to another, not so major path, which leads up to Liatårnet from the south. We then connected to Pyttane, walking through a lovely winter landscape, passing by Tårnavatnet. Instead of then following the main road up/down Pyttane, we continued "along the ridge towards the north" (without a path). One has to look a little, where to go, but it's quite possible (especially with enough snow) to traverse northwards, this way, and to re-connect to the road further north. Again, we quickly left the road, again, this time after a sharp turn to the left (and downwards); it's not immediately obvious, where this is easily possible, but we found a way that brought us first down "into the valley" and then up the next ridge in the west. After heading for a little top there (in northern direction), first, we then turned around and walked this ridge all the way to the south, where we re-connected with the road that we started on. All in all, this was a really nice winter-hike "on a unusual route" over Liatårnet!

Photos

Selected photos are available as Google photo album.

Useful Resources

See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.
Web page WestCoastPeaks.com provides useful information about Liatårnet
and also Petter Bjørstad has a useful page about Liatårnet.