Løvstakken from Langeskogen (15.02.2020)

© Helwig Hauser

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

Trip Summary

With only about two or three hours of daylight left, we headed for a quick hike up and down Løvstakken. This time, we decided to try a route from the very southern end of Løvstien (at Øvre Kråkenes). We parked right next to the end of Løvstien, near the new roundabout at Øvre Kråkenes, and started our hike along Løvstien in northeastern direction. Before passing by Lerkhaugen, where also quite a bit of water comes down, we left Løvstien and started our ascent towards Løvstakken, following a nice and proper trail that leaves exactly where Løstien crosses over the stream from the left. This trail leads almost perfectly in northern direction up the mountain, following (on its eastern side) the course of a stream that comes down from Langatjørna. At about 275mosl, one passes by Langatjørna (on its eastern side) and only shortly after one comes to the spot, where also the trail from Gullsteinen comes in (from the southwest). From there, it's then basically along the main southern trail up to Løvstakken. At about 400mosl, just shortly before coming to a little lake, south of the top of Løvstakken, one can follow the main trail that leads up along the ridge on the eastern side of the lake. If one wants to, one can then also include a little extra-top called Storhaugen (in the southeast of Løvstakken). From there, it's then only a few meters to Løvstakken. On our way back, we then chose a minor trail that leads directly down to the little lake (and around it on its western side then). Otherwise, our route back was very much the same as the one that we had taken upwards.

Useful Resources

See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.
Web page WestCoastPeaks.com provides useful information about Løvstakken.