Exploring Ytrebygda a little more (24.07.2024)

Written by HHauser (Helwig Hauser) GSM

Start point Varden (45m)
Endpoint Varden (45m)
Characteristic Bike trip - mixed
Duration 2h 30min
Distance 27.8km
Vertical meters 767m
GPS
Ascents Lilandshaugen (95m) 24.07.2024
Storasåta på Liland (76m) 24.07.2024
Storrinden (153m) 24.07.2024
Storåsen på Søreide (87m) 24.07.2024
Visits of other PBEs Storgrinden (148m) 24.07.2024
Storrinden demning (104m) 24.07.2024
Storrinden utsiktspunkt (142m) 24.07.2024
Straume bro (5m) 24.07.2024
Sælen kirke p-plass (15m) 24.07.2024
UFO-en Storrinden (120m) 24.07.2024
At the Flesland airport of Bergen
At the Flesland airport of Bergen
Height profile with indication of inclination as well as height meters up (blue markers).
Height profile with indication of inclination as well as height meters up (blue markers).
Note that this track has been created from memory, i.e., it was not recorded automatically.

Trip Summary

To get some fresh air in the nice weather, I embarked on a short bike trip with a few small walking bits. I first explored Storåsen on Dolvikhaugene, just to find the "actual top" to be a bit too much within the houses around it. I then visited Skranevatnet in the southwest of Feråsen, which was a nice surprise. Next, I explored Storasåta in the north of Ytrebygsvegen. When approached from the north/northeast, one can actually find a proper trail that leads up to this small hill. Thereafter, I paid Lilandshaugen a short visit, which offers quite some nice views across the airport of Bergen. I improvised my way up, just to then find out that actually there's a convenient road (Lilandsvegen) that leads up to the vista-point. After biking around Lilandshaugen, I then checked whether I could surround the "lightrail parking etc." at Kokstadflaten in its northwest, just to soon find out that this did not look promising with a bike (per pedes, however, should be possible). Following "standard roads", instead, I traversed Kokstad to get to my final exploration place during this excursion: Storrinden. While I had been on Storrinden a few times, already, I still wished to see a few places that I hadn't seen before: some vista-point in its south, the little lake in its west, the "UFO", and Tårnet on Dansehaugen. After leaving my bike behind, I thus made a short walking round around the heights of Storrinden, visiting these places. While stepping around on Storrinden is straight-forward, also without any trail, it can be wet here and there. On my way back, I chose to passing by Knappatjørna (instead of biking along Sælevatnet as usually).

Photos

Selected photos are available as Google photo album.

Useful Resources

See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.

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