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Recovery, day 2: Across Hellen festning

Date:
07.04.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:52h
Distance:
3.8km

Perhaps an ever so slight improvement. At least the short walk across Hellen festning was not as though as the day before. It was still more than far enough though.

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Recovery, day 1: Across Hellen festning

Date:
06.04.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:41h
Distance:
3.1km

Halfway through my Saturday hike in Sveio , it became clear that something was just not right. I did not have the normal energy level and even this relatively short hike was much harder than it ought to be. The flu-like symptoms increased during the evening and by the Sunday morning there was no doubt: this Easter holiday would not turn out as planed... Days of skiing in Sogndal were instead replaced by long days on the couch interspersed with nights of little to no quality sleep. The complete loss of smell and taste did not help either. Only after 4.5 days did I managed to muster enough energy to just barely push myself across Hellen festning.

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Lierfjellet, Vardafjellet, Dreng and Austvikfjellet

Date:
01.04.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:42h
Distance:
13.8km

I started by taking the express bus from Bergen to Sveio and got off at Hanaleitet. This put me directly north of my first goal, namely Lierfjellet . After a short walk up the gravel road of Hanalio, I arrived at the trailhead for Lierfjellet. The trailhead itself was unmarked, i.e. no sign, but there were plenty of red painted markers to follow. Lots of wet and muddy sections early on, however this soon improved. (By following this marked trail, one also avoids the borderline trespassing via the two houses at the end of Hanalio that some other hikers seem to have used.) The red markers were not always the easiest to spot, although this was at least partly due to walking towards the low sun. There were also the occasional patches of ice that had to be navigated, but overall the summit was reached without >>>

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
31.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:35h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local hike after work.

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Hellefjellet and Furukammen

Date:
27.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:17h
Distance:
4.4km

Short local evening hike.

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Gamle Bergen

Date:
19.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:02h
Distance:
8.4km

Local walk on a gray and wet Sunday.

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Nesbjørghovda from Stussvikhovdatunnelen

Date:
18.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:10h
Distance:
8.3km

After the hike to Stussvikhovda and Aldalsnuten , we drove the short distance to the crossroads just east of the start of Stussvikhovdatunnelen. Here we found parking at what Skyss refers to as Stussvikhovda snuplass and after a short walk north along the main road we were ready to start the ascent to Nesbjørghovda (which is incorrectly named Nesbjørhovda on PB). While most hikers seem to start their trip to Nesbjørghovda from Teiga southwest of the summit, and do not speak to highly of the route, I had come across a promising external trip report (scroll down until you find Nesbjørghovda) talking about a marked trail from the main road to the south. This would allow us to follow tractor roads for the first 2.5 km (blocked with a chain across the road early on), leaving only around 1 km on a marked trail to the summit. The first part was straightforward and we soon arrived >>>

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Stussvikhovda and Aldalsnuten

Date:
18.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:40h
Distance:
5.5km

When initial plans to go skiing in Bergsdalen were cancelled due to increased avalanche risk and overall uncertainty about the snow conditions, we decided to instead take the ferry to Tysnes to hike at the Kvinnherad/Bjørnafjorden side of Lukksundet. First up was Stussvikhovda and Aldalsnuten . We left the car at the small parking lot at the marked trailhead at Stussvik and from there followed the marked trail all the way to the excellent viewpoint at Stussvikhovda . After a short break we continued north along a weaker, but at least partially marked, trail to the slightly higher Aldalsnuten. We first ascended the northern of the two hills with almost the same height, while I took a short detour on my own to the southern hill on the return. The southern hill had several contenders for the highest point, so to be safe I simply visited all of them. Excellent >>>

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Dolvikhaugene and Knappen

Date:
11.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:43h
Distance:
5.8km

A short hike with the main goal of visiting Storåsen på Søreide at Dolvikhaugene, easily reached by passing through a small playground just south of the summit. Given that I was in the area I decided to also revisit Knappen including my first visits of both St. Hanshaugen and Knappen søyle . The hike was then concluded by a quick run to Sandeide terminal in order catch the bus back to the city center.

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Ørneberget and Hellen festning

Date:
09.03.2023
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:16h
Distance:
4.8km

Short local hike just before sunset.

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