Mountains
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Overnatting på Vardafjellet
My life in Norway unfortunately ended, but still I have some issues that keep me there. And this give me a reason to visit land of trolls time to time. Of course every visit must be connected with mountain trip. For this time I planned something new. I wanted to take a tent and sleeping bag with me. In addition I shared my idea with my oldest son and I heard from him, that he would like to join me on this trip. We choose one weekend to go to Norway. I wanted to use sunny and warm weather which we could enjoy from May. In Norway forecast showed drought…
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Husedalen
I didn’t think that another mountain trek would take place so soon. Returning to Poland, a new job and everyday duties made the prospect of returning to the country of the fjords and recharging the internal batteries with views and northern climate more and more distant from day to day. Quite unexpectedly, an opportunity arose for a few days trip to Norway to settle some urgent matters. The first thing that ran through my head was whether I would find time for a quick trip to the mountains. Initially, I planned a few-hour hike to the Stokkadalen area, to one of the peaks that I haven’t been at. However, right…
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Bondhusvatnet
If you want to see glacier, you don’t need to climb on highest mountain. It is very easy if you are in western Norway, close to Odda, where Folgefonna glacier lies. There is a short, easy and very beautiful trail from Sunndal to Bondhusvatnet Lake. And on the mountain slope on opposite shore of the lake, you can see blue ice of Bondhus Glacier (which is a part of Folgefonna). Winter came to Norway and I couldn’t go to any more ambitious trips, because of snow. A lot of snow. So, I decided to visit Bondhusvatnet Lake, where I was couple of times earlier. I had to spend in the…
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Hovåsen
It supposed to be windy, rainy and snowy Sunday. Waiting for weather apocalypse, I stayed at home. But end of the world didn’t come. It was even quite nice outside. And around the noon I had enough of this. I packed my backpack and went out for another mountain adventure. Two days earlier I’ve been in Stokadalen valley and tried to find any way leading to summits Bukkanuten, Reset, Bårnuten and Høganuten (all of them are parts of one mountain massive). I didn’t find the path but later, when I studied the map, I realized, that on the other side of the road there is a smaller mountain, which looks…
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Kåtanuten 531 m asl
Kåtanuten was the first mountain I climbed when I came to Norway. It was a long time ago. I haven’t been there in the last years and this was a good reason for refresh that trail. It is placed in Ølensvåg, on the northern shore of Ølsjoen fjord, and the path beginning just opposite the shipyard. There are three parts of this trail: Extremely hard climbing in the woods. First kilometer leads through the forest on very steep slope. Good for train your condition. Swamp and puddles. Somewhere around 330 meters above sea level, there is a saddle and the path goes out from the woods. Now, you can go…
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Etne – Skånevik postvegen
Due to my plans on Christmas in Poland, and fact, that there were only few days left to my flight, I wanted to go out somewhere, probably the last time before new year. I decided to go on old postal road between Etne and Skånevik, two small towns placed just 8 kilometers from each other. Those 8 kilometers was the distance of the postal road (postvegen), which leads across the mountains. The road was opened in 1785 and until 1866 was important part of communication link between Bergen and Stavanger (called as The Stavanger Highway). Today, the postal road is used only by tourists and local inhabitants for recreation. The…
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Stråtveit
My first visit in Stråtveit was during one rainy day in May (you can check it here). I came back home wet but fascinated that place. And few days ago I’ve got an idea to check how it looks on winter. Stråtveit is an old royal garden located in the forest at the corner of two fiords: Vatsfjord and Yrkefjord. To get there, you have to climb to over 200 meters above sea level and walk about 4-5km through forest. The way is wide and well maintained, so the trip is very easy (except first climbing stage). On the beginning you can admire the view of Vatsfjord with the mountains…
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Himakånå, Stølanuten & Rossafjellet
I have read about Himakånå in one of the local newspaper. It is a rock, hanging about 350 m above sea level over the cliff. There is tremendous view at the Lysevatnet lake, Nedstrand village and fiords on south. The locals compare Himakånå to famous atarctions like Trolltunga and Preikestolen. To get to Himakånå, you need to get to Nedstrand first. The best option is to get there by road 515 or 513 (which is connected with 515). Both roads beginning at E134 but in different places. Optionally you can go to Nedstrand by ferry, if you go from south. The winter came to Norway early this year and in…
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Steinslandsnuten
This was a spontaneous trip. There was no weather to plan any spectacular trekking journey. In fact, I had to let my knees rest after my last trips. I decided to use a few hours of sun and climb on one of easiest mountain in the neighborhood, Steinslandsnuten (I was there before, and you can read about this here, but it is only in polish). When I walked through the Audral valley, I met herd of goats. They stood on the road in front of me and they hadn’t a possibility to escape. In this case I could get closer and went among them. They were a bit scared at…
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Grytenuten 862 m asl
Grytenuten is another destination point which I wanted to visit since long time. The peak with 862m over sea level is located close to the connections of three fjords and in the neighborhood of few others. That means that the views from the summit are incredible. It supposed to be another sunny but very windy Sunday (even 10 – 11 m/s). There was also this weekend, when we usually change time and we have one hour more for sleep. I decided to use this and get on the place very early and say hello to raising sun, when I will be on the summit. There was dark, when I started.…
