Mountains
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Vakadalen
I didn’t plan any walking trips during this weekend. I had something else to do, the weather wasn’t ideal for going outside and besides, I wanted to let my aching legs rest . But when I looked out the window on Sunday and found out that there is quite nice, I decided to go on a walk. I pack up and dressed warmly very quick. I thought to go to Aurdal but before I get there I changed my mind. I was in Aurdal several times this year and walking there wasn’t fun anymore. Fortunately, I remembered about another quite flat and not so long route – Vakadalen. Vakadalen is…
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Soleimsgrønnuten, Smørnut & Hollestadnuten
The Sunny weather ended just the same day, when I planned to go on another trip. I wished to come back to Etne and Litedalen and try to get to mountains I missed last week. Clouds on the sky and pouring rain were not able to stop me. I was on the place on Saturday morning. I parked beside the road follows to the Hårlansvatnet lake, where starts another road leading to the mountains. As I could see on the map and what I could see from the opposite slope week earlier, this road came out on top with electricity lines just between the peaks of Soleimsgrønnuten and Smørnut. My…
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Hike from Litedalen
I planned this trip whole week. I studied maps and watched forecast almost every day. And then during the trip my legs leaded me to completely another place. But back to beginning. When the week started, I tried to decide where to go on next weekend. My choice was Etne. This town is surrounded by few magnificent mountain ranges. I found three peaks, which seems to be not difficult. In addition, I asked my friend who lives in Etne how to get there and I’ve got answer that the trail to top of Hollestadnuten starts on Berge farm. I founded Berge road on the map and trail which leads to…
