Mountains
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Dyvikheia
I was on my way back from Treungen where I was trying to climb one of the surrounding peaks, Skuggenatten. It turned out that the whole trip and the kilometers I made would be wasted. The icy ground on the rocky trail forced me to retreat. I’ve got an idea to stop somewhere and look around for some alternative tour. I managed to see a characteristic sign from the road, which indicated a route. I found a place to park the car and after a while I was ready to go. Dyvikheia is a small peak (340 m above sea level) located at the intersection of roads 38 and 3374…
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Skuggenatten
Skuggenatten (706 m asl) is located near town of Treungen, in Nissedal area, on south of Norway. It supposed to be sunny day, but when I got on the right place, I found ice on the road and snow in the mountains. Despite these conditions I decide to try go on. The trail began on the opposite of Best gas station and it leads on the rocks. I found more ice on the route and finally after I made approx. half kilometer I had to give up. Before I returned to the car, it was start raining, which only confirmed my belief that my decision was right. Another time, my…
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Gygrestolen
It was one of those rainy weekends when even Norwegians stay inside. But for me, deprived of mountain activity for almost a month, it was no option to stay home for another weekend. I had to get out somewhere. Even if the whole sky was falling over my head, I needed some outdoor activity. I found an interesting spot on the internet, as shown in the photo above. These interesting rocks are located in the Midt-Telemark area, near the town of Bø. The place is called Gygrestolfjellet (or Gygrestolen) and is a popular destination for climbers. There is a 7-kilometer trail for ordinary hikers like me that starts and ends…
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Høgevard
Norefjell is one of the closest mountain spots if you are from Oslo area. From the capital of Norway, you can get there in less than three hours. Of course, as long as we avoid traffic jams. I was there at 08.30 on a Sunday morning, so I hardly experienced any traffic on the roads. I arrived at Noresund, a small town at the foot of the mountains, situated on both sides of Lake Krøderen, at its narrowest point. I crossed the bridge that connects the two parts of the town and found the road to the Norefjell Mountains. There is a ski center here, a lot of private cabins…
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Vardenutane
This was my next trip along the road that crosses the Haukeli Mountains. I planned it in the same way as before. In way that I could have a break for a few hours to go hiking in the mountains. As before, I found a route that was not very demanding and was relatively close to the main road. Two peaks I was going to hike, were also not particularly ambitious, but the proximity of other summits and the location of the lake in the neighborhood, guaranteed quite good views during the hike. Again, I left home early in the morning in order not to waste any time, and I…
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Romtveitnuten & Reinsgravnuten
Accessing Store Nup in recent days has been associated with the journey on the E134 road, which runs through the Haukeli Mountains. A few-hour break and a break to the mountains turned out to be only an addition, not the purpose of that trip. As you can see quite a successful addition. And as my next trip along this route was approaching, I figured it would be fun to repeat the story, but this time with a different hill, preferably less demanding. I grabbed the map and soon had another target defined. It was called Reinsgravnuten (1109m above sea level) and was located only a dozen kilometers north of Edland,…
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Hellandsnuten
The Hellandsnuten mountain (747m above sea level) is located next to the town of Sand in the Suldal region. A decent marked trail is about 3.5 km long but the route to the top is classified as demanding or very demanding. Having a free day, I decided to check what could I see from the summit, and while already there, I would additionally walk to the neighboring peak, Månastølsnuten (806m above sea level).I left home early in the morning. It was still dark outside, but when I ended in a small parking lot near the Joagarden kindergarten in Eide (housing estate in Sand), it was already light and I could…
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Store Nup 1661m asl
Do you remember last year’s trip to the mount of Vesle Nup, in the Haukeli area? During that march, my attention was caught by a mountain with a vertical wall, seen from the trail. That was Store Nup and pictures shows that mountain appear quite often in the entry from that trip. And now the time has come to climb on it too. The area where both peaks lie is the mountainous area crossed by the E134 state road that connects Western Norway with the capital of Norway. Moreover, numerous lakes situated in the area give the landscape a specific character. Unlike its smaller sister, Store Nup can be seen…
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A walk along the bottom of the Måbødalen valley
Looking from the edge of the cliff to the bottom of the Måbødalen Valley, it’s hard to understand that there is a path down there and that is possible to reach the foot of the waterfall in just 30 minutes’ walk. The only clue that the trail exists is the outline of the bridge crossing the Bjoreio River. In fact, there is a walking tail down there. And not only that, walking along a narrow, rocky path is not demanding at all. But finding a place from where to start this journey is not so obvious. When I searched the Internet for a place where I could stop the car…
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Apelandsfjellet 664 m n.p.m.
I’m already addicted to the mountains. I had barely returned from one trip and I was already drawn back into the bosom of nature. I decided to go up on the nearby Ramnanuten in Sandeid. I’ve never been on this mountain so it should be interesting. I took my backpack with camera and water bottle, put on my five fingers and headed to Sandeid.I parked in the center and armed with my cell phone with the ut.no application, I set off. Initially, I was walking along the estate of single-family houses, but the road was climbing up almost from the very beginning. Soon, the houses were replaced by pastures and…
