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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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Thorsgruva
About this old uranium mine I wrote some time ago. The route is short and not demanding. And, what important there are nice views from there at Vats valley, Vatsvatnet lake and mountains around. I had completely different plans for this day, but I had to change them. Thorsgruva became a nice alternative. It was close and not so high. Below, you can see some of the pictures I made. This post was originally published 2017-11-24 on https://kraina-trolli.pl.
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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.…
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Dronningstien
Dronningstien, called also HM Queen Sonja’s Panoramic Hiking Trail is a scenic mountain route between Lofthus and Kinsarvik. The info brochure says: ‘’This hiking is the only one of its kind to be honored with using Her Majesty Queen Sonja’s title. In the past 20 years, this trail around Hotel Ullensvang has become one of her favorites which she explores either by foot or on skis…’’ The trail has about 16 km length but what I experienced on my own, this is not includes steep gravel road which goes up to the Hardangervidda plateau on both: Lofthus and Kinsarvik side. I heard about this trail about two years ago, during…
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Haraldseidvatnet & Alnedalsvatnet
It was a week after my trip to Kongevegen, and I was eager to go out somewhere. The weather wasn’t ideal. It was raining all the week and the forecast warned about hurricane Brian, which already devastated UK. There were no conditions for climbing the summits, so I found out the trail on flat ground around the lake Haraldseidvatnet. Small village Haraldseid lies dozen kilometers from my house. It wasn’t rain when I came out and drove to Haraldseid. I hoped that it will hold like this until I back. I found the place to park my car very close to the beginning of trail. The path led on wet,…
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Kongevegen: Vindhellvegen
I guess not so many who visited Borgund Stavkirke know about old road, called Vindhellvegen. I saw the group of turists that came by bus and stopped at the parking near the church. They walked around the temple, took some pictures and went back to the bus. They left this place, looking for other norway’s attractions. Vindhellvegen lies about 20 minutes of walk from this parking lot. And in my opinion this is the place you must see when you are in this area. But probably only the locals and those who read about it in internet know this place. Even if there is a big info board about Kongevegen…
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Kongevegen: Galdane
When I finished with my Maristova – Kyrkjestølen – Maristova trip (plus one additional summit climbing) I have still a half day to organize. I decided to eat something first and good place for it is Borgund Stavkirke Museum, which includes café. It took several minutes to get there, but unfortunately museum’s door was closed. I found out that they are open up to end of September, so I came about two weeks too late. I looked at old wooden church instead. There was a young man from the museum who waited for some group of tourists, but he didn’t agree to let me in. In this case I ate…
