• Langfjell

    After a month in Poland, I wanted to go back to the Norwegian mountains. Unfortunately, the weather forecast for the first weekend was not optimistic. I changed my plans regarding location few times because of the weather and finally set up the trip to Treungen. Last summer, I visited this small settlement twice. First during my hike to Skuggenatten, and shortly after when I was going to Hægefjell. There are, however, many more interesting hills near Treungen and Lake Nisser, and right now I decided to take a look at one of them. Langfjell is located next to the already mentioned Skuggenatten. It rises to a height of 686m above…

  • Skuggenatten

    Treungen is a small village in the municipality of Nissedal, in the Telemark region in southern Norway. Located on the southern edge of Nisser Lake, it is a great base for trips to the surrounding mountains, and there are quite a few of them here. Nisser Lake has almost 35 km of lenght and it guarantees amazing views from probably every peak in the vicinity. I left the car at the parking lot at the Best fuel gas station, along the road No. 41, just outside the Treungen. The trail begins several dozen meters away. There were still morning mists there, but the sun was already shining through the clouds.…

  • 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…