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Sunny weather didn\u2019t remain long. In the middle of the week it started rain but on Friday there was quite nice again. Forecast announcing rain from noon next day. So, I could plan a short trip on Saturday morning. I decided to go on Svalafjellet, where I failed a week earlier. This time I prepared better. I looked through and printed out maps from internet. On Saturday morning I went to \u00d8len and parked near garden center (this is the same place where you can go to Svartafjell<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I walked the same path which I did last Sunday, but this time I knew exactly where to go and soon I founded a faded plaque with the name of the mountain. I followed the sign, but soon realized that there is no path here (or I didn\u2019t see any). And thus, I went across fields and forests. The temperature around zero ensured stable, frozen ground, but in many places, there were puddles that I had to avoid. I waded through the forest and sank in the high grass. At least until I came up and left the trees behind. There was wind up there. Wind combined with low temperature creates an unpleasant feeling. I walked searching of the top of mountain or any path that leads to it. First, I saw a pile of rocks in the distance, and after some time I was on place. The views from Svalafjellet could impress with better weather but in this moment, with the low-hanging clouds and the wind, I wanted to come back as soon as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way back, I founded some path leads down. I follow it to the wide road. It led me down, but in a completely different place that the one from I started wandering. The mountain has 520m above sea level. The route to the top and back has 9km and you can made it by two and half hour.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of the route \u201cSvalafjellet\u201d: 8,915 m, 1,333 m of climbing and 1,340 m of descent, elevation between 110 m and 521 m, time 02:29:00. It is a loop that starts and ends at 59.59660, 5.80062 (latitude, longitude).<\/p>