A very nice, but hectic 800km trip…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 11.06.25 | Klevarudnatten | 808m | 280m | Nesbyen, Norway | – | MAP |
| 11.06.25 | Fyranflaget | 415m | 202m | Krødsherad, Norway | – | MAP |
| 11.06.25 | Snaukollen (Knivfjellet) | 661m | 245m | Øvre Eiker, Norway | – | MAP |
| 11.06.25 | Konnerudkollen (Gruvåsen) | 415m | 104m | Drammen, Norway | – | MAP |
| 11.06.25 | Tyriåsen | 320m | 140m | Holmestrand, Norway | – | MAP |
| 11.06.25 | Kamfjordåsen | 112m | 107m | Sandefjord, Norway | – | MAP |
| 12.06.25 | Fjellvikåsen | 91m | 25m | Sandefjord, Norway | – | MAP |
| 13.06.25 | Furuåsen | 458m | 110m | Asker, Norway | – | MAP |
| 13.06.25 | Bergsåsen (Hagahogget) | 458m | 110m | Asker, Norway | – | MAP |
| 13.06.25 | Skaugumsåsen | 351m | 135m | Asker, Norway | – | MAP |
| 13.06.25 | Hallenuten | 843m | 140m | Hemsedal, Norway | – | MAP |
Klevarudnatten (808m), Jun 11 2025
Wednesday: I left Sogndal early morning and had a busy day ahead of me. I was going to Sandefjord, for an IT conference in the company I work for. The plan was to visit 4 pf100 tops on my way down. The further plan was to get 1 pf100 top the next morning, and one more on my way home, on Friday. 6 new tops altogether.
Passing Hemsedalsfjellet, I wondered what kind of weather eastern Norway had to offer. Up here, it was 2 deg. C (!). and rain + snow…
When I passed Nesbyen, I was more than ready for my first top – Klevarudnatten.
I drove up to Trytetjern and parked there.
I then followed a trail westbound until I reached a viewpoint.
I understood that I was in the bikers’ paradise, but the south ridge up to Klevarudnatten was just a little too steep for me.
Not that I couldn’t have biked down this ridge, it was just that I wouldn’t bother pushing the bike up.
I enjoyed the hike. The distance to the top was fairly short and the elevation was OK. It felt good to start the day with an 800m+ top.
Across the valley, I could see Sjåfunatten and Syningen – which I visited on my way home from last year’s conference.
After a short stay on top, I hurried back down. I had a long day ahead of me.
Trip statistics: 3,9km, 315 vertical meters, 0h:44m
Fyranflaget (415m), Jun 11 2025
Wednesday: My next stop was near Krødsherad. Fyranflaget looked like a nice top.
First, I tried to find a route from Flaglia on the south side. I didn’t find any.
Then I drove to Skinnes and talked to a local woman. She said I could hike from “down here” or drive up the Fyranflaget road. As I had a busy day ahead of me, I chose the latter.
After 2,5km, I reached the end of the forest road. As I could see a tractor road going into the forest, I pulled out my bike.
It was a nice ride up the forest!
Eventually, the tractor road turned into a forest path, but I kept on biking.
I was somewhat disappointed when I reached the top, as I had hoped for some views.
Maybe I would get some views from the lookout tower…
Nah, the views weren’t that great. But, hey! Top #2 for the day was now in the bag…
Trip statistics: 3,5km on bike, 150 vertical meters, 0h:39m
Snaukollen/Knivfjellet (661m), Jun 11 2025
Wednesday: When I was approaching Åmot (Øvre Eiker), I decided to pay Snaukollen a visit. There was supposed to be a toll road (Snaukollveien) which would get me quite close to the top.
I parked just before the road leading to lake Bergdamtjern, on the right-hand side of the road, approx. 450m elevation.
With 700 meters along the road before I reached the forest path, I chose to bring the bike. Then I found that I could also bike some more, as the forest path was an old tractor road.
After a little while, I had to push the bike, but I could easily bike down. When I got to the real forest path, I biked for a little while but decided to proceed on foot.
The path was bikeable, at least going down, but it was a bit … tedious … for my taste.
When I got to the “Snaukollen 654m” signpost, I thought that I had reached the top. But wait. Wasn’t the top 661m? What’s going on here?
OK, the high point was 200m+ to the northeast. This was just the viewpoint.
The high point didn’t offer any memorable views. On the map, the high point is called “Knivfjellet” while the viewpoint is named “Snaukollen”. I don’t really think these two points have different names, so I just assume that the entire mountain has (at least) two names.
I followed the path from the high point, back down to the path I followed upwards and found that I had not seen the fork, going up.
In any case – 3 tops in the bag and time to move on!
Trip statistics: 2,7km on foot, 2,3km on bike, 265 vertical meters, 0h:55m
Konnerudkollen/Gruvåsen (415m), Jun 11 2025
Wednesday: My next stop was near Mjøndalen/Drammen. I had my eyes set on Konnerudkollen – a short hike.
Google Maps safely guided me to my starting point, in the junction between Slagveien and Grubegata.
Then, I just followed the signposts…
After a little while, I had a good view towards Drammen.
It was a nice path, and I was a little surprised that I was the only one on it.
Eventually, I reached a radar building, but according to Peakbook.org, that was not the high point.
So, I had to go off-trail…
It was difficult to determine where the high point actually was, but I settled for an old ruin.
I took a different route down and pondered on the many holes all around. Apparently, they stem from mining activity in the past. It might explain the alternative name for the top – Gruvåsen – Mining hill.
Trip statistics: 2,1km, 140 vertical meters, 0h:28m
Tyriåsen (320m), Jun 11 2025
Wednesday: I was getting closer and closer to my final destination – Sandefjord – but had one more hike to do – Tyriåsen near Sandebukta.
I had been here once before – together with Anne – when we hiked the neighbour top Hvittingen, back in 2012. I only remembered that we had been there, but I didn’t remember where we started from. I could only assume we started from Oreberg and hiked the road to the top, via lake Orebergvatnet.
At Leppestad, I took the Stokkevegen road. I soon got a bad vibe. This road had “private” written all over it, but without the sign.
I drove until I reached the road leading to Orebergvatnet, but it felt altogether wrong and I drove back down to Stokke and rang a doorbell.
The guy I talked to say the road was private, but as I had told him that I wanted to bike, he said I might as well start from there. And so, I did.
This time, I noticed the “Privat vei” (private road) sign, hidden in the bushes. But, now I was on my way.
I stopped by the lake and tried really hard to remember the hike to Hvittingen. I couldn’t. Maybe because we visited 5 Vestfold tops that day, and 5 the next day – to and from a Confirmation at Nesodden.
Anyway, I got onto a tractor road, which soon ended, and I proceeded on foot.
After a little while, I realized that I was on the wrong course and the terrain was altogether terrible.
Eventually, I found the path going in the right direction, but I made another navigational mistake.
But finally, I reached the top.
I really looked forward to getting back to the bike and blast down the 3,5km back to Stokke
Trip statistics: 7,2km on bike, 3,1km on foot, 340 vertical meters, 1h:12m
Kamfjordåsen (112m), Jun 11 2025
Wednesday: Finally, after a long day, I could check in at the Scandic Park Hotel in Sandefjord. With 5 new tops in the bag, I was a happy dude. The plan was to hike the only pf100 top in Sandefjord – Kamfjordåsen – the next morning, before breakfast.
But it was still early evening – 7pm. My colleagues from Ålesund were gathering for dinner somewhere in the city this very moment – but I would see them all the next day and decided to go for one final trip – to Kamfjordåsen.
I took the bike and left the hotel, not sure at all where to go, but aimed for the tops I could see on the other side of the bay.
After a little while, I got to a garage and I recognized it from a route description on peakbook.org. That route description mentioned scrambling, which I found a bit odd.
But sure enough, scrambling it was!
It was a steep, but short scramble and then I could celebrate my new 6th top for the day.
The nearby houses looked equally high, so for good measure I biked up there afterwards. According to hoydedata.no, the ground there is equally high to the highest point on Kamfjordåsen. But it felt nicer to log “Kamfjordåsen” than “Hubroåsen 12”
I found a different route down and recognized the jammed rock that the route description mentioned. So clearly, I took a different route up.
Having done a round-trip hike on this “top” felt like a bonus.
The bike trip back to town was awesome. I reached 49km/h in the steepest road. 50km/h just felt like … too much…
Trip statistics: 6,5km on bike, 0,2km on foot, 145 vertical meters, 0h:36m
Fjellvikåsen (91m), Jun 12 2025
Thursday: After a long conference day, we had a couple of hours off before dinner. Socializing in the hotel garden didn’t seem very fulfilling to me, and so I went on another bike trip.
I just wanted to bike, but also felt for visiting a named point, to link the trip to. I chose Fjellvikåsen to be that named point. I found the foot of this top but couldn’t find the path to the top.
I did enjoy the beech forest, though. I just couldn’t navigate in it.
I went down to the nearest house and asked for route description to Fjellvikåsen. The woman tried to explain it as best she could but told me that I couldn’t take the bike up there. This was not a place where people biked.
I figured it would have to be p r e t t y s t e e p for not being able to bring the bike up. It was steep, but I didn’t have to carry the bike…
But could I bike down? Well, the upper part of the path was a bit awkward, and biking was difficult. But eventually, I got onto the slabs and biking was super-fun.
Then I went on a road trip – down Vesterøya. Now I was in the countryside!
I started looking for a route down to the road that ran along the fjord, but first – another scramble up to a top – which unfortunately didn’t have a name.
And before I could get down to the fjord, a forest trail was just too tempting to resist…
But eventually, I made it back to the fjord, returned to the hotel and made the evening dinner – with more than 200 IT colleagues…
Trip statistics: 6,5km on bike, 0,2km on foot, 145 vertical meters, 0h:36m
Furuåsen (458m), Jun 13 2025
Friday: I checked out of the hotel in Sandefjord after breakfast and the plan was to do 3 tops in Asker, before returning to Anne and Karma in Sogndal.
These 3 tops were next to each other, so there wouldn’t be much driving.
I found parking just after Bergsmarka.
Then I followed the Solliveien road 0,2km to the west before going up the forest path.
It was a nice path. Steep in the beginning.
Eventually, I reached Hovdehytta.
The views were … moderate.
But I wasn’t on the high point yet, and so I kept on going – in the wrong direction! Once I concluded that the outdoor toilet wasn’t my final destination, I went back to the cabin and picked up the correct path.
After a little while, I checked the map and found that I had already passed the high point. I went back to where the map said the high point was, but it was hopeless to say if it was correct or not. I was in the bush and everything around me looked the same height. But, according to Peakbook.org, I was at the highest point.
Now it was just a matter of getting back to the car and go for top #2…
Trip statistics: 3,8km, 260 vertical meters, 0h:51m
Bergsåsen (458m), Jun 13 2025
Friday: After Furuåsen, I drove Solliveien 1,4km to the east and parked at the entrance of the road leading to the Olledalen shooting range.
I could see the forest trail right away and followed it.
I enjoyed myself. The weather was nice, the trail was nice, and I could already see the upper forest.
The route was well marked also.
After a while, I could see hikers ahead of me. It was nice to see others.
Hiking here was definitely different from hiking back home. The forests in eastern Norway feel denser and more lush than back home on the west coast.
The view from the top was pretty much the same as from Furuåsen.
A woman on top told me that I could see Gaustatoppen from up here. With my not so young eyes, I didn’t see the mountain but took a picture in the direction she pointed. And sure enough!
And then I headed back down…
I felt that this hike was *much* longer than Furuåsen, but it was only 0,3km longer. Weird…
Trip statistics: 4,1km, 300 vertical meters, 0h:52m
Skaugumsåsen (351m), Jun 13 2025
Friday: Next, I drove to lake Semsvatnet, planning to hike Skaugumsåsen steeply from the south.
I had no intention of walking the 1,1km to the path and so I took the bike. This was a very popular area. It wasn’t noon yet, but all of the parking areas were full and there were people everywhere. Is no one working anymore?
I was technically “working”. My 6-hour drive from Sandefjord to Sogndal was considered work travel. The fact that I was squeezing in a couple of hikes didn’t really change that fact.
There was no point in bringing the bike up the forest. The path was really steep, and it would be utterly impossible (for me) to bike down here. It would have been a struggle getting up also.
Finally, I reached a very nice viewpoint, and I thought I had reached the top. But I hadn’t. The high point was still 0,4km to the northwest.
But I could see quite far from up here. I could see all of the Nesodden peninsula – the place where I grew up.
I moved on and found a place that could very well be the high point, 20 meters away from the path. Peakbook.org concurred that I had found the correct place.
That was it. 9 new tops on my journey to and from Sandefjord were 3 more than I had expected. Now, I would go straight to Sogndal.
I would, wouldn’t I? There’s nothing wrong with 9 tops. It’s just that 10 would have been easier to … remember. Nah, I didn’t want to feel that weird and sat course for Sogndal…
Trip statistics: 2,7km, 310 vertical meters, 0h:38m
Hallenuten (843m), Jun 13 2025
Friday: After having passed Hemsedal, I noticed a couple of cool humps near the entrance to the Grøndalen valley. I stopped the car to check the map.
The humps were Karisetberget and Hallenuten. Karisetberget didn’t have a 100m prominence, but Hallenuten did!
With a 700m trailhead, Hallenuten was as good as “effortless”. I could simply not continue to Sogndal without having visited it.
Fagersetvegen was a toll road, and I didn’t see the point in paying NOK 50, – for 1,3km. So, I took the bike.
I could see from the map that there was a path, and I was curious to see it. The top had some serious cliffs facing south, but I assumed that the path would run through more gentle terrain.
The forest path was indeed gentle, and I decided to bring the bike up the forest.
A little bit later, pf100 top #10 (on this journey and Fjellvikåsen not counting) was in the bag!
This was a pleasant surprise and a big bonus!
I really looked forward to bike down the forest!
But now – non-stop to Sogndal. But just to use Anne’s bathroom. Afterwards, I continued to Jostedalen where I found Anne and 5 of her friends from their trip to Jordan, plus one’s spouse. Anne would be guiding this group on the Nigardsbreen glacier the next day. I could have come along as co-guide, but someone had to look after Karma. This time, I was totally OK being the volunteer. I have done enough glacier guiding and was totally OK sitting this one out.
Trip statistics: 4,4km on bike, 180 vertical meters, 0h:33m
