Biking week
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 20.04.26 | Hasundhornet | 533m | 93m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 21.04.26 | Lysløypa, Leikongeidet | 160m | 0m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | – | MAP |
| 22.04.26 | Sarshornet | 543m | 50m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 23.04.26 | Åberge | – | – | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 25.04.26 | Gråbrørne, Søre | 739m | 136m | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 26.04.26 | Henjadalen | 620m | – | Sogndal, Norway | – | MAP |
| 27.04.26 | Storehaug | 661m | 101m | Luster, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Hasundhornet (533m), Apr 20 2026
Monday: My hamstring injury from Apr 7 was still not healed. The “bruise” I discovered on my leg a few days ago was not where I got injured. It was seemingly an internal bleeding from the hamstring and the blood must have taken the journey through the knee…
The Doctor was NOT impressed by my ~5000 vertical meters in the past week. In retrospect, it was a stupid amount of activity when I should have been taking it nice and easy.
He wanted to “ground” me and I immediately felt a stroke of panic. After hard negotiations, I was allowed to bike. I made well sure I didn’t ask any more questions in case he would give me further restrictions.
So, after work it was clear that I would have to bike. It was a gorgeous day, and I decided to bike from Ulsteinvik and up to Hasundhornet. If I had proposed this trip to the Doctor, he would probably have banned me from his office for the next 12 months. And I wouldn’t have blamed him.
Now, what should I listen to? I had recently purchased Sabrina Carpenter’s last 3 albums, and I decided to put them on shuffle.
When I first became aware of the hype around her, I was quite sure that she would be an artist I would never listen to. A year or two went by and the hype was still around. I got curious, and I just loved her albums.
Maybe I’m the only one who will draw this parallel, but I got the vibe from S.A.W back in the 80’s and I just loved that sound.
The trip went fine until I was in the last (and steepest) hill near the top of Hasundhornet. I couldn’t get up. My back tyre didn’t get a grip. It needs to be replaced.
I looked forward to the descent. At least 530 vertical meters. The goal was to bike so fast that it would be fun, but safe enough to come home in one piece. Another visit to the Doctor was simply out of the question…
Hasundhornet is the only top around here I can bike up to. So, what do I do the rest of the week? I’m off to Sogndal for the weekend and there are a few more options there. Maybe leave already on Thursday…
Great trip. Hope I didn’t make things worse…
Trip statistics: 21km on bike, 680 vertical meters, 1h:55m
Leikongeidet, Apr 21 2026
Tuesday: As I had promised the Doctor to only bike this week, I decided that I would do my very best to live up this promise. Especially since I got a strong feeling that he felt biking was a bad idea also.
As I couldn’t bike to any tops (except Hasundhornet) I was a little low on motivation and just ended up biking to the top of Leikongeidet and return via “Lysløypa”.
As I passed the Røddalshorn trailhead, I met my buddy Bjørn Skoge – doing proper community work by collecting cans along the roadside. We had a good chat. I was a bit envious about his very recent ski-trip to Sandfjelltuva in Vanylven. I hadn’t thought about that in terms of mountains that could be skied now. If I didn’t have the injury, I would have gone skiing the very next day.
We totally agreed on that it was very difficult to understand why some would choose to toss metal garbage into the nature.
I didn’t set any personal speed records today. I had strong wind against all the way down and I couldn’t hear a single word from the podcast that was on.
Trip statistics: 20km on bike, 390 vertical meters, 1h:41m
Sarshornet (540m), Apr 22 2026
Wednesday: The day before, I remembered that it’s possible to bike up to Sarshornet on Hareidlandet island, although the last 1,2km from lake Mosvatnet is along a regular hiking path.
I started out from Eidet.
The first hill up to Skarpeidet has a steep section and I couldn’t bike up. My back tyre is worn out, and I didn’t get a grip.
I followed the gravel road all the way to lake Mosvatnet and got started on the hiking path. I could see that I was not the only one who brought the bike to this trail.
I was doing OK until I reached the steepest part of the path. Then I fell off the bike a couple of times but was then able to bike the final leg to the top.
It would just be plain wrong not to be on a top on such a wonderful day. If I wasn’t allowed to bike either, then I would have been hiking with crutches…
I was tempted trying out the route to Litlevatnet, but I didn’t know if this route was bikeable and so I decided to return the way I came. Next time, though…
Then – time for the descent…
I had a great ride down from Sarshornet to Bugarden. That was just a big bag of fun…
I biked up to the popular viewpoint and then followed another hiking route below Osberget before returning to my car at Eidet.
Trip statistics: 17,4km on bike, 635 vertical meters, 2h:07m
Åberge, Apr 23 2026
Thursday: After work, I packed the car and sat course for Sogndal. It was raining most of the way, and so I wasn’t very interested in going on any bike trip along the way.
The drive to Sogndal went OK. It was nice to drive with summer tyres again. It was of course also nice to be back in Sogndal, together with Anne.
After dinner, I just had to have some exercise and biked up to Åberge.
The leg felt OK. But I was determined to stick to the bike for the rest of the week. There are a couple of tops in Sogndal that I can bike to the top of. We’ll see what kind of weather we’ll get.
Trip statistics: 9km on bike, 330 vertical meters, 0h:52m
Søre Gråbrørne (737m), Apr 25 2026
Friday: This hike is featured on a separate post…
Nyastølen, Henjadalen, Apr 26 2026
Saturday: The first part of the day was spent in Anne’s garden, clearing bush and chopping wood. A meaningful activity and I enjoyed myself. It was hard and honest work though. And – I got to stable wood, something I enjoy a lot.
I don’t have many skills, but I think I am good at stabling wood. If there is ever a national crisis, I hope they need people with that particular skillset. I doubt it, but I am willing and able…
Most people understand the sides of the wood stack have to be steady, but random bindings inside the stack is what makes the stack survive Norwegian weather. The ultimate test is to give it a proper shake. If it doesn’t feel even close to collapsing, your job is done…
Late in the afternoon, we drove to Leikanger to bike up Henjadalen – a valley I’ve never been to before.
The first part of the valley was quite … forgettable … but it got nicer when we reached Flya.
Maybe I hoped this was a long, flat valley. Deep inside, I must have know it wasn’t. It was 9km of gradual uphill all the way, more than 550 vertical meters in total. It was a bit brutal.
Higher up, the terrain got much more interesting…
We were now close to Nyastølen, although I never saw the cabins. I don’t even know if there were any. Maybe ruins were all that was left.
We continued up to the waterworks building. I had no idea what was above us, but it turned out that we were only 2km from Høgehaug. If we had wanted, we could have gone up there (on foot) and continued down to Hodlekve. But none of us wanted to hike 9km along the gravel road just to retrieve our bikes.
The road continued into Friksdalen, but as there was snow on the road, the waterworks building became our turnaround point.
Descending was big fun. I biked as fast as my courage allowed me to. I was maybe doing 45km/h on a gravel road with loose scree. It’s nothing to brag about. Professional bikers are probably doing twice that speed, but they’re young and their broken bones will heal in a totally different pace than mine.
At Flya, I noticed some huge rocks that I wanted to check out. If it hadn’t been for the fact that we were getting hungry, I would have liked to spend some time there…
It wasn’t the most awesome bike trip we’ve been to, but it was nice being there for the first time, and Anne had never seen extension of the Henjadalen road before.
It was time to get back home and do some more chopping wood in Anne’s garden before calling it a day and enjoy a nice Saturday evening…
Trip statistics: 17,9km on bike, 570 vertical meters, 1h:48m
Storehaug (661m), Apr 27 2026
Sunday: This morning started like most of our Sundays in Sogndal – Anne went down to Sogndasfjøra for her Sunday bath.
She – and the others are just crazy. The water temperature was 2 °C today.
I don’t mind a cold swim. I can handle it. But not in the morning! That’s close to impossible for me…
Afterwards, Anne had hours of work for me in her garden. Some of it was quite heavy work, but the end result was good.
Later afternoon, I needed some exercise and Anne decided to join in. I decided to repeat the bike trip to Storehaug in Luster, that I did in August, last year.
We parked the car in Hafslo and sat course for Mollandsmarki.
We then took the old road between Hafslo and Mollandsmarki, passing Sterrishovden.
We followed the gravel road up to Krossane where RV campers already were established. The Molden trailhead is more and more looking like a RV camping ground.
On our way up to Mollandsmarki, we got fjord view. It’s quite beautiful up here.
Last year, I biked from the Mollandsmarki road and almost all the way up to Storehaug. This year, that was totally out the question. Even walking was difficult. The tractor road was now a wide forest road with no solid ground below. They must have used belt wagons for transporting timber all winter. The road was basically just mud.
Eventually, we reached the Storehaug cairn.
We returned down the same way, back to our bikes at the Mollandsmarki road. It was quite clear that both our bikes and our shoes would need a round with the hose, once back at Anne’s place.
We continued down a forest trail down Kjosakleivane. The path was a bit rugged in places, but I kept a good pace and enjoyed myself. Anne took it a little bit slower but wasn’t far behind.
Next time we go to this area, we will leave our bikes up at Mollandsmarki, then drive down to Solvorn and hike from the fjord and up to Side. Then see if we can bike back to Solvorn via Galden. That could be an interesting round-trip hike.
Back in Sogndal, I took the responsibility for cleaning our bikes and shoes. Afterwards, we went down to Vågal to get a real burger meal. We felt we had earned it…
Trip statistics: 14,2km on bike, 1,7km on foot, 650 vertical meters, 2h:16m
