Damsgårdsfjellet and Lyderhorn
Published: 14.03.2021
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Hey, long time no hear from us. Last week was a bit stressful for me, but the week before that was spontaneously interesting, so before it fades too much from memory, I quickly sit down behind the laptop and write down our experiences (or start).
So....:
Three weekends ago, on February 28th to be exact, we went on another small tour to one of the mountains. This time it was Damsgårdsfjellet (Da)'s turn. It is located west of Løvstakken. We thought that we could just hike it after Løvstakken, but we didn't manage to. That was more due to the twilight than our strength. Damsgårdsfjellet is only 284 meters high and very wide. It took us longer to walk from the city center to the mountain than to reach the 'peak'. You walk mostly through the forest and only leave it shortly before you reach the top. It was windy and we never found a truly sheltered spot. Nevertheless, we took a break and enjoyed the remaining pancakes from our Sunday breakfast, which we always have on Sundays, by the way. When we were back at the bottom, we briefly considered walking back to Fantoft on the southwest side of Løvstakken, but it was already too dark. We really need to remember to bring our headlamps. It's not good if we always lazily ride the Bybanen back. ;)
Now let's move on to the penultimate week, which was study week. Some courses don't take place during this time so that students have time to prepare for upcoming exams. Among the international students, it's a common opportunity to take a longer trip. Most people go to Tromsø during this time. We also want to go there, but with the current weather, the most spectacular thing we could see would be the Northern Lights. However, we would need more luck with the weather for that. Otherwise, it's cold and dark up there, and Tromsø is maybe nice, but not really worth seeing. That's why we plan to visit the Lofoten Islands in the summer instead. It will be easier to do hiking tours and there will also be more daylight for a better look around. All things considered, we didn't have any plans for the week because unfortunately, all the mat-nat courses took place and the week didn't look any less busy than usual. But on Monday evening, Pia found out that her UN course, in addition to our Norwegian course, was also canceled. And then we spontaneously decided to go away as well. So we grabbed our numerous travel guides and hiking guides and searched for a nice trip. In the end, we decided to be on the road from Thursday morning to Saturday morning. We booked a car and a camping stove. We would rent the sleeping bags on Wednesday. The idea was to drive towards Hardangerfjord, the second-longest fjord at 179 km, and hike along the east and west sides. We would sleep in the car. We had booked a small car and were confident that we could both spend two nights in it without any problems.
Monday was over and Tuesday came. The weather was great, it wouldn't get worse until the weekend. That's why we decided to climb Lyderhorn (Ly). The last remaining mountain on the southern side of Bergen. It is closest to the coast and is 396 meters high. We took the bus to the foot of the mountain. Unlike Damsgårdsfjellet, it doesn't have such long flat mountain flanks. From below, it looks more like you almost have to climb the mountain vertically. So we set off, at first it was a steep footpath, but it dissolved halfway and we had to follow markings on the rocks. Since we came from the southwest side, we had a new, unknown view during the ascent. At the top, we enjoyed the view and the calm weather. Of course, Norwegians came running up, panting, and stopped their running time while we were sitting there. It really feels like everyone is training for the mountain run in May. Anyway, we took it easy and later started the descent and got back on the bus to the city center. Before we got on, I forgot to stop the tour in my hiking app, so this time we had an excellent speed on the last part. Now there's only one mountain left of the Seven.
Wednesday was quite busy. We went into the city, first borrowed the camping stove from the outdoor organization BUA, and then the sleeping bags from the second outdoor organization BSI Friluft. Then we were briefly worried if we could find a store that sells denatured alcohol, because it was already late evening. Fortunately, we did. Then we quickly went shopping and packed everything else. I would say we were both excited about how it would be. Honestly, I assumed that we would freeze half to death at night. Whether we lost any body parts will be revealed in the next entry about the short trip, before this one gets too long. Or rather, before the photo flood bursts the frame.
Our tour to Damsgårdsfjellet:
Our tour to Lyderhorn:
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