Sveningen, Bergen, Norway: the hill that feels like a mountain
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.26 mi
- Elevation gain
- 902 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,543 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,776 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 223 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours
- Coordinates
- 929
- Uploaded
- July 5, 2015
- Recorded
- July 2015
near Håland, Hordaland (Norge)
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Itinerary description
Sveningen measures a modest 842 m a.s.l., but nonetheless feels like a mountain. In fact, that goes for the entire valley. Tarns, glacial moraines, steep cliffs, jagged peaks, a proper treeline and ample snow in July: this is no walk in the park. The trail is well-signposted and also graced with signs sharing old legends, sayings and biblical oneliners. After a 2 km warming-up on a forest road, the trail narrows down to a small footpath, climbing ever more steeper. After one hour, one passes fjellbotn: a plateau, just above the timberline, riddled with old moraines and small tarns. Here the serious bit of the climb starts: 300 m in less than 1 km over a pretty rugged path. Not technical, but surely strenous. Well worth the effort though: views from the summit are unsurpassed on a good day, with vistas onto Folgefonna ice cap, the Atlantic ocean and Gullfjellet, the highest peak of the Bergen area.
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