Location: North 60.70654, East 005.87963 (GPS on the summit)
Hordaland, Norway
Difficulty: (YDS) class 2
Climbed February 19. 2023
Information:
How to get there:
From Bergen, drive E-39 north to Romarheim. There is a signed road
going right. This road serves Modalen, but is also a cross road
towards E-16 and Dale.
Continue up the Modalen valley (Do NOT enter the long tunnel that connects to Eksingedalen).
After somewhat more than 10 kilometer, locate the signed road that forks right. The sign
reads Nygaard 6km. Drive this road, take the 3rd. road forking right, shortly before the
road has its final uphill towards lake Steinavatnet. This road runs up Kvanndalen in summer, in winter
this road is open only to serve a few local vacation huts. In winter, find good parking on your
right immediately after crossing the creek. This location is
N60.89801, E006.02449, elevation about 430 meter.
Route description:
Follow the road into Kvanndalen, take the left fork where the road forks.
In summer, follow the trail that is marked on the map all the way to the summit.
In winter, ascend easy slopes on the right hand side of the slope near 700 meter of
elevation, then head more left (north-west) in order to enter the distinct valley that
runs north-east, that is on the west side of point 1003m. This valley is narrow, but
provides good access in the winter. Continue uphill until this valley becomes wider
just before a small lake. Turn north-west as soon as the terrain allows this, uphill
across gentle slopes. The remaining distance is more or less directly towards the summit.
Comments:
I climbed this mountain as part of an organized ski trip by the Bergen Mountaineering Group.
We were 14 people, Fredrik Brun assisted me as co-trip leader. We started around 1030
and summited at 1315. We skied back down in Kvitavassdalen. Deep, fresh powder snow, fantastic
conditions. We returned to the cars at 1530, a very nice ski trip.
