Norwegian Mountains

Storliknausen, 1193m
Kjerringafjellet, 1136m
Såta, 1099m

Fylke/Kommune : Hordaland/{Kvam,Vaksdal}
Maps : 1216-II Evanger (Statens Kartverk, Norge 1:50 000)
Primary factor : Storliknausen: 405m
Primary factor : Kjerringafjellet: 218m
Primary factor : Såta: 56m
Hiked : Sep 2000, Oct 2000
See also : Bergsbukken
See also : Nuten
See also : Småbrekkebukken
Storliknausen in center

Storliknausen in center

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Introduction

Storliknausen is the highest of the mountains facing the Bergsdalen valley, an hour drive northeast of Bergen. Kjerringafjellet is Storliknausen's slightly lower neighbour. Såta is the northernmost peak on Kjerringafjellet, but is not regarded as an independent mountain on this web-site.

Neither of the two mountains are frequently visited, although the popular "T" trail to the Høgabu hut run through "the neighbourhood". An unmarked path will take you up to the pass between the two mountains, but getting up to the summits require some degree of routefinding. Of course, the mountains can be reached through other routes, but the route described on this page is the shortest.

I assume a mountain farm named Storli has given Storliknausen its name. Also related is lake Storlivatnet west of the mountain. "Storli" can be thought of as "big hillside", while "knausen" is yet another Norwegian name for "mountain" (of a less intimidating sort).

"Kjerringafjellet" is more difficult to explain. "Kjerringa" means "the woman", and has a highly unformal form. "Fjellet" means "mountain". I don't know if I should claim that this is a common mountain name, but only west of Hardangerfjorden, you will find 4 mountains with this name.

Primary factor:

Storliknausen (M711: 1193m, Ø.K: 1192,60m) has a primary factor of 405m towards the higher Fuglafjellet (1334m). The saddle is found at lake Djupatjørn, south of Kjerringafjellet. Ref. Økonomisk Kartverk (5m contours), you cross the 790m contours on the high route, but not 785m. The saddle height is interpolated to 788m.

Kjerringafjellet (M711: 1136m, Ø.K: 1135,79m) has a primary factor of 218m towards the higher Storliknausen (1193m). The saddle is found in Moagjelet pass, between the two mountains. Ref. Økonomisk Kartverk (5m contours), you cross the 920m contours on the high route, but not 915m. The saddle height is interpolated to 918m. Looking at Ø.K., the trig. point is 1135,79m. The 1135m contour can not be seen under the trig. point. There is however a 1135m contour just south of the trig. point. It is therefore possible that the mountain is slightly higher than 1136m.

Såta (M711: 1099m, Ø.K: -) has a primary factor of 56m towards the higher Kjerringafjellet (1136m). Såta is just a local top on Kjerringafjellet, and the saddle is on the high mountain ridge. Ref. Økonomisk Kartverk (5m contours), you cross the 1045m contours on the high route, but not 1040m. The saddle height is interpolated to 1043m.

Trail descriptions:

Notes: Class ratings are in reference to YDS. Click here for more information.

The trails described below are not necessarily the *easiest* trails to this mountain.

Lake Småbrekkevatnet - both summits (summer/autumn)

Difficulty : Class 2
Exposure : Routefinding required
Comments : Mixed trail/off-trail
Distance : Approx. 13Km round-trip
Time : 5-6 hours (w/o pause)
Starting Elev.: Approx. 530m
Vertical Gain : Approx. 900m

Map of the area
Map of the area
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Detailed map
Detailed map
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Access

From Bergen, follow highway E16 towards Oslo. At Dale, turn right towards "Bergsdalen". Follow the Bergsdalen road all the way to the northwest end of lake Småbrekkevatnet (the proper name is Vetlevatnet, which drains to Småbrekkevatnet) You will see a "T" trailsign towards Høgabu. Find parking alongside the road. Note that you will pass the first "T" Høgabu trailsign at Lid before you get to lake Småbrekkevatnet. The trails begins and ends at the Bergsdalen road, but takes runs up in the mountains along the way. A more precise Km description will follow later.

The route

Follow a gravel road down to lake Småbrekkevatnet. Cross the drain from lake Vetlevatnet via bridge. Follow the "T" trail along lake Småbrekkevatnet and then up to a pass between Moanovi and Vardafjellet. Where you see fit, leave this trail and hike up towards Moanovi. A path runs towards Moagjelet, the pass between Storliknausen and Kjerringafjellet.

As you approach the pass, determine your ascent route. It's been a while since I was up here and did not make notes. As I hiked these mountains, there was snow on the mountains, but I remember I followed grassy pitches not yet covered by snow up to Storliknausen. I had to walk where the terrain would let me, but did not run into any problems. The east side of Storliknausen is dominated by slabs, very slippery when not dry. Thus, I had to follow grassy pitches between the slabs.

I remember Kjerringafjellet to consist of a convenient number of ledges up a steep cliff system. Routefinding was necessary, but I did not run into particular problems. I will redo this hike and be back with more detailed information.

Various pictures:

1. Bergsbukken, Liabukken, Smaabrekkebukken and Storliknausen seen from Trollskardtinden (381KB) 2. Smaabrekkebukken, Storliknausen, Bjornaknausen and Graahorgi seen from Trollskardtinden (569KB) 3. Storliknausen seen from Trollskardtinden (198KB) 4. Storliknausen, Smaabrekkebukken and Liabukken seen from Borninolten (542KB) 5. Bergsdalen mountains seen from Iendafjellet. Storliknausen partly hidden in center of picture. (250KB) 6. Lake Holmavatnet seen from Iendafjellet. Storliknausen partly hidden in center of picture. (153KB) 7. Panorama from Dustingen (348KB) 8. Kjerringafjellet and Saata seen from the Bergsdalen road, Dec 2001 (212KB) 9. Bergsdalen view from Skorane (260KB) 10. Summit view from Torfinnshorgi (611KB) 11. Storliknausen and Kjerringafjellet seen from Nuten (430KB) 12. Summit view from Saudalsnovi (453KB) 13. North view from Hananipa (576KB) 14. On the way to Kaldenuten (193KB) 15. Blaakoll summit views (408KB) 16. Kringdalsnipa summit views (zoom) (836KB) 17. Summit views from Bjorndalshesten (716KB) 18. Bergsdalen-Kvamskogen-Fusa mountains (339KB) 19. East view from Storfjellet (462KB) 20. Zoom to the east from Storfjellet (404KB) 21. East view from Grønetua (part 2/2) (957KB)

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