Tour 4 – Aasebu and Brushytten cabins

This trail is floodlit, allowing locals and visitors to go cross-country skiing in the darker winter months, but is also wonderful in the summer.

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Tour description

From the top of the funicular, walk to the information board and head left on Blåmansveien towards Brushytten cabin. After around 1 km, take a left following the signpost towards Halfdan Griegs vei. The path climbs and then takes you onto the floodlit trail.

The trail is reserved for skiers during the skiing season. The ground is soft and the entire trail is closed to cyclists, making it perfect for walkers and runners. Over the past few years, several upgrades have been made with drainage and wood chip, and the path is now dry pretty much all year round.

Continue towards the right following Halfdan Griegs vei. After several hundred metres, you take the path to the right following the floodlit trail up a small slope (known among the locals as the ”Donald Duck”). The trail evens out and takes you towards Brushytten cabin.

Just before you reach the cabin, the trail turns down to the left. Follow towards Storediket lake and walk around its banks. After a while, you will see a smaller lake on your left. Continue until you cross the track and continue on the floodlit trail. After several hundred metres, the trail turns slightly right and you will reach the top of a steep slope. At the bottom of the slope, turn right on the trail towards Aasebu. Aasebu is a good place to stop for a picnic, and a chat with fellow walkers who may know about new paths you can follow.

Once fully rested, continue on the floodlit trail past beautiful views of the right side of Bergen and its fjord. The floodlit trail takes you back to Halfdan Griegs vei where you follow the signposts back to Fløyen. Try this trip both during summer and winter if you can, the Bergen mountains are a haven for avid cross-country skiers.

 

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