Siggjo

Siggjo: A fabulous viewpoint – and an exciting geological area



Place: Siggjarvåg/Moster



      Map of track: Siggjo (1: 50 0000)

Place of start and end: Grøvle/Siggjarvåg

Parking: By the classified road/county road 542 at Stokka in Siggjarvåg you will find good parking facilities. The bus stops by request. In Siggjarvåg and in Håvik boat tourists find access to the track.

Marking: Information board at the start point. The track is signed and marked.


Grading: Blue. Easy walk, but some steep places.

Difference in height: About 300m. The highest point of the track is 474m above sea level.

Use of time: About two hours



Good advice: Some wet and slippery places,  use adequate shoes.

Tour information:

Siggjo has always been an important sailing mark visible from long distances.  The mountain is a popular walk destination. Thousands of people visit Siggjo every year.

From the parking place you follow a well marked path which turns into a tractor road. Follow the tractor road up to the sign marked  Siggjo, and from this place there is a marked path up to the top. Take time to stop once a while and enjoy the view as it opens up. From Siggjo there is a marvellous view in all directions. If the weather is good you can see from Lyderhorn by Bergen to Haugesund. Folgefonna  (glacier) lies in the east like a shining white carpet, and in the west you have a good look towards the ocean as far as the eye can see. You can see Bømlo and her more than thousand islands and the skerries in all of Sunnhordland.

On the top there is a marked path to a ryolitt quarry. Here you can find traces from thousands of years of stone quarrying. The ryolitt-variant found on Siggjo is characteristic and easily recognized, with a dark greenish bottom colour and lighter veins and spots. The stone was broken from the rock by means of fire and water. The ryolitt from Siggjo was in use from about 4000 to about 2000 BC. Most of the Siggjo-ryolitt was used in Hordaland.

This area is highly worthy of preservation. Please respect this and do not bring with you stone from this place.

For long, long times Siggjo has been a weather sign and weather forecaster:

   When Siggjo puts on her hat, it is a sign of water
   When Siggjo puts on her coat, you cannot hope for good weather
   When Siggjo puts on her belt, it will be sunny, but also a bit cloudy
   When Siggjo is naked and clear, she predicts good weather.

Please follow these safety tips when you go hiking in Norway.

1. Be prepared
Be sufficiently experienced, fit and equipped for your intended trip.

2. Leave word of your route
Many cabins, hotels and other lodgings have tour notification boxes in which you may put a written notice of your planned route

3. Be weather-wise
You should always be alert to forecasts of bad weather, yet not rely completely on forecasts of good weather.

4. Be equipped for bad weather and frost
Always take a rucksack and proper mountain gear.

5. Learn from the locals
Local people can often tell you about avalanche trails, wind and snow conditions, and the safest routes.

6. Use a map and compass
Always have and know how to use a map and compass.

7. Do not go solo
If you venture out alone, there is nobody to give you first aid or notify a rescue service in an emergency.

8. Turn back in time - sensible retreat is no disgrace
If conditions deteriorate so much that you doubt you can attain your goal, turn around and return.

9. Conserve energy and build a snow shelter if necessary
The stronger the wind, the tougher the walking/skiing. Suit your speed to the weakest member of the party.

Find more detailed safety tips in the Norwegian Mountain Code.