Mauranger , mountain area

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: Kåre Eik

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: AK Løvfall

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: Anne Kari Enes

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Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: LH Eikeland

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: KLV

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: Kåre Eik

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: AK Løvfall

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: Kåre Eik

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna Photo: Anne Kari Enes

Effort level

Expert

Duration

10 hours

Landscape

Mountain
glacier

Mauranger

Hike to Fonnabu by the glacier Folgefonna

5476 Mauranger

+47 53 48 42 80

turistinfo@kvinnherad.kommune.no

www.turistforeningen.no/kvinnherad/cabi...

Location
Sunndal, Mauranger

Map
Folgefonna National Park

Start and stopping point
Bondhus

Parking
From Sunndal through the Bondhusbygda hamlet for 500 meters to the parking lot at the entrance to Bondhusdalen Valley. There is a sign by the highway. NOTE: Please park in such a way that the road can be accessed by tractor.

Marking
There is an information board by the parking lot and by the intersection 500 meters before Lake Bondhusvatnet.
T markings, signs and cairns.

Grading
Black
Challenging hike, five boots according to the DNT system.

Difference in altitude
60 - 1450m AMSL

Estimated Time
10 hours round trip

Recommended advice
The weather changes abruptly in the high mountain by the glacier. Bring clothes for precipitation and cold weather.
Staying the night to experience evenings and mornings is recommended.

Overview
From the parking lot there is a quality gravel road, Isvegen, to the intersection 500 meters before Lake Bondhusvatnet. From here on the restored riding path up Hillerslia for 18 hairpin turns to Gardshammarsetra mountain farm, and further up to a bridge by Lake Botnavatnet. Continue on a partly built path in screes and high mountains to the cabin Breidablikk, which is unmanned and has four beds. It takes approx. 1 hour from here to the glacier center Fonnabu, which is unmanned and has 27 beds.
This is the most used way up to Folgefonna Glacier, that includes the extraordinary experience of "From Fjord To Glacier". The cabins Breidablikk and Fonnabu are owned by Bergen turlag and are maintained by Kvinnherad turlag.
To get onto the glacier, you need to have the necessary equipment and experience. A satisfactory alternative could be a walk in the mountains along the glacier. You will find many beautiful ice and mountain formations here. For a couple of weeks during the summer, the glacier is tour guided every day from Fonnabu to Holmaskjerhytta at the Odda side.

Facilities

Nature and terrain
- gravel
- total ascent
- national park
- glacier
Grading
- expert
- marked trails with colour grading
Special
- glacier
- mountain area
Duration
- 10 hours (TUR/RETUR. Pausar kjem i tillegg.)

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.

Last updated: 5/27/2013 Source: Samarbeidsrådet for Sunnhordland

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