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Rosendal , fjord area

Hike to Melderskin

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Hike to Melderskin Photo: Mette Sandvik Ulvesæter
Hike to Melderskin Photo: KarenLV
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Sverre Våge
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Sverre Våge
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Sverre Våge
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Sverre Våge
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Sverre Våge
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Anne Kari Enes
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Anne Kari Enes
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Anne Kari Enes
Hike to Melderskin Photo: Sverre Våge

Hike facts

Effort level
  • Expert
Duration
  • 7 hours
Landscape
  • Mountain
  • Coast
  • Fjord

Contact information

Description

Location
Rosendal.

Map
Map of Folgefonna National Park
Rosendal Turgruppe’s route map.

Start and stopping point
Kletta

Parking
Drive towards the Baroniet, but turn left to Kletta at the intersection before the tree-lined avenue up to the Baroniet.
There is a parking lot by the stop sign at Kletta.

Marking
Information Board by the parking lot. From here, 300 meters along the road is without marking before the path turns up towards Skardshaug. T markings, signs and cairns.

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

Difference in altitude
160 - 1426m AMSL

Estimated Time
4 hours up, slightly less down

Recommended advice
Bring plenty to drink.

Overview
From the parking lot, 300 meters along the road is without marking before the path turns up towards Skardshaug.
The path goes first through outlying fields and mixed forest. Above the tree-line, the path follows small ridges and valleys called Rindane. The first top, Skardshaug, is halfway to Melderskin. The view here is excellent. The valley towards the southeast is the Hattebergsdalen Valley, an important entrance to the Hatteberg Water Way and Folgefonna National Park. The surface then turns into more rocks and less vegetation. The ”moss carpet” and the fresh spring water in Holo are unexpected surprises. Here you may find snow all summer long.
The cairn on the flat top plateau was built by the Norwegian Geographical Survey Department in 1913. There is a magnificent view towards the ocean, fjords and mountains, and the Folgefonna Glacier.
Melderskin is often called ”The Queen Among The Hordaland Mountains”.

Trail marking

This hike is signposted and the level of difficulty indicated by colour-coded icons. Green is easiest, blue is moderate, red is demanding, and black is very demanding.

Categories

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  • Hiking Hiking

Facilities

  • Nature and terrain

    • mountains
    • near sea/ocean
  • Grading

    • expert
    • marked trails with colour grading
  • Special

    • fjord area
  • Duration

    • 7 hours

Equipment and safety

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.

 

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More about this area

Getting to Sunnhordland

The main road E39 runs through Sunnhordland, and express boats to and from Bergen and Stavanger call at Leirvik.

Key facts about Sunnhordland

There are 60,000 people living in Sunnhordland. Stord and Husnes are the only two towns in the area. The Hardangerfjord is central in the region.

Where to stay in Sunnhordland

Stay in a cabin in the mountains, or in a luxurious hotel by the fjord. Guest houses such as Kubbervik and Bekkjarvik ooze charm and atmosphere.

Sunnhordland

Sunnhordland lies south of Bergen at the mouth of the Hardangerfjord, and is known for the Folgefonna National Park and the Barony in Rosendal.

Hiking in Sunnhordland

Hike by the Hardangerfjord, try a blue ice walk on the Folgefonna Glacier or choose from many coastal trails. Sunnhordland is close to Bergen.

What to do in Sunnhordland

In Sunnhordland you can go hiking in the mountains, fish for trout in the rivers and for pollack in the sea – all in one day.

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