Rosendal , fjord area

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Effort level

Expert

Duration

7 hours

Landscape

Mountain
Coast
Fjord

Rosendal

Hike to Melderskin

5470 Rosendal

+47 53 48 42 80

turistinfo@kvinnherad.kommune.no

www.visitsunnhordland.no

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”.

Facilities

Nature and terrain
- mountains
- near sea/ocean
Grading
- expert
- marked trails with colour grading
Special
- fjord area
Duration
- 7 hours

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: 9/5/2012 Source: Samarbeidsrådet for Sunnhordland

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