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Hovden i Setesdal

Reach the summits at Hovden

Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer Read more: Topptur på Hovdenut
Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer
Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer
Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer
Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer
Reach the summits at Hovden Photo: Anders Martinsen Fotografer
Read more: Topptur på Hovdenut

Walking facts

Level of difficulty
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Challenging
Duration
  • 3 hours
Landscape
  • Mountain
  • Forest
Season:
June - October

Contact information

Description

Four of the summits surrounding Hovden are particularly well suited for trips with children. These routes are marked blue, and all of them are signposted from the centre of Hovden.
If you have been to one or more of those summits, you can get a diploma at the tourist office. On each summit you'll find a guest book, in which we hope you will write a greeting. A map with information about the names of the surrounding mountains is provided on a board.

The four summits:
Otrosåsen, 858 m.a.s.l.
Hartevassnuten, 1068 m.a.s.l.
Hovdenuten, 1119 m.a.s.l.
Nos, 1209 m.a.s.l.

Categories

  • Cycling Cycling
  • Hiking Hiking

Facilities

  • Season

    • august
    • july
    • june
    • september
    • october
  • Nature and terrain

    • hiking area
    • mountainous terrain
    • mountains
    • forest
  • Grading

    • challenging
    • medium
    • easy
  • Duration

    • 3 hours

Equipment and security

Please follow these safety tips when you go hiking and walking 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

Where to eat in Setesdal

You will find a number of cosy restaurants with excellent cuisine in Setesdal, many of them featuring local produce.

Where to eat in Hovden

Sample local food at Fjellstoga or Bjåen Mountain Lodge. Or get a qualified chef to come to your cabin and cook up a meal for you and your family.

Where to stay in Setesdal

Camp by the Byglandsfjord or spend the night in an old-fashioned wooden tourist cabin - the choice is yours in Setesdal.

Alpine skiing at Hovden

Hovden is centrally located in the middle of Southern Norway, and is usually reliable when it comes to good snow conditions.

What to do in Hovden

Hike one of several summits in the Hovden area, fish for trout in one of the local lakes, or go cross-country skiing on top-class tracks come winter.

Shopping in Setesdal

Traditional handicrafts are available throughout the Setesdal region, but Evje offers the widest selection of shops locally.

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