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Hike to Tverrfjell from Uskedalen


Facilities

Duration

5 hours


Grading

Challenging, Marked trails with colour grading


Nature and terrain

Gravel, Mountains, Small path


Description
Location
Uskedalen.

Map
Folgefonna National Park

Start and stopping point
By the beginning of the forest road, up the hill at Øvre Haugland.

Parking
From highway 48, follow the sign and turn towards Musland.
There is a parking lot after approx. 4 km, by the gate to the forest road.

Marking
Information Board by the parking lot.
Necessary signs along the forest road.
T Markings from where the path starts at the end of the forest road.

Grading
Red
Moderate hike, three boots according to the DNT system.

Difference in altitude
80 - 932m AMSL

Estimated Time
5 hours round trip

Recommended advice
From Tverrfjell, follow the T marked route to Gråfjell and down into Myklebustdalen, or to Nonshaug and down into Omvikdalen. Be creative and use your imagination to plan interesting hikes.

Overview
Go through the gate and follow the forest road for approx. 1 km to the intersection with the sign pointing to the left of the lake Mannsvatnet (Lake at the mountain Mannen; The Man) and Tverrfjell. Follow the forest road to the end to a sign for the path through the birch forest. Above the tree-line, follow the markings via Hauglandsfjellet to Tverrfjell.

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