How to get there:
From Lillehammer, follow signs for Nordseter, but make a left into
Kringsjåvegen shorly after passing the olympoic ice halls (on your right).
Drive Kringsjåvegen, the road will curve right and climb. Higher up, there
is a short left branch in order to get onto the correct final stretch. As the
hill eases, there is parking on your right. This location is N61.15346, E10.45280
with elevation near 450 meter.
Route:
A track is posted on Peakbagger.com. Note that this track also
includes the very last part of driving to the trailhead.
A trail (forest road) starts immediately on the opposite side
of the road. It soon branches. Take the left fork. This path
will climb and traverse around the south side with good views back (left)
towards Lillehammer and the lake Mjøa. The upper part is slightly steeper,
but still quite easy to walk/ski.
The summit is a small
open area with views
to the north as well as a pretty nice view of
the lake Mjøsa south.
Comments:
I needed to make a trip to Lillehammer as we had forgotten to
store beer for Christmas in our basement. The plan was therefore
first to ski this summit, then buy beer and drive back up
to our mountain cabin. This mountain/hill is located quite
close to the Bjørstad and the Fagstad farms. These farms
are in my family history. My Grandfather Erling Bjørstad
started his life here.
I started skiing shortly after 1200 - noon. I quickly discovered
that this hill is used by the locals as a walking hill. Several
tracks, all from people walking.
The ascent was pretty nice, I was on top in about half an hour.
After a 5 minute break to enjoy the views, I descended, but this
time along a different track, Skiing carefully since the snow cover
was still a bit marginal, I was back down in about 20 minutes.
Resources:
Images
Balbergkampen as seen from the (old) Lillehammer bridge to Vingnes.
