Mannen from Haukland

From the car park at Hauklandstranda the walk follows a gravel road for about 500 m, then a clear path climbs the hillside to a small stream. There it turns left, west, onto the ridge towards Mannen and stays on the ridge, not on the side paths across the bog towards Uttakleiv or to Himmeltinden (Visit Lofoten describes both side paths). Visit Lofoten says the final 350 m of climbing is steady, with Haukland beach in view below, up to the top of Mannen at about 400 m. You return the same way.

It is 4.3 km there and back with about 395 m of ascent (the top is about 400 m above the sea and the walk starts by the beach); allow about 2½ hours, or 2 to 3 by Visit Lofoten's figure (the car park's operator, Hauklandstranda AS, gives 1.75 km and 1 to 1.5 hours, without saying whether that is one way). The grade is Moderate: a 400 m climb in 2 km on a mountain path (OpenStreetMap maps it as a mountain hiking path), and Visit Lofoten rates it medium with some airy sections.

Visit Lofoten says the narrow last stretch is the most exposed part and that turning back is fine. It says the walk suits young people used to this terrain who have no fear of heights, and is not recommended for small children. Hauklandstranda AS, which runs the car park, calls the walk slightly technical, with challenging parts for people with a fear of heights, and says the trail can be slippery and dangerous in wet conditions; check the forecast first. Do not climb when the path has ice or snow. The Norwegian mountain code (Fjellvettreglene, from DNT and the Red Cross) says to be ready for bad weather and cold even on a short walk, and to turn back in time. Hauklandstranda AS gives the main season as May to September, sometimes March to November if there is no snow.

Grazing animals use the area, says Visit Lofoten. Under Norway's dog law a dog must be on a leash or enclosed from 1 April to 20 August, and a municipality can extend that where livestock graze, so keep a dog on a lead wherever animals are grazing.

The start is Hauklandstranda car park, which OpenStreetMap marks as paid and which Hauklandstranda AS runs; its page gives the charges and the ways to pay. Visit Lofoten's page does not give parking charges or buses, so none is given here.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with the distance and time worked out from it. The climb is the published figure: height data cannot be trusted on this ground. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.