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Arnebergbua sits in the Øystre Slidre state common – a continuous stretch of mountain terrain where you can travel for miles on foot or by bike. Beyond the toll gate on the seter road, the cabin is your base: the lake below the tun, walks from the door, and a seter landscape still in use.
The walks start at the cabin. The seter road through the hamlets is the easiest – go as far as you like and turn when you like. The nearest summit walk rounds Finnefjorden and climbs Fullsennknatten on the far side: a round trip of eight to ten kilometres, where a path branches off the seter road along the way – allow half a day with breaks. For longer days, the common’s marked trails and open shelters lie ahead – wide terrain that is easy to move through.
02 · Fishing
Fishing in the Øystre Slidre state common
Fullsenn is a good trout lake, and the rowing boat and canoe in the boathouse are free to use. The nearest fishing waters are in Finnefjorden – the part of the lake you row into from the boathouse. A fishing permit for the state common is bought from Inatur and covers around 80 other lakes in the area, with trout in nearly all of them. Young people fish free through the year they turn 20.
03 · The seter landscape
The seter landscape
The hamlets along the road are not scenery. Traditional summer farming continues here – the cows are milked through the season, and several of the summer barns have recently been upgraded. The knowledge and traditions of seter farming were inscribed on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage in December 2024. At Søre Trøllåsen, one of the hamlets on the road in, stands one of Valdres’ seven bergflagg – Norwegian flags painted on rock, a phenomenon particular to this valley. The open landscape around Fullsenn is shaped by use: grazing animals have kept the hillsides open for generations.
Hunting? Small-game hunting in the common is managed by the local mountain board and requires residency in Norway – a separate page is coming.