Fagervatn - Rallarvegen (The Old Navvy Road) - Fagervatn - Norway

Fagervatn - Rallarvegen (The Old Navvy Road)

Fagervatn - Norway

Information
Length80000m
Min / max altitude1000m / 1343m
Duration2 days
Route typetraverse
Gear- Prévoir des vêtements de pluie. Les norvégiens sont adeptes du pantalon imperméable. - Très bien organisé pour la location de vélo : on les prend à Haugastøl, Finse... pour les rendre à Myrdal, Voss ou Flåm... - Très bien organisé également pour les transport en commun. De Flåm, on peut remonter en train à crémaillère puis train ; de Voss en train. Plusieurs bus par jour entre Voss et Flåm.
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The Rallarvegen (Old Navvy Roead) is a wonderfull traverse from high plateau of Hardangervidda to Flåm or Voss, close to the fjords.

This road

Abstract

The different routes

  1. Haugastøl – Flåm : 80km (+400m / -1343m), classical route.
  2. Finse – Flåm : 57km (+150m / -1343m), the same but shorter
  3. Haugastøl – Voss : 108km (+400m / -1343m), longer with a different end.

The Road

Haugastøl - Finse

Departure from the ski station of Haugastøl, near the hotel Haugastøl 1000 m.o.h. (bike rental available). The route is easy until the ski station of Finse.

Finse - Myrdal

Follow the lake until the Fagervatn pass (1343m), the highest point of the route. Possible firn on the road and in the lake in the end of July.

Then the road descends around nice water-falls.

Before Myrdal, you have to choose between two destinations:

Myrdal - Flåm

Crowded in the summer

Myrdal - Voss

  • This road is often ridden by bike but can be wonderfull by foot.

  • Often firn in July

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