Fanitullvegen from Hemsedal to Ål - cycling route
Great route to get familiar with the mountains separating Hemsedal and Ål. Nice gravel road the entire way, bring your family or someone you love and enjoy the nature.
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Enjoyable cycling on gravel roads in the high mountains. Cycling on fine gravel roads under Reineskarvet, through summer farm valleys and around small lakes. The summer-open chairlift can be used for the first climb. It is a fairly nice and gentle route that children can join if they can cycle as far as 60 km. It takes you up to high mountain nature where you can enjoy the landscape and nature without worrying about steering around stones and roots on a trail. After the first climb, you cycle past Røggjin then on to Flævassvatnet. This part of the route is easy and gentle until you roll down to Ål. The route is part of Stølsruta (Golsfjellet-Hemsedal-Ål-Hol-Geilo) and can advantageously be combined with Bergsjø’s route network. It is also possible to cycle back to Hemsedal via Trettestølene over the mountain down to the Hemsila trail, but there will be a lot of mud crossing peat bogs and some downhill cycling on rough trail terrain.
Author's advice
Check the weather forecast before you go. Pay attention to the wind strength.
Turn-by-turn directions
The route starts at Hollemoen gravel road, takes you further up into the mountain and then leads you over to Ål, same route back.
Equipment
Bring enough clothes, it can get cold on the mountain, especially if it is windy/raining.
Safety information
Use your head, wear a helmet!
Directions
From Hemsedal ski center, follow Holdeskarsveien up the mountain (paved toll road for cars), or take the summer-open chairlift to the top. The terrain is characterized by summer farms and high mountain nature on cozy gravel roads.
Parking
You can park up the Holdeskarsveien, next to the Ski Center.