Hub2Hub: Nermo Hotell - Hotel Union Geiranger

Experience mountains and fjords on the same day, or split the tour into 2 days with an overnight stay at Fossheim in Lom. This tour takes you from the beautiful mountains of Innlandet to gorgeous Geiranger. In fact, there’s so much to see and so many “insta” friendly stops that you need to allow plenty of time. This is 300km of pure enjoyment.

The route is defined as normal

Routes defined as normal are suitable for most people who have experience with somewhat demanding sections.

Length
300 km

Popularity
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The route is very varied from beautiful mountain roads on gravel via back roads up Ottadalen to dramatic turns down to Geiranger.
The 300 km stretch consists of about 55% asphalt and 45% gravel.

The tour starts from Nermo via the west side road to Tretten and further up to Skeikampen before entering the Peer Gynt road, one of Norway’s most beautiful mountain roads, to Gålå and Dalseter.
Continue along Espedalsveien for about 10 km to Skåbu and then west for another 10 km to Slangen.
The route then heads north along Sikkildalsvegen and then onto Nysetervegen before reaching Leirflaten in Heidal and Randsverk. From Randsverk you drive into Arne Brimi’s kingdom along Lake Tesse.
If you see a man in a rowing boat wearing a Bula hat and neckerchief, it’s probably Brimi himself, out foraging for food.
At the north end of Tesse, you’ll pass first Brimi Sæter and then Brimi Fjellstugu.
Both deserve a stop and at Brimi Sæter they produce one of Norway’s best mountain cheeses. Down on Riksvei 15 in Ottadalen again, follow R15 north for a couple of kilometers before following the old gravel road along Ottaelva north to Lom.
Here we recommend lunch at the lovely Fossheim Hotel. After lunch, you continue north towards Skjåk and Grotli via side roads through rich agricultural areas and beautiful cultural landscapes.
If you need a quick break and coffee stop, we highly recommend Billingen Seterpensjonat.
When you arrive at Grotli, take Gamle Geirangervegen, which runs parallel to Strynefjellsvegen along the Breiddalsvatnet lake to the exit down to Geiranger.
Then follow Geirangervegen down to Union.
You may want to drive up around Dalsnibba before heading down to Union Geiranger.

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How can I navigate the route?

This primarily depends on whether you have a GPS installed, navigate by App on your mobile phone or prefer paper printing.
Here we describe the most common workflows:

GPS via computer

Download the GPX file for the route of your choice to your computer
Import the file to your route planning tool (e.g. Garmin’s Basecamp or Tom Tom’s MyDrive)
Export the route to your GPS in the usual way
Check that the route is calculated correctly in your GPS (It is recommended that the GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance is turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
Have a good trip!

GPS via mobile phone

Download the GPX file for the route of your choice to your mobile phone
Send/open the file in the app that belongs to your GPS model (e.g. Garmin’s Drive or Tom Tom’s MyDrive)
Send the route to your GPS (follow instructions that come with your GPS and App)
Check that the route is calculated correctly in your GPS (It is recommended that the GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance is turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
Have a good trip!

App via Ride with GPS

Many of the routes on Hubriding use the app Ride with GPS app for route planning and navigation of the routes.
You can download a free version or pay for extended use.
Click on the Send to Device link on the map on this page, when the app has started and you see the current route, press Navigate and then just follow the route.

Paper printout

Click on the link in the map on the page and the map will open in a new window
Print the map, with or without description
Have a good trip!