Route 1
Tindevegen
The route is defined as normal
Routes defined as normal are suitable for most people who have experience with somewhat demanding sections.Tid
6:00 timer
Length
313 km
Popularity
7.5 av 10
Sognefjellsveien (fv.55) is one of Norway's national tourist routes.
From the green meadows and lush cultural landscape of Lom, you can see the mighty mountains in the distance as you drive up Bøverdalen.
Slowly, the road rises to a summit of 1434 meters above sea level.
making it Northern Europe's highest mountain pass.
When you arrive at Turtagrø, take Tindeveien to Øvre Årdal.
Tindeveien is 32 km long and winds its way across the mountain, from the highest point at 1315 masl.
to the lowest point at 11 m.
in Øvre Årdal.
The last few kilometers you drive through narrow, fun and steep hairpin bends.
It’s now 98 km since the start in Lom, and it might be a good idea to take a break in Øvre Årdal.
From Øvre Årdal, the road climbs upwards, through several hairpin bends and tunnels on its way to Tyin and Tyin junction.
From Tyinkrysset, take the E16 along Vangsmjøsa to Ryfoss.
Here it may be worth a stop at Mjøsvang cafe.
By the time you reach Beitostølen, you’ll have driven 104 km from Øvre Årdal, and it might be nice to make another stop.
There are plenty of places to eat at Beitostølen.
From Beitostølen you continue on the national tourist route over Valdresflye.
Here you get the feeling of “floating” over the plateau with great views of several mountain peaks in Jotunheimen National Park.
Large parts of the road are above the tree line, and at the highest point, 1389 meters above sea level.
is the DNT café Flye1389.
Local quality food is served here every day.
A 2 km detour to Gjende, which is also part of the national tourist route, is worth a visit.
Further on from here to Randsverk, there are several sights for those who want to stop to see or just drive by.
In Randsverk, the road splits and you should follow rv.
51 that goes down to rv.
15.
From there you drive straight back to Lom.
You’ve now covered 310 km, crossed four mountain passes and hopefully had a great day on the bike.
Support
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:
- 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!
- 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!
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.
- 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!
