Route 4
Around Mellsjøen and Birken-land
The route is defined as normal
Routes defined as normal are suitable for most people who have experience with somewhat demanding sections.Tid
3:30 timer
Length
47 km
Popularity
7.5 av 10
The tour starts at the large parking lot at Pellestova.
If you want to shorten the trip, you can drive 5-6 km further until you find parking spaces just before Reina.
This will shorten the trip by about 10-12 km.
From Reina, the trail runs in easy terrain towards Hornsjø and at the hotel you have to keep up.
The trail takes you onto a nice gravel road marked towards Hynna, which eventually turns into a fairly demanding 3.5 km trail to Hynna.
If you're not used to trail biking, you can follow the gravel road over and along the Åsta river before crossing the river again and returning to the route.
Perhaps this is where the group will split up for a while?
The prize for those who follow the route and the trail section is a fun trail in between and two pleasant stretches without traffic.
The trails separate at 14.5 km from the start and meet again at 19.5 km.
Once you’re back on the road, it climbs up to Storstilen and you’re on the Birken trail and the famous Rosinbakken.
This is where many people struggle with cramps and “hit the wall” in the Birkebeiner race, which runs between Rena and Lillehammer.
Once you’re up Rosinbakken, the terrain is slightly hilly above Elgåsen, where you leave the Birken trail and cycle along the beautiful Mellsjøen lake.
Here you’ll find great picnic and campfire spots in the ski paradise that is Sjusjøen.
Back at Reinsvannet, a new, shorter and slightly easier trail section awaits.
There’s also an easy detour via Reina for those who want to stay on a gravel road.
If you’re not too tired after your hike, you might be tempted to cycle down one of the trails in Hafjell Bike Park.
In that case, green trails 7 and 16 and blue trails 5, 12 and 14 are exciting options.
The way they are built means that they are challenging for everyone based on their own skill and speed.
In general, the mountain hikes from Nermo hotel can be used as a framework for several experiences.
They are mostly on gravel roads, but at the same time they go through some of Norway’s finest terrain for trail biking.
On our tours you’ll find everything from fantastic flow trails to more demanding trails for the experienced.
Check the web or signs along the way marked with bikes in the colors green (easiest), blue, red or the most demanding black.
HAVE A GOOD RIDE!
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!
