The locks

Route 5 is a trip of approx. 130km and offers approx. 1800 meters of altitude. Although this is a good hike where you get both some kilometers and altitude meters, this is a wonderfully beautiful and eventful trip along one of the things that Telemark is most famous for, the Telemark Canal. And if you're lucky, you might meet the canal boats Henrik Ibsen or Victoria when you get to Lunde and cycle up the Telemark Canal from Lunde to Kviteseid.

The route is defined as demanding

Routes defined as demanding are suitable for people with experience in demanding batches

Length
131 km

Popularity
8out of 10

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Route 5: Locks

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It is recommended that GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance turned off in order for the route to be calculated as described.

Starts as usual from Straand Hotel and takes you a short distance down along Nisser. At Steane, turn left towards Grova and Drangedal.

Here you will have a small climb before tipping downwards. After passing the top, there is what you could call a very easy transport stage down towards Grova, Tørdal and Bostrak before ending up in Drangedal. This is a stretch of about 40 km and about 70 meters of altitude. In Drangedal, you may want to buy some food and drink for the trip over the moor to Lunde. The hike from Drangedal to Lunde is a great hike in slightly hilly terrain with a small climb in the last part up to the top before a good downhill run down to Strengen in Lunde.

When you come down to the road junction at Strengen, you will see Kjeldal locks about 200 meters to the right. Here you may be lucky enough to meet the canal boats Henrik Ibsen or Victoria as they pass through the lock. The bike ride continues to the left towards Fjågesund. The ride from Lunde and up towards Fjågesund and Vrådal is in the category of hilly terrain, but fun. And where you end the trip with the well-known Kviteseidkleivene towards Vrådal and Straand Hotel.

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How can I navigate the route?

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

GPS via computer

Download the GPX file for the route you want 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 turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
Have a great trip!

GPS via mobile phone

Download the GPX file for the route you want 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 the 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 turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
Have a great 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 this as 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, click 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 great trip!