Route 9
Valle track to Lysebotn
The route is defined as simple
Routes defined as easy are suitable for everyone regardless of experienceLength
360 km
Popularity
9out of 10
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.
A day packed with great impressions and experiences. The whole trip takes about 10 hours, so this will be a really long day with lots of varied driving and great nature experiences.
The trip starts along Vråvatn with everything from gentle sweepers to tight fun hairpins up towards Åmdals verk up to Grimsstøl where you drive onto RV 45 or Borsævegen towards Valle in Setesdal. The mountain section is lovely to drive with nice curves and good flow. We recommend a coffee or lunch break in Valle before you start the wonderful trip over the mountain to Suleskard, a lovely stretch of road with a relatively narrow road and many lovely bends. On the mountain pass there are sheep along the highway, but they are used to seeing vehicles so they are quiet, but be careful. The trip down from Suleskard is wonderfully winding, so you can only look forward to driving back up on the return trip, which is a completely new route with new views and new experiences. Once down from the mountain, turn right onto Lyseveien, which leads to the lookout point and café in Lysebotn. This is a piece of Norwegian fairground road with 40 to 80 turns that are absolutely fantastic. We recommend a stop at the lookout point before you play your way down and up to the Lysefjord. The return to Vrådal is a completely new experience and just as wonderful. It's a long trip, so don't embark on this one without a few miles under your belt and some experience.
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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:
- 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!
- 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!
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.
- 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!
