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Vrådal Panorama 1

Route 5

Vrådal Panorama 1

Fantastic mountain bike tour in a unique and varied terrain. Here you will find large open rocky areas typical of this part of Telemark. The open landscape and the wide views in all directions will make this tour something you have probably never experienced before. The tour starts and finishes at Straand Hotel and the bike ride along Nisser, over the locks and up Vrådal Panorama is an experience in itself. Enjoy the ride!

The route is defined as normal

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

Tid
3:20 timer

Length
34 km

Popularity
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Enjoy the beautiful landscape.
When you're at the top of Vrådal Panorama, there's a sea of possibilities.
Enjoy the amazing mountain.

VRÅDAL PANORAMA 1 is a technically quite demanding mountain bike tour in a completely unique and fantastic terrain.
Here you will find large open rocky areas typical of this part of Telemark.
They make the area and the tour a unique experience.
The open landscape and the expansive views in all directions will make this trip something you’ve probably never experienced before.
HOWEVER, WE MUST START WITH A WARNING.
SVABERGENE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CYCLING WHEN IT’S RAINING OR WET (WET = SO POOR!!) In other words, this is a good-weather tour, but in return we can promise fantastic cycling in magnificent scenery.
Our tour starts from Straand Hotel and up to the top of the ski lift.
If you take the car up and skip the cycling up and down, the trip is shortened by about two miles and you can enjoy the mountain to the full.
From the top of the ski lift and the unique sauna you can use after the hike, we largely follow the red-marked foot route in the direction of Hægefjell.
First, we’ll do a little warm-up on the blue-marked cycle path created by some keen cycling enthusiasts with a cabin in the area.
Thanks to them (see also Vrådal Panorama 2).
A kilometer from the sauna, you need to follow the map carefully, here we drive the ski trail up and have found a bikeable route through a steep and demanding technical section that eventually takes us back on the red-marked trail.
In between there are some rolling sections, some you should definitely follow, while others there are ways to get around.
Here you’ll just have to try your hand.
But on the whole, there’s a wonderful flow into the sva mountains towards Breistøyltjønni where we turned around.
From here it’s 3 km up Hægefjell itself, probably also possible by bike for the keenest!
On the way back, we played around with alternatives on large rocky areas.
We chose one solution, you’re sure to find others, but it’s fun anyway.
This is free-riding of the highest class!
But again, the area requires good weather and dry ground. Have a good trip!

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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.
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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!