Fagernes is the largest town in the valley of Valdres, with a population of 1,762. Fagernes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Nord-Aurdal.

Lauvsjøen rundt (5,3km) - Golsfjellet

A nice family trip on good gravel roads, but some of the road is paths that are easy with the bike.

A natural startingpoint for this round trip is Storefjell Resort Hotel.  Follow the road past the hotell and up to the lavvu. Here you will find a simple path and road to Kamben Hotel, along the Postvegen (road) to Storefjellvegen and Skutusetkrysset. 
Follow the road through Skutuset, continue on the path/carriage road to Vermeli and Tunnetjern Stølslag. Then follow the road to Turkoppmyre and continue on the bike road to Einarset. Then continue back to Storefjell.

Difficulty: Easy/Medium
Suitable for bike trolley: No
Kiosk/service: Storefjell, Kamben
Lowest/highest point: 847/1027 m.
Total rise: 230 m.

Have a nice trip!

This trip takes you round to the different family experiences on Golsfjellet.

The description starts from Oset Høyfjellshotell, but as it is a round trip, you can start anywhere along the route.

Follow the road from Oset past Ørterstølen to Bjørnelia. Continue up and south towards Kamben. Go right and follow Kambegutu past the Red Cross cabin and go on on a trail/dirt road to Storefjell. 

At Storefjell there are riding and swimming opportunities. If you are hungry, you can get lunch. 

Follow the road down from Storefjell and go left at the second crossroad. This road takes you back to Kamben. From here, go further down and on to the Fjellheimveien (the main road on Golsfjellet). Go left and ride back to Oset.


When you get to Oset you can visit the Children's Farm, use the playgrounds or have a dip in the pool.

Oset is also just a short way from lake Tisleifjorden where you will find good swimming opportunities and rowboat and canoo rental.

Ride through the town centre and follow the footpath towards highway Rv 7. 

Cross Rv 7, then cross Moen bridge to get to the other side of the Hallingdal river. Go left after the underpass and follow the road towards Gol railway station. 

A long, but not very steep, climb will take you to a scenic point with benches. The hills down to Gol Motor og Fritidssenter can be challenging, so it is best to take it slow. 

Follow the road from Gol Motor og Fritidsenter towards the station. Cross the river on the bridge on the left and follow Sentrumsvegen back to the town centre.

Rotneim/Vermefoss - Gol station
Ride through the town centre and follow the footpath to Rv 7. Stay on the footpath along Rv 7 until it ends at Rotneim.

Go app. 150 metres further along the highway, turn left and cross the Hallingdal river on the Vermefoss bridge. 

Follow the gravel road under the the railway bridge and get on the first road to the left. Make another left after app. 750 m and follow this road until you get to Gol station and onwards back to the town centre.

Note: From the highest point between the Moen bridge and Gol Station there are challenging downhill paths.

Gol church - Tuppeskogen - Rotneim
Ride through the town centre and follow the footpath along Rv 51 direction Hemsedal. 

Go left up towards Gol church where the footpath ends. At Gol chuch the view of the town is spectacular. 

Keep going until you get down to Tuppeskogen, where you can choose whether you want to continue down to the town on the footpath, or if you want to keep going to Rotneim. 

When you get to Rotneim you can choose again; you can follow the footpath back to Gol, or cross the river at Vermefoss and follow the footpath back to Gol station and the town centre.

Round trip of Golsfjellet (app. 40km)

This round trip is for all ages, and it will give you a great view of the nearby mountain areas!

Start at Oset Høyfjellshotell. Follow the road to Guriset, but take off midway through the inclines and follow the dirt road through Stølsdokki and Appelsintreet. Over Flæin you'll ride along an old tractor road (Gamle Gurisetvegen) to lake Lauvsjøen. 

The stretch over Flæin is of good quality, but not well suited for the very youngest cyclists or bike trailers. During rainy periods there will be some moisture in parts of the route.

Make a left turn and follow the main road to Lauvset where you make another left and follow the farm road past Fiskedammen pond, Tunnetjern pond and to Vermelie.

Then go app 500 m of tractor road to Skutuset and on to Storefjell. Ride around and behind the hotel, follow the road past Kamben Høyfjellshotell and back to the main road (Fjellheimvegen).

Follow this road to the left until you get back to Oset Høyfjellshotell.

This round trip is for all ages, and it will give you a great view of the nearby mountain areas!

Start at Oset Høyfjellshotell. Follow the road to Guriset, but take off midway through the inclines and follow the dirt road through Stølsdokki and Appelsintreet. Over Flæin you'll ride along an old tractor road (Gamle Gurisetvegen) to lake Lauvsjøen.

The stretch over Flæin is of good quality, but not well suited for the very youngest cyclists or bike trailers. During rainy periods there will be some moisture in parts of the route.

Make a right turn and follow the main road until you get back to Oset Høyfjellshotell.

Hallingrittet is a 45 km long bike ride at Golsfjellet in Hallingdal. This trip description is a bit shorter, because some parts of the ride goes both ways on the same road.

This description starts at Gurisetkrysset (crossroad) in the direction of Guriset Høyfjellshotell through Støsdokki. Follow the old Guriset road, which is a medium challenging carriage road, pass Flataskørtjedne and Auenhaugen to Lauvsetkrysset (crossroad). Then pass the Lauvsjøstølen (mountain farm) and follow the old Hjartingstølvegen (carriage road) along Lauvsjøstølen to the main road, and continue to Lauvset.

From Lauvset to Storefjell via Løstegård, Vermeli, Skutuset and Rekkjeset. Between Vermeli and Skutuset there is about 1 km with path/tractor road, but the rest of the road is good gravel road. Follow the marked path and road to Kamben and then continue back to Golsfjell road, pass Ørterstølen and back to Gurisetkrysset (crossroad).

Difficulty: Medium
Possibility for bike trolley: No
Service: Storefjell, Kamben, Ørterstølen, Oset
Lowest/highest point: 850/1049 m. 
Total climbing: 615 m 

Have a nice trip!

Ta med deg hele familien på en hyggelig sykkeltur blant levende og aktive støler - eller unn deg en rask og god treningsøkt med utsøkt utsikt …

Stølsviddene er fellesbenevnelsen på fjellområdet mellom Tisleidalen og Syndin i Valdres samt Golsfjellet og Lykkja/Hemsedal i Hallingdal. Området har fått sitt navn utfra det aktive jordbruket her, og er i dag det området i Norge med flest aktive og levende støler (sætre).

I området er det hele 9 åpne besøksstøler, der du kan få en smak av det gode livet …

Vaffelrunden er opprinnelig en rundtur i dette området. Den ble etablert av medlemmer i Andebarkji TSK (lokal sykkelklubb i Hallingdal - sjekk www.andebarkji.com) og fikk navnet sitt utfra de eventyrlige mulighetene for å kjøpe vafler underveis:-).

Vaffelrunden Light er den korversjonen av rundturen. De sprekeste og samtidig gjerrigste syklistene starter turen på Golsfjellet for å slippe bompengene på Valdressida av Tisleifjorden. Gjør du også det, følger du Golsfjellveien forbi Oset Høyfjellshotell, krysser Tisleiademningen og fortsetter til Furusetkrysset der GPS-loggen starter.

Dette er en rundtur og du kan selvsagt starte der det passer deg best og også sykle den retningen du selv ønsker.

Fra Furusetkrysset/Buastølen sykler du i retning Gaukelia. Her er en av de bratteste bakkene på turen, men paradoksalt nok skal du fortsette enda noen kilometer til du kommer til Brattåsen - hvor det er relativt flatt. 

Utsikten er storslagen i alle himmelretningene og du kan nyte synet av Jotunheimen, Hemsedalsfjella, Hallingskarvet og like til Norefjell.

Ved Brattåsenkrysset tar du til venstre og fortsetter til Tyrisholt, som er et stølslag med flere aktive støler og med dyr på beite. Her kan du og barna oppleve både kyr, sauer, geiter og gris. Åpen besøksstøl og utsalg av gårdsmat.

Etter å ha passert Tyrisholt går turen videre til Langestølen der det er både kafeteria (selvsagt med vafler) og butikk.

Følg Tisleiveien tilbake til ditt utgangspunkt.

This route starts off at the intersection/crossroads at Fjellheimskrysset on highway Rv 51 (Gol - Leira).

Follow the Golsfjellveien past the crossroads to Kamben, Ørterstølen and further on to Oset Høyfjellshotell. Continue towards the Tislei dam, cross it, and follow the road up to the crossroads at Buastølen.

Keep going straight past the different summer farmsuntil you get to Gomobu, which is the first obligatory waffle stop on the route. 

From Gomobu the road is steep downhill until you get on to the Panoramavegen (Panorama road) between Hemsedal and Valdres. 

On the Panoramavegen you can choose if you want the shorter route by turning left and going straight to Nøsen, where they make great waffles too, or if you want to go right and follow the signs to Trollhovd.

From Trollhovd the route is downhill past Grønsetnabben og Svenskefjorden. Go straight ahead (do not cross the bridge on the right!) and follow the road along the lake and back to Panoramavegen. 

Go right and stay on the main road past the Flyvass dam and further along the Tisleifjorden. Go on past Langestølen (shop) and back to Buasttølen. Go left, ride back to Oset and onwards to Fjellheimkrysset.

Start the bike trip at Gol railroad station and follow the signs towards Nesbyen. The first part of the trip runs along easy gravel roads towards Svenkerud. 

Follow the bicycle signs over the bridge and on to "Gamleveien" to Nesbyen. Keep going in this direction for about 3 km. Then follow the signs marked "Nesbyen rundt" over Tyribakken bridge. 

From Tyribakken bridge the trip goes up towards Garnos. Half way up the hills you can make a right and visit Garnos meteorite crater. 

The inclines continue all the way up Garnos and on into Fladalen. From Fladalen the route continues into Ridalen. The scenery in these valleys is almost fairy-tale like, with narrow roads, marshes, small rivers and eventually a fantastic view towards Skarveheimen.

From Ridalen you go downhill towards Gol. The last 8  kilometres run along the railway track in relatively flat terrain.

The route is long, vith some steep inclines, so it requires some fitness and is not suitable for small children.

This is the trip for you who wants to go biking on medium challenging path, and fun tractor roads. About half the trip are paths and carriage roads in the area between Golsfjellet and Hemsedal. Here there are both technical challenges and fast downhills.

Since this is a round you can offcourse start wherever you want along the route.

We recomend you to start by Bleiktvedt (1 km North from Golsfjell FJellstue along the Golsfjell road). Bike through the cabin-areas and follow the new bike road pass Blekketjern and further on to Nøreli. Enjoy the view over Storevatnet to Skogshorn and further towards the mountain area Jotunheimen.

From Nøreli you follow a path past Nørelihøgdi , Elghøgdi and Svarahovda to BLomesletten. Follow the gravel path to Pålsvollen (mountain cabin) and carriage road further on towards Heggerusti. Here you have to cross a private area of a mountain cabin, so therefore show consideration and take it easy.

By the mountain cabin you go down between the first house and the second house. After a little bit you will get to the road towards Skrøyvestølane and from there you continue to Lauvsetstølen (mountain farm). By Lauvset you follow the "main road" to the left and continue past Lauvsjøen (lake) and back to the starting point at Bleiktvedt.

This is a fun trip for everyone who wants a bit more challenge than a regular gravel road.

Have a nice trip!

Middels krevende sykkeltur på gode veier, men med innslag av artige stipartier.

Tisleidalen rundt er en rundtur og du kan derfor starte der du vil og også sykle den retningen som passer deg best.

Denne turbeskrivelsen tar utgangspunkt på Oset Høyfjellshotell og følger i retningen MOT klokka.

Sykle fra hotellet i retning Gol (ta til høyre ut fra hotellet). Passer Bualia Hyttefelt, Ørterstølen og Kambenkrysset. Ta til venstre ved Tullerudvollen like etter krysset. Følg skilting Tursti. Etter et lite stiparti kommer du inn på vegen til Rustemyrvollen. Følg denne så langt det lar seg gjøre og fortsett på kjerreveg i retning Klanten og Saravollen.

Et kort stykke på god grusvei forbi Saravollen og videre på ny kjerrevei i retning Rv 51 og Brenn. Kryss riksvegen og fortsett videre på kjerreveien. Ta til venstre når du kommer til grusvegen og følg denne til første kryss. Ta til venstre og hold denne vegen helt fram til Hølstølen og Spekbakk (passer avkjøringene til Åsgard og Fanterud).

På Spekbakk er det viktig å ta en stopp for å nyte utsikten mot Golsfjellet, Hallingskarvet, Hemsedalsfjella og Jotunheimen - før du fortsetter på stien til Hølungset.

Fra Hølungset går det utfor til Stogofjorden. Følg veien videre Stugulii og Markevollen før det går lett utfor til Stølsdokken og Sanderstølen. Ved Stølsdokken tar du til høyre og krysser jordet før du fortsetter i retning Rv 51.

Følg Rv 51 forbi Vasetdansen Camping, over brua og ta til høyre ved "Tisleiakollen hoppsenter". Følg grusvegen til Hermannstølen og videre inn på Tisleivegen.

Hold Tisleivegen forbi/gjennom Fløten og fortsett til Buastølen/Furusetkrysset. Ta til venstre og følg veien over Tisleiafjorden tilbake til Oset.

God tur:-)

Follow the main road from Oset Høyfjellshotell along lake Tisleifjorden. Pass Golsfjellet Hotell and make a right after a few hundred metres uphill climb, follow the signs to Løggestølen.

Nordkapp - Lindesnes

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Gol - Notodden

This route starts off at the intersection/crossroads at Fjellheimskrysset on highway Rv 51 (Gol - Leira).

Follow the Golsfjellveien past the crossroads to Kamben, Ørterstølen and further on to Oset Høyfjellshotell. Continue towards the Tislei dam, cross it, and follow the road up to the crossroads at Buastølen.

Keep going straight past the different summer farmsuntil you get to Gomobu, which is the first obligatory waffle stop on the route. 

From Gomobu the road is steep downhill until you get on to the Panoramavegen (Panorama road) between Hemsedal and Valdres. 

On the Panoramavegen you can choose if you want the shorter route by turning left and going straight to Nøsen, where they make great waffles too, or if you want to go right and follow the signs to Trollhovd.

From Trollhovd the route is downhill past Grønsetnabben og Svenskefjorden. Go straight ahead (do not cross the bridge on the right!) and follow the road along the lake and back to Panoramavegen. 

Go right and stay on the main road past the Flyvass dam and further along the Tisleifjorden. Go on past Langestølen (shop) and back to Buasttølen. Go left, ride back to Oset and onwards to Fjellheimkrysset.