CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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From Narvik it runs 147 km to Narvik; allow about 2 h 32 of riding. The stops in between: Laponian Area and back through Laponian Area. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Norway into Sweden - carry ID and check the toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Narvik exists because of iron. In the late nineteenth century the huge ore deposits at Kiruna in Swedish Lapland needed an ice-free port, and the Norwegian coast, warmed by the Gulf Stream, offered one. The railway, the Ofotbanen, opened in 1902 and still carries ore trains down the mountains to the quay, where it is loaded onto ships, and the great ore jetty, lit at night, is the most characteristic sight in town.
Read the complete Narvik write-up.
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Narvik is where the day begins. Next is Laponian Area.
They fall in the heart of the Laponian Area, the huge World Heritage landscape of northern Sweden that takes in Sarek, Padjelanta, Stora Sjöfallet and Muddus, and most of it is roadless wilderness of glaciers, braided rivers, birch forest and bare peaks above two thousand metres. The Sami have herded reindeer through it for thousands of years, following the seasons from the high pastures down to the forests, and the protection of the area is as much about that living culture as about the nature.
Read the complete Laponian Area write-up.
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Laponian Area comes up 37 km in. Next is Laponian Area.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Laponian Area write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
74 km in you reach Laponian Area. Next is back through Laponian Area.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Laponian Area write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Laponian Area, late in the day. Next is Narvik.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Narvik write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Narvik. That is the ride.
Narvik → Laponian Area is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Laponian Area → Narvik is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.