Why this ride
A high mountain route from Lom, Norway to Gaupne, Norway, via Turtagro. Key character: highest pass; glaciers; fjord descent. Surface: paved.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 109 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 51
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 12 km this is Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Rider note
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 12 km
- Named road
- Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route
- Pass
- Sognefjellshytta
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fossbergom
Planning note
Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 2.
2. Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 2
At the top of the Sognefjellet you are standing on the highest mountain road in northern Europe, and you will feel it. The point lies on the high plateau near the pass, at a little under fourteen hundred metres, where trees disappeared kilometres ago and the landscape is a mix of bare rock, tiny tarns, snow patches and low arctic vegetation. It feels more like the far north than southern Norway, and the weather matches: even in July, you can meet mist, sleet and a wind that cuts through a summer jacket.
Read the complete Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 2 comes up 28 km in. Next is Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 3.
3. Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 3
Beyond the high plateau the Sognefjellet starts to drop, and this point lies in the zone where the descent begins to feel serious. It is a stretch of the road in wild mountain country on the west side, near the Turtagrø area, which has been a climbers' base for well over a century and sits below the Hurrungane, a cluster of sharp peaks including Store Skagastølstind, one of the most coveted climbs in Norway. Even if you never intend to touch a rope, the setting is magnificent.
Read the complete Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
57 km in you reach Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 3. Next is Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 4.
4. Gaupne
Gaupne sits at the head of the Lustrafjord, which is the innermost arm of the Sognefjord, and it is a small village in a very large landscape. The fjord here is narrow and deep, with steep mountainsides rising straight from the water and farms perched on the shelves above, and from the village you can see glimpses of the Jostedalsbreen glacier plateau to the north. Gaupne has just over a thousand people and the municipal centre of Luster, with shops, a petrol station and a few places to eat, and Sogndal, about twenty kilometres away, is the larger town if you need more.
Read the complete Gaupne write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route point 4, late in the day.