Why this ride
Northern Europe's highest mountain pass road at 1,434 m. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,550 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sognefjellet
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 21 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 23 min
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Scenic road chapters
Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 10 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
- 10 km
- Named road
- Sognefjellet Norwegian Scenic Route
- Pass
- Sognefjellshytta
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sognefjellet point 1
Fortunsdalen is the quiet side of Jotunheimen, the valley that leads up from the Lustrafjord toward the high mountains. The road climbs steadily through birch woods and farmland past the village of Fortun and on to Turtagrø, a mountain hotel at the foot of the Hurrungane range, a cluster of jagged peaks including Store Skagastølstind, which rises to over two thousand four hundred metres. The hotel was a base for the first generation of Norwegian climbers in the nineteenth century, and a climbing club still has a hut there. Gaupne and Farnes are far down the fjord and the nearest settlements of any size.
Read the complete Sognefjellet point 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sognefjellet point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Sognefjellet point 2.
2. Sognefjellet point 2
Sognefjellet is the highest mountain road in northern Europe, crossing the roof of Norway at 1,434 metres between the fjords of the west and the valley of Lom in the east. In this part of the ride, high on the mountain, the landscape is bare rock, tarns, snow patches and the glaciers of the Jotunheimen range. Trees give out long before the top, replaced by moss, lichen and low willow. The nearest villages, Farnes and Gaupne, are far below on the fjord, which gives you an idea of the isolation.
Read the complete Sognefjellet point 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sognefjellet point 2 comes up 11 km in. Next is Sognefjellet point 3.
3. Sognefjellet point 3
The eastern side of Sognefjellet is where the mountains show their best. The road drops from the high plateau to the valley of Bøverdalen, with views of the Jotunheimen peaks, including the Galdhøpiggen, the highest mountain in northern Europe at 2,469 metres, in the distance. Lom, the nearest town, is a village of about two and a half thousand people at the foot of the valley, with a famous stave church from the twelfth century and a long tradition of mountain hospitality.
Read the complete Sognefjellet point 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
21 km in you reach Sognefjellet point 3.