Returning to Norway's Forgotten 100 year old Mountain Road
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Third time's a charm as they say. In September I returned to Norway's greatest gravel road to finally capture it in good weather. And it didn't disappoint. A big thanks goes to my friend Eirik who drove me up there and joined me for the ride. Even a local was amazed at how good this road is to ride!
NOTE: Mistakes with the Mountain names from left to right are: Store Austabotntind, Store Soleibotntind, and Store Skagastølstind.
00:00 - Norway and it's mountain names!
01:17 - Third Attempt
02:15 - Third highest mountain in Norway
05:21 - Speechless
05:39 - Concluding thoughts on this road
07:37 - 42 Hairpin corners
If you haven't already you can see part 1 here where I go into more detail about the location and history behind the road: • Riding the FORGOTTEN 1...
Mountain Name app: peakvisor.com
Here is the loop you can do from Øvre Årdal: www.komoot.com/tour/934533497...
For more practical information about this road visit Cycle Norway's Facebook page: / cyclenorwaycom
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Store Skaga-støls-tinden
Stor(e) = Big
skaga = something thats sticks up
støl = A place (in the mountains) where you could milk and take care of your cows
tind = A mountain peak or peaky mountain chain
Takk, veldig nyttig informasjon! 👍
Thank you for promoting Norway the way you do, with your gorgeous filming and narration. Keep up the awesomely splendidly wonderfully work. Keep pedaling, so I don't have to 😉
We took this bike ride a few weeks ago, after seeing your first video. Long drive from the Oslo area, but so worth it! Have to admit that we cheated a bit, using our el-bikes, but I just passed retirement age and am allowed to use extra help. It was nevertheless still challenging up to 1000 meters, and a lovely ride further on. Glad I had good brakes on the ride back down to the car! Thanks for your videos and inspiration.
That is so great to hear Rande! Congratulations on powering up the 1000m - ebike or normal it's a great accomplishment!
I made a 1000km round trip to cycle this road two weeks ago. Was totally worth it
You legend 👊 🙌
I love Norway! This is on my list for next summer.
2:31 The one to the left, that you marked as Store Skagastølstinden, is actually Store Austabotntind, 200 meters lower. Store Skagastølstinden is also in the picture, but further right.
Thanks for the info, I've added it to the description box.
Afternoon mate i am actively checking out flights for next year & discovered there’s a ferry from Eemshaven next to Groningen in Netherlands that goes up to Kristiansand so will be continuing my planning keep up the excellent vids 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🚴🏻♂️🏴🏴
Great to hear! Note, I heard that ferry got booked up quick last year so don't wait too long to book 😉
My family and myself took that ferry in July, it has actually only started running in April this year. And yes it was booked quickly, but the reason might be partly that it was a novelty. Great way to get to Norway if you live in the Netherlands like me. Before, we have taken ferries from Kiel and Hirtshals, and driven through Denmark and Sweden after taking the famous bridge over the Sont.
Matthew, Thank You for making these videos and letting us come with you on these rides. Norway is just magnificent .
That mountain has been my desktop-background for 2 years now, it looks so much more dramatic then the other mountainpeaks we have, tho I also love Besshøe..
The look on your face when your trying to pronounce Store-skagastøls-tind 😂 Epic.. (like a puppy who got cheated from his treat.. 🤣) as someone else commented, just call it "Storen", much easyer 👍
Storen - thanks that makes life easier 😅!
Living the life!
I'm becoming hooked on your stunning videos, and this one is wonderful. Your enthusiasm and appreciation for Norway is so clear, and infectious! There's a small but, though, and please don't take this the wrong way. There is a danger that what you intend as a bit of fun with pronunciation can come across as an archetypal monoglot English speaker mocking another language, or being unconsciously chauvinist. Have you ever heard anybody but English speakers do this? After all, the overwhelming majority of the world's population are at least bilingual. It's easy to rely on the flawless English of most people in a country like Norway, but it's a small gesture after living for some time in a country to get your head around how to read a word or placename, even if you don't understand its meaning. I'm sure it wasn't your intention to even appear to be disrespectful though. And I really love your videos. I've visited Oslo twice, but not yet gone outside it, and you're inspiring me to put that right. If only there was a direct ferry connection from Britain again so I could bring my own bike!
Absolutely love that I can see my hut in your video😃 and that you apreciate the valley as much as I do. I think i might have been there at the time you were there. (i was there a couple og Weeks ago and the weather was amasing for 2weeks straight) So lovely to have your lovely videos to watch whilst back in my base in Denmark, dreaming of returning. Seen some photos of the area recently and there is snow up on the mountains already. Not long before having to swap the bikes, hiking boots and running shoes for skis.
Yes, I remember you saying the weather was perfect when you were there. I had to go back to experience it like you did! Ps: It snowed last night in the mountains.
Amazing, nature, and a man made road at their finest
Sorry Matthew for not telling you that this mountain also has another name. Storen
Too late now Eirik 😂!
Now he tells us!!! 😭🙂
WOW! Just ******* WOW!
Store Skagastølstinden, Store Styggedalstinden and Mt Bob looking great in the crisp autumn weather! 😂😁👍
😂
I knew from the first part that I now have a new goal in life. And this part only fueled that fire. Thank you so much for sharing this magical ride.
Thanks for watching Oskar 👍
Thank you! As I live in Sweden I have been to Norway several times, but not (yet) on a bike.
Hope you get to experience Norway by bike on your next visit!
Beautiful
I am just left stunned by what you captured... and know that what you captured only begins to show what you experienced in person. Wow!
The valley is mind blowing. You just look at it in awe and amazement.
I had no problem to say "Store Skagastølstinden" like I had when I pronounced the Polish tongue twister name Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz 😀
I tip my hat to you good sir!
I put you on my Website! Some day I will come and ride this road.
Indeed epic. Fabulous. You finally got to see the mountains in all their glory. Richly deserved. And the 42 hair pin bends!
Another great video, thanks 😊
Stunning as usual, well done❤
super nice
Just beautiful. 😍Your videos made me want to go to Norway again and finally have a vacation there. And today I booked the first time in my life Norway, July next year in Aga. Thanks for your great videos and this amazing nature!
Aga in Hardangerdfjord?
@@krissefant5118 yes :)
@@cuprarichard you're in for a treat. Most beautiful part of norway. I recommend going down the road marked as "13" towards stavanger. Very pretty
@@krissefant5118 If I have time, I will do that. Thanks for the tip. My arrival will be via Hirtshals and Kristansand via the 9 and the E134
What an incredibly beautiful view - the names a bit more tricky though!!! Wow third time lucky, definitely going to have to check out the previous video. That was amazing 🍻
Thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks for this beautiful video. ❤
that was a great day on the bike! thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching 👍
Absolutely epic ❤
So jealous! Gorgeous area, I'd love to ride there!
Veldig bra jobba Matthew 😁
Another great movie👍
Tusen takk Miro 👍
Brilliant brilliant brilliant
3rd is a charm indeed... 😍👌
Awesome content Matthew. Makes me wanna ride in Norway too. Do you have a proper hint for rental gravelbikes in Oslo. Since I have an upcoming day off there, I would love to explore some of the surroundings. Keep the videos coming.
Cheers,
Chris
Hi Christian, this is the only place a know about: oslovelo.no/products/gravel-bike-rental-small
AWESOME VIDEO!
Glad you enjoyed it
epic video!
Thanks!
Great video, as always…;-)!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely lovely lovely what an awesome part of the world
It is indeed!
In the opposite direction out of Øvre Årdal you find Tindevegen towards Turtagrø - with (some kind of) tarmac all the way.
Cycled it this summer, It goes on forever!
Amen brother 😎
Great video…;-)!
6:01 I think I've already commented this on another video: This is so true. Seeing this on videos or photos is cool. But actually being there is a completely different experience. Maybe some day I can visit this road myself. :)
PS: Don't give up on the pronunciation, lol. Maybe it's because I am a native German speaker, but I think Norwegian pronunciation is pretty straightforward and not difficult at all. :P
If you think it is hard, imagine what a non-native speaker must think when they see English place names like "Worcestershire", "Woolfardisworthy" or "Rampisham", which are actually not pronounced like they are written at all. :D
Fair point 👍 - Did you know most Americans can't pronounce them English places!
How good was that.....UA-cam Gold!
Thanks Alan, glad you enjoyed it 👍
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Nice video, partly been there. What you mark as Store Styggedalstinden is actually Store Skagadølstind = Storen. You're probably never going to try to cycle up there. It's a mountain for climbers, but not on a level like Eiger Nordwand or Yosemite Half Dome. Are you going to try to climb it ?
Maybe one day!
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The peak in about 2.30 min in the video is NOT Storen, but Store Austabotntind....
Thanks, I'll make a note in the description box. I blame it on Peak Visor app 😅
Too short! Me want more
Amazing! How long is the road?
www.komoot.com/tour/934533497?share_token=a42DYEDD7FbmX5F8rZSIQj1G5rNStDxd8sKGXIaK756wh6xWEL&ref=wtd
I want to see Mt. Bob one day 🤣😉
Don't we all!
00:14 UA-cam subtitles didnt get that.
Anyone know which app to use for seeing the mountain peaks names?
Peak Visor - the website is in the description box
Is it possible to continue cycling on this road towards Tyinvatnet? Or one needs to cycle down to Øvre Årdal (almost) and climb back using the road 53?
cyclenorway.com/routes/tusenmeteren/
@@matthewnorway Fantastic news! 😊
I'm looking to incorporate this road in my route from the Rallarvegen to Jotunheimen NP, but with both the Fodnesstunnelen from Lærdal and the Amlatunnelen from Kaupanger forbidden for cyclists, I see no way to get to Øvre Årdal but out and back all the way from Tyinkrysset, which I'm unwilling to do. How did you get there?
Us scandinavians sure love our compound words!
Thanks Tim 👍
@@matthewnorway You're welcome, Bernard!
@@mtbjon3587 Whoops sorry MTB Jon, Tim went to the wrong comment! But l like the name, Bernard!
@@matthewnorway I figured it was something like that 😄
I just got 2 check. My route planner says 10% to 20% degree climb. At 2 points at least?
Is this true?
average gradient is around 8% going up - it's not too difficult.
Ser ut som det er gamle Årdals-vegen. (Looks like it's the old Årdals-road).
It is!
Hi Matthew. this looks absolutely fantastic. I'd love to do something similar one day. Can i ask what the roads are like for cyclists when you get far up north? I suppose there wont be designated cyclepaths, so the cyclist will be on the main roads, where all the car and lorries are aswell. is that very uncomfortable for the cyclist or i is it ok?
-Andreas
You are on quiet roads until you reach the Lyngen Alps (just passed Tromsø). Unfortunately after that it's the E6 with supply trucks passing by but it's reasonably safe and not busy. You have an option at Alta to get onto another quieter road for a bit. But then you have the mosquitoes....
@@matthewnorway ok. thank you. Is there anywhere i can see the route you took to norkap? i mean like drawn on a map? I know i can see it in your videos, but to see it drawn on a map would make it very visible....?
@@kellerjansen cyclenorway.com April 2023
MT Bob is probably just as nice. 😂😂
😂
As in.
Big-stiff-time-bic-cycling..
Mt Bob
tough climb!
Its not forgotten if its not overgrown
It was overgrown but they fixed it up in 2020 :)
@@matthewnorway Ah, Thanks 😊