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Norway: gravel from Oslo to the Rallarvegen and back

Distance

911 km

Elevation meters

13470 m

Driving time

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Start: Oslo

Dark brown wooden house with a red roof on a gravel road between pine forests in southern Norway

Map & elevation profile

Norway: gravel from Oslo to the Rallarvegen and back  GPX

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Roughly three weeks of gravel through southern Norway: from Oslo via Gjøvik, the Peer Gynt road and Vågå to Gol, by train to Myrdal for the Rallarvegen over the plateau of Finnish Lapland, and via Hol, Uvdal and Drammen back to Oslo. The GPX lists all 16 stages as separate days.

The tour in 16 rides

Together, about 911 kilometers and 13,470 meters of elevation gain, traveled in July 2026. Between Gol and Myrdal, the bike took a short train ride. The distances and elevation gain per day are based on the recorded trips.

  • Day 1: Oslo – Jevnaker (64 km, 1,113 m)
  • Day 2: Jevnaker – Gjøvik (71 km, 887 m)
  • Day 3: Gjøvik – Gausdal (85 km, 1,489 hm)
  • Day 4: Gausdal (25 km, 659 hm)
  • Day 5a: Peer Gynt trail (12 km, 372 hm)
  • Day 5b: Peer Gynt Trail – South Fron (29 km, 255 hm)
  • Day 6: South-Fron – North-Fron (49 km, 1,448 hm)
  • Day 7: Nord-Fron – Vågå (57 km, 783 m)
  • Day 8: Vågå – Øystre Slidre (55 km, 806 m)
  • Day 9: Øystre Slidre – Vestre Slidre (60 km, 1,308 hm)
  • Day 10: Vestre Slidre – Gol (53 km, 650 hm)
  • Day 11: Rallarvegen: Myrdal – Finnish – Haugastøl (90 km, 1,247 m)
  • Day 12: Haugastøl – Uvdal (86 km, 1,089 m)
  • Day 13: Uvdal – Flesberg (57 km, 284 hm)
  • Day 14: Flesberg – Drammen (68 km, 508 hm)
  • Day 15: Drammen – Oslo (50 km, 572 hm)

Read the full story: Gravel paradise in southern Norway.

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