Sognefjellet Roller Coaster
Distance: 13.75 km
Elevation Gain: 132 m
Elevation Loss: 402 m
Difficulty:
107 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 0.00 FIETS
Avg Grade: 0.00 %
Max cat climb: 3
Min elevation: 1163 m
Max elevation: 1430 m
Ride Category:
Rollers
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Sognefjellsvegen, in Norway, is billed as the highest mountain crossing in Northern Europe. Its highest point, at Fantesteinen, is 1,434 m. The road was built from 1936 as a work scheme for up to 200 unemployed young people, who cleared it with spades, picks, crowbars and wheelbarrows. When it opened in 1938 it was the highest road in Norway. An older trail marked with large cairns still runs beside it in places.
This ride starts at Fantesteinen, a stack of boulders at the highest point, and heads west past Sognefjellshytta and along the lake of Prestesteinsvatnet. Snow closes this high section until about May. The Sognefjellsrittet sportive from Lom to Sogndal crosses the mountain the same way. The ride ends at the Oscarshaug viewpoint, with a view across to Store Skagastølstind, first climbed in 1876 by William Cecil Slingsby.
