4 Day Weekend Mountain Bike Tour with Spa in The Norwegian Mountains

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Urørt Lodge in Alvdal

Arrival at Urørt Lodge, a small family farm in Alvdal, which will serve as your first stop on this tour. You meet at the lodge and enjoy a good dinner of local produce, before reviewing the plan for the coming days. Urørt Lodge is an idyllic guesthouse located in Alvdal. At the gateway to the mountains, the lodge is perfect for active holidays and bike holidays. For mountain bikers, you will also find a fully equipped bike workshop, washing stations, and bike parking.

• Accommodation: Urørt Lodge, Alvdal
• Meal plan: Dinner

Day 2: Haustdalen, an Eldorado for trail cycling

You start the day with transport up to Haustdalen, an eldorado for trail cycling in Alvdal Vestfjell. Here, there will be long, beautiful descents, a summit tour, high mountain paths, and saddle lanes before you get a descent of over 500 meters in height straight from the mountain and down to the valley. There, you will be picked up and given transport up to the mountain on the other side, and you will take a short trip to the top with them before there will be a fantastic descent straight into the seat yard at the end of the day. With a formidable view, you enjoy a three-course dinner in homely surroundings.

• Accommodation: Urørt Lodge, Alvdal
• Meal plan: Breakfast, self-packed lunch, and dinner
• Distance: 25 kilometers / 15.5 miles
• Elevation: +800 meters / +2625 feet, -1300 meters / -4265 feet

Day 3: Lake Savalen and the mountain Gråvola

After breakfast, you start the day with a bang and take a lovely descent from the mountain down to the valley as a warm-up. Your transport is waiting there to take you back to the mountain and the trip over to Savalen Fjellhotell & SPA, which offers a fabulous view along a ridge traverse that follows Lake Savalen, before you end the trip with the spectacular descent from the mountain Gråvola. Once at the hotel, you end the day with a refreshing dip in the spa pool and a panoramic view of the Savalen. In the evening, a delicious dinner based on local produce is served.

• Accommodation: Savalen Fjellhotell and SPA, Tynset
• Meal plan: Breakfast, self-packed lunch, and dinner
• Distance: 22 kilometers / 13.7 miles
• Elevation: +600 meters / +1969 feet, -1000 meters / -3281 feet

Day 4: High mountains and spectacular views

On the last day, you start with a small car transport in the direction of Alvdal and a bicycle tour that offers pine needles, high mountains, beautiful descents, spectacular views from Brandvålsberget, and not least the prize at the end - Sten. Sten is truly one of the most beautiful cycling mountains in the region, and what better way to crown the trip than this descent?! The cycle tour ends where you started, in the farm yard of the Urørt Lodge in Alvdal.

• Meal plan: Breakfast and self-packed lunch
• Distance: 22 kilometers / 13.7 miles
• Elevation: +600 meters / +1969 feet, -1000 meters / -3281 feet

About the tour

This is a guided intermediate-level cross-country mountain bike tour. The cycling takes place on trails. E-bike and luggage delivery are available. With Rondane National Park as a backdrop, you will experience some of the best mountain biking and mountain culture that Norway can offer. The landscape is beautiful. Most of the trails used to be trails to the mountain farms, or to the old mines, which you also find scattered around the area. Both result in a unique network of trails in the mountains.

• Distance: 70 kilometers / 43.5 miles
• Culture: Combine cycling with art, historical sites, and local experiences
• Wilderness: When you want the nature experience to be in focus

Bike rental

Fully damped and electric bicycles are available for rent at an additional cost of 650 NOK per day.