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Gamlevegen – Historic Trading Route Through Hardangervidda

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Gamlevegen – Historic Trading Route Through Hardangervidda

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Gamlevegen – Historic Trading Route Through Hardangervidda

Name: Gamlevegen – Historic Trading Route Through Hardangervidda
Rating: 1.8

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Location: Eidfjord, Hordaland, Norway

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1. Malen Old Mountain Road – Gamlevegen Gorge loop from Hagaskarv

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2. Malen Old Mountain Road – Gamlevegen Gorge loop from Hagaskarv

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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Franz Seiz

June 7, 2025

Very beautiful, but not easy to walk path along the roaring river

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Franz Seiz

June 7, 2025

Gamlevegen

Normannslepene is the name of a network of old east-west routes across the Hardangervidda. One of them, Store Normannslepa, runs through the Hjølmadal valley. *

Travel along these routes was largely used to drive cattle for trade. The farmers of Eidfjord bought cattle, horses, sheep, and goats, drove them up the Hardangervidda, and then on to the markets in Eastern Norway, where they were sold. Up to 500 animals could be driven across the moors at a time. The last of them left Eidfjord in 1918.

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Distance 1.55 km

Uphill 130 m

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Friday 14 November

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Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

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Location: Eidfjord, Hordaland, Norway

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Gamlevegen – Historic Trading Route Through Hardangervidda

1. Malen Old Mountain Road – Gamlevegen Gorge loop from Hagaskarv

2. Malen Old Mountain Road – Gamlevegen Gorge loop from Hagaskarv

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