Birkebeinervegen

The city of Lillehammer, with a population Olympic city is significant because an in- of 29,000, lies at the northern end of Lake teresting gravel road begins about 18 ki- Mjøsa in the province (Norwegian = fylke) lometres northeast of it, near the town of Innlandet. The city first became known Sjusjøen. Interesting because, although when the 1994 Winter Olympics were held this route has a decent gravel surface, it there. It rose to fame again through the does require some attention due to its nar- Norwegian crime series "Lillehammer", in row width. The route climbs at an elevati- which a former New York mafioso seeks on gain of around 900 metres, initially de- refuge in Norway. For us off-roaders, the scending slightly, before reaching almost 1,100 metres in the final third. There, in the forest-free zone, beautiful views of the bare, windswept fell repeatedly open up. In good weather, the route is quite pleasant, but in bad weather, the road surface can quickly become slippery. The track ends at the junction with National road 3.