Fatbike bikepacking in Norway

[Joe13]

Back in the summer, Joe Cruz, Mikkel Bølstad and I set about riding the Rondanestien hiking trail for 10 days, from the Rondane mountains, to the capital city, Oslo.

Part One of my photo essay is posted:

https://thunderinthenight.exposure.co/standing-on-the-hands-of-pilgrims

[bmike-vt]

Wonderful pictures and a great landscape.

[Joe13]

Thanks for the kind words, bmike-vt!

[maettu99]

Very nice pictures! Do you have information whether this can be done with a bike in summer?

I would love to do the whole Rondane Trail as a summer bikepacking trip!

http://rondanestien.turistforeningen.no/index.php?fo_id=1812

Would you mind sharing GPS data?

Thanks and regards
mat

[Joe13]

That's the route we followed in the summer, just in reverse, starting at the edge of the Rondane national park (no riding bikes on foot trails in the national parks). There's a link to Mikkel's website in my blog post, he's the man to ask about the GPS file we used.

[maettu99]

Thanks for the clarification Joe.
Would you recommend this trip (Rondanestien from north to south) only with fatbikes or is this trail rideable with normal bikes?
I saw some very gnarly parts on the pictures. Especially the duckboards... :-)
Is the most part of the trail that gnarly or are theses parts rather rare?

Thanks and regards
mat

[Joe13]

We heard of another rider attempting this route on the 29x3 platform, but he skipped some sections due to the rockiness. Even with 26x4 tires, we pushed our bikes quite a bit. If I was to do this route again, I would put 5inch tires on. It's a long distance hiking trail, with a low volume of traffic. It's a real 'adventure by bike' route, meaning the route is challenging in places. But when the trail is sweet, it's very, very sweet.