NATURE
On Foot or by Bike for a Hike in the Mountains?
Reflections on a bike ride from Driva to Ryphusan, Trøndelag
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4 min readOct 9, 2021
Vinstradalen south of the village Driva in Oppdal, in Trøndelag county, is a parallel mountain valley to Drivdalen, where the E6 and the railway between the south and north of Norway run.
Vinstradalen is perhaps best known for the “Pilgrim Trail” running through this valley, but for local people in Oppdal, Vinstradalen is probably best known as a mountain valley with many farms with summer grazing for cows and sheep and as a hunting area. I have understood that local people who have a shooting license every autumn walk a lot in the terrain at Vinstradalen and Knutshøa and look for reindeer.
On an October day that was forecast with clouds and rain, it turned out later in the…
