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Olavstøl

Granvin, Granvin kommune, Hordaland, Norway
2.3km|2m ◢ ◣ 356m|15.06.2018

Description

**Please do not shuttle this trail, park at the bottom and ride up.**

This is a trail we've done a lot of work on to make rideable from top to bottom, cutting back trees and bushes, strimming, bench cutting in section and rearranging a lot of rocks to make it more fun to ride!

Great trail which has a variety of terrain from top to bottom. Begins at the last cabin of Olavstøl (higher up after this is not a nice trail, lots of awkward rocks). This top section you ride up and back down the same trail so you can also just start at the end of the road.

- Begins on open mountain side as you ride the well trail through the cabins of Olavstøl, some bits here can be wet/boggy. Some cool sections of rock slab to ride also.

- When you reach the road again turn left as you see the large flattened 'airport' area to your left, at the far end of this you'll find a little trail to another cabin, pass the cabin to the right and the WC building, then turn down to the right through a grassy trail.

- Meet the road again and the trail is straight over, it is very hard to see the entrance. This section is pretty steep, technical and some large rocks. Once you come through a little stone wall you turn to the left, cross a stream and follow a small singletrack. Easy at first but then gets steeper.

- Once again straight over the road, a steep entrance and into a trail filled with al sorts of features. Some great singletrack through the blueberries into a big section of rock slab, watch out! it will be slipper! Then down into the pine forest and some nice rocks sections, mixed with some faster sections. 2 River crossings down here.

Access

Park at Liasete and ride all the way up the gravel road. Either start at the end of the gravel road or continue further up to the last cabin of Olavstøl.

rock slab on middle section of trail
Photo: William Gibson
great view of Espeland from up top
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The starting cabin
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Cool slab rock section about halfway down
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Middle section is currently not so well used
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Top section at Olavstøl
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Latest reviews

3/5
Eivind Hansen rated Olavstøl good. Øverste del er oversiktlig, litt myr/gjørme. Etter hyttene så kommer du in i et veldig lite oversiktlig parti hvor det er vanskelig å følge/finne stien, er muligheter for en del overraskelser i form av steiner/hull som er skjult av vegetasjon. Nederste del er veldig bra, tydelig lagt ned en del arbeid her! Teknisk flyt er veld en god definisjon. 4.aug.2021

Latest reports

Eivind Hansen reported the conditions at Olavstøl as ok. Hovedsakelig tørt borsett fra noen områder i starten. Ellers er deler av midtpartiet helt gjengrodd og nesten ikke mulig å forsere syklende da man ikke se noen ting. Nederste del er ganske bra, tørt men ikke støvete. 4.aug.2021