The Forest Hairpins
Värmland · Gravel

The Forest Hairpins

Endless pine, empty tarmac and switchbacks that go on long after dark.

132 km
Distance
2
Days
1180 m
Climbing
Mid
Grade
Gravel
Surface
May–Oct
Best season
All routes

Deep Värmland forest, empty logging gravel and switchbacks that go on long after dark. A two-day loop through the quietest corner of southern Sweden.

Elevation

0 km ▲ 580 m 132 km

The line

Day by day

Day 1

Into the pines

Logging roads climb gently all afternoon; wild camp by a forest lake.

70 km
Day 2

The hairpins home

A serpentine gravel descent, then quiet tarmac back to the start.

62 km

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