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The spot

61°38′N 8°12′E · 1,080 m

Fourteen kilometres of gravel, then nothing.

A drawing of the lake Skarvtjønn under a long ridge, with the van parked on the grassy shore and a small fire beside it.
Skarvtjønn at 1,080 m, with the van by the shore.

The drive: 40 minutes, give or take a sheep

Skarvdalsvegen · 14 km · toll NOK 120

1. Skarvdal

Pickup at 15:00

Collect the van at Skarvdal Landhandel. We show you the stove, the heater and the beacon.

2. The toll barrier

Card only · NOK 120

Pay by card at the barrier. It opens, you drive on, it closes behind you.

3. The second hairpin

Last bar of signal

Send the message you were going to send. From here up, there is nobody to send it to.

4. Skarvtjønn

1,080 m · end of the road

Park by the lake. Switch off the engine, then everything else.

What’s there, and what isn’t

No shop · no signal · no neighbours

The lake Skarvtjønn, and on its shore:

  • A fire ring
  • A wood shed, kept full
  • A dry toilet in a small hut

Three marked walks from the van

  • Up Skarvhø: 3 hours there and back
  • Round the lake: 1 hour
  • Down to the old summer farm: 2 hours
A contour map of the spot: the lake in the middle, a dashed red trail up to the summit of Skarvhø, a dotted trail round the lake and a dash-dot trail down to the old summer farm.
The three walks. Dashes up Skarvhø, dots round the lake, dash and dot down to the summer farm.

Season and prices

Open 15 June – 30 September

PeriodPrice per nightMinimum stay
15 June – 30 JuneNOK 1,4502 nights
1 July – 15 AugustNOK 1,8503 nights
16 August – 30 SeptemberNOK 1,4502 nights

Cleaning is NOK 600 per stay. No calendar here: write to us and we tell you what’s free.

Dates go fast in July. Ask early.

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Open 15 June – 30 September · from NOK 1,450 / night

Tell us the dates you’d like and how many of you are coming. We reply within two days, from somewhere with signal.

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