{
  "name": "Gaularfjellet",
  "slug": "gaularfjellet",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/gaularfjellet/",
  "summary": "A National Tourist Route between the Sognefjord and Sunnfjord, snaking up the hillside in a stack of hairpins to the Utsikten viewpoint at roughly 700 metres. From the top you look straight back down at the bends you've just driven, which is our kind of reward.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "Fv613"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Norway",
    "region": "Vestland",
    "start": {
      "name": "Sogndal",
      "lat": 61.304157,
      "lon": 6.563083
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Sunnfjord",
      "lat": 61.442147,
      "lon": 6.000956
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 42,
    "lengthKm": 67.6,
    "driveMinutes": 98,
    "corners": 45,
    "hairpins": 14,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 745.2,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "demanding",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 8
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ],
    "closesInWinter": true
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Tight descending hairpins",
    "Mel to Mjell winter closure",
    "Narrow single-lane sections"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "valley",
    "lakes",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Utsikten",
    "Føllingsfossen",
    "Vallestadfossen"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 418
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}