Skulestadmoen: Slopes, trails and the cave at Saue

Skulestadmoen offers several reasons to get outdoors: Bavallen is home to the Voss Resort ski area and a children’s area, and marked trails also start there. At Saue, there is another destination: a disused slate quarry with a large cave. So if you are looking for a holiday apartment in Skulestadmoen, you can first consider whether slopes, an uphill route or a hike to a distinctive landscape feature should be the focus of your stay.

Bavallen: slopes, children’s area and uphill route

The Voss Resort ski area has 40 km of groomed ski slopes. Its location in Bavallen is connected to Skulestadmo; the resort’s reception centre is also there. Bavallen also has a ski school and ski rental. This gives you a specific focus when looking for a holiday apartment: if you want your holiday to revolve mainly around the groomed slopes and winter sports facilities, Bavallen is a good point of reference for planning.

A separate, smaller option is the “Grebbesbakken” children’s area in Bavallen, Skulestadmo. It is free to use. The area has a 50-metre-long conveyor belt with a gentle incline. This distinction can be useful for families planning their holiday: they can weigh up whether the children’s area or the larger selection of slopes is a better fit for the days they have planned.

If you are looking for a marked uphill route rather than a downhill run, consider the route from Bavallen via Tråstølen to Hangurstoppen. It is about 5 km long and runs outside the downhill area. This clearly distinguishes it from the groomed ski slopes. Its length and route provide a concrete framework for planning the day; it is a separate way to explore the area on foot while heading uphill.

Hiking trails from Bavallstunet and Voss Resort

Another hiking trail starts at the reception of Bavallstunet or Voss Resort. From there, it climbs about 2 km to Mast 1 at the gondola. For about 1 km, one section follows a red-marked T-trail through the forest towards Gamle Hangur (Old Hangur). This gives hikers both a named starting point and notable landmarks along the route. The forest section and the direction towards Gamle Hangur distinguish this hike, as described, from the marked uphill route via Tråstølen.

Slate quarry and cave at Saue

A disused slate quarry with a large cave is located at Saue in Skulestadmo. The destination combines a landscape shaped by human activity with a striking natural cavity, offering a different focus from the trails and slopes in Bavallen. The route to the cave passes a marked car park and continues along Blikbergsvegen onto a tractor track; the final section to the cave is also marked. This route description helps you plan the outing as a trip in its own right and keep track of its individual sections.

The different destinations offer concrete pointers for your accommodation search: decide whether slopes and the children’s area, a marked uphill or hiking route, or the cave at Saue should be the deciding factor. You can visit other local pages here: Myrdal, Myrkdalen, Evanger, Bolstadøyri, Vossestrand and Vossevangen.

For the overview of the wider area: Voss.