Driving in Norway: Fylkesvei 63 Trollstigen - Famous Mountain Pass

In this video you can ride along on Rv63 descending the famous Trollstigen mountain pass. Trollstigen is probably the most well-known mountain pass in Norway and is highly popular among tourists.

The serpentine mountain road freely translates to the 'Troll path or Troll's ladder'. A rest stop down in the valley has a couple of troll statues and there is also a lot of troll merchandise on sale in the visitor's center on top :) The visitor center was hit by a late season avalanche and rock slide last year, pretty much wiping out a major part of it. When we were there in the early summer season, the shop and toilets were open but the rest was a construction site.

The max elevation of the pass is around 850 meters and there are some constructed walking routes with viewing decks over the pass and valley behind the visitor's center. This is an attraction on its own, as the walking paths and viewing decks are really well done. Don't forget to stop and take in all the views.

Despite the maximum elevation of 'only' 850 meters, Trollstigen is only passable for about 4-5 months a year. In mid-June, you can see that there is still a large amount of snow and the pass had only opened 1-2 weeks before, at the very end of May. The temperature was 1 degrees celsius at 850 meters elevation, so dress warm.

The pass has a steep grade of around 10% and 11 hairpin bends. Trollstigen was constructed between 1928 and 1936 and is being traversed by about 180.000 vehicles per year.

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