Norway, Western Fjords
Trollstigen and the Golden Route
Distance
106 km
Time
3h 00m
Driving score
9
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Why drive it
Trollstigen itself takes ten minutes and stays with you for years. The road climbs a vertical wall in eleven numbered bends with the Stigfossen falling across it, and the viewing platform at the top looks straight back down the staircase.
The rest of the Golden Route earns its name. Valldal, the Eidsdal ferry, then Ørnesvingen dropping into Geiranger. Norway charges tolls and rewards patience, and the light in late June never really goes.
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Road width
- Narrow on the eleven hairpins, wide elsewhere
- Surface
- Excellent, with meltwater across the road in June
- Best direction
- Åndalsnes to Geiranger
- Best time of day
- Before 09:00, cruise ships arrive mid morning
- Best season
- Late June to September
- Elevation
- 1,038 m at Dalsnibba
- Community rating
- 4.8 / 5
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The numbers
The journey
Route highlights
Start
Åndalsnes
Fuel and charge before the climb
Mountain Pass
Trollstigen
Eleven hairpins and the Stigfossen
Viewpoint
Trollstigen Platform
Steel walkway over the drop
Coffee
Valldal
Strawberries and fjord water
Detour
Eidsdal Ferry
Ten minutes across, book nothing, just arrive
Photo Spot
Ørnesvingen
Eagle bend above Geiranger
Finish
Geiranger
Fjord, waterfalls, early dinner
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