April · Largely closed
The mountain roads including Trollstigen and the tourist routes are closed. Coastal driving continues on studded tyres.
Verdict
Largely closed
Where to base
Bergen, Andalsnes or Geiranger
Roads in the Atlas
12
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Seasonal notes are reviewed against published closure dates and reopened each spring. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 27 March 2026
Context
Fjord roads, tunnels, hairpins and ferries, with a driving season that is short, brilliant and entirely dictated by the mountain crossings.
Roads
More og Romsdal, Norway
Eleven hairpins claw up a sheer valley wall beneath waterfalls and the Trolltindene peaks.
12.4 mi · Rating 9.7 / 10
Closed roughly October to May
More og Romsdal, Norway
Hairpins spiral down to the Geirangerfjord past waterfalls with names like the Seven Sisters.
65.9 mi · Rating 9.6 / 10
Closed roughly October to May
Rogaland
Twenty seven hairpins drop 900 metres to the head of the Lysefjord.
18.6 mi · Rating 9.6 / 10
Closed in winter
Jotunheimen
Northern Europe's highest mountain crossing, a bare stone plateau between glaciers.
67.1 mi · Rating 9.5 / 10
Closed by snow from late October to early May
More og Romsdal, Norway
A low bridge skips between skerries with the open Norwegian Sea breaking either side.
5.2 mi · Rating 9.3 / 10
Can close briefly in severe coastal storms
Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
A high plateau road across bare tundra ending at a stark concrete lookout above the fjord.
29.2 mi · Rating 9.3 / 10
Closed roughly October to May
Stryn
A gravel and tarmac heritage road between glacier tongues and turquoise meltwater.
16.8 mi · Rating 9.3 / 10
Open only from June to October
Voss
Thirteen hairpins at one in five between two waterfalls, the steepest road in northern Europe.
0.9 mi · Rating 9.3 / 10
Open summer only, downhill traffic only
Troms
Single track ledges, tunnels through granite and beaches that face the open Arctic.
63.4 mi · Rating 9.2 / 10
Snow and storm closures in deep winter
Lofoten
Bridge to bridge across the Lofoten wall, jagged peaks straight out of the sea.
79.5 mi · Rating 9.2 / 10
Wind and ice through the winter months
Innlandet
A fast open highland run under the Jotunheimen peaks with almost no traffic.
31.1 mi · Rating 9.1 / 10
Winter closures and night gate closures in shoulder season
Hardanger
Europe's largest mountain plateau crossed by a road with no trees and no traffic.
59 mi · Rating 9 / 10
Snow and wind closures in winter