Trollstigen

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Mountain pass in Norway

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::summary Mountain pass in Norway ::

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Trollstigen (or trollstigvegen; ) is a serpentine mountain road and pass in Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal County, Norway.

It is part of Norwegian County Road 63 that connects the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma and the village of Valldal in Fjord Municipality. It is a popular tourist attraction for its steep incline of 10% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. During the peak of the tourist season, about 2,500 vehicles pass daily pass this landmark. During the 2012 season, 161,421 vehicles traversed the route, compared to 155,230 vehicles during 2009.

The road is narrow with many sharp bends, and although several bends were widened during 2005 to 2012, vehicles over 12.4 m long are prohibited from driving the road. During the 2011 and 2012 seasons, buses up to 13.1 m were temporarily allowed as a trial. At the 700 m plateau are a car park and several viewing balconies overlooking the bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen falls 320 m down the mountainside. The pass has an elevation of approximately 850 m.

Trollstigen is closed during late autumn and winter. A normal operating season stretches from mid-May to October but is sometimes be shorter or longer because of weather conditions.

Etymology

Trollstigen means the troll path or troll trail, from the Norwegian stig (also spelled sti), from Old Norse stigr.

History

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Trollstigen was opened on 31 July 1936 by King Haakon VII after eight years of construction.

A major tourist facility including a restaurant was completed in 2012. Several viewing platforms have been constructed and older constructions improved upon. Trollstigen (along with County Road 63) was officially opened as a national tourist route by the Minister of Transport and Communications on 16 June 2012. Trollstigen itself (and the alpine summits to the west) lies within the Trollstigen landscape protection area, while the alpine area east of Trollstigen, including the Trolltindene range, is part of Reinheimen National Park.

In the summer of 2005, the road was repaired, and about 16 million Norwegian kroner was spent to protect from rockfalls and make driving on the road safer.

In June 2021, Telia Norge commissioned an eco-friendly mobile base station powered entirely by solar, wind and hydrogen to provide mobile phone coverage at Trollstigen for the first time ever.

Opening and closing dates

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YearOpenClosedComment
199420 May27 September
199525 May
199624 May
19976 June24 September
199815 May15 Octoberclosed because of snow
199914 May10 Septembertemporarily closed 9 August because of landslide, early winter closing because of construction work.
200026 May20 Augustclosed early because of construction work
200121 May21 Augustclosed early because of construction work
200223 May16 SeptemberEarly closing because of maintenance work.
200328 May15 Augustclosed early because of landslide and flooding
200429 May
20051 June15 Novemberlatest closing since 1992
20063 May
200723 May17 October
200827 May4 November
200920 May23 Octoberclosed because of avalanche
201028 May4 November
201113 May24 November
20121 June5 November
201322 May13 November
20148 Mayurl=https://www.andalsnes-avis.no/nyheter/article10377863.ecetitle=Trollstigen stenger klokken 16.00 i dag
201513 May24 November 23 November
201625 May3 NovemberClosed because of snow
201724 May13 November 8 November
201811 May26 October, open again 16 Novemberurl=https://www.rbnett.no/nyheter/2018/12/02/Stenger-Trollstigen-17988760.ece
201916 May30 October
202417 Junerockfall
202511 Julylast1=Korsnesfirst1=Malin Kjellstadli
2026+20271 June15 Augustroadworks
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Gallery

File:2012-07 Trollstigen besøkssenter.jpg|Trollstigen Visitor Center File:2012-07 Trollstigen besøkssenter 2.jpg|Trollstigen visitor center, with souvenir shops and toilets File:Trollstigen Norwegen.jpg|Stigrøra with souvenir sale. In the background the rock formation Trollklørne. File:Riksvei 63, Border of Rauma and Norddal.JPG|Alnesreset - the highest point on the mountain pass and municipal boundary. File:Trollstigen; Wasserfall & Brücke Norwegen.JPG|Stigfossen with Stigfossbrua seen from below. File:Trollstigrennet -Tidlig på 50 tallet m Stein Eriksen.jpg|From Trollstigrennet around 1952 (Stein Eriksen with ski pole). File:Trollveggen 2002 June.jpg|Trollryggen mountains, located between Romsdalen and Trollstigen. File:Overtakelsesbrev.jpg|Acception Document for Trollstigvegen in Romsdal signed by Haakon VII (31 July 1936) File:Trollstigen nybygg.JPG|The visitor center just before the official opening (16 June 2012) File:Christie Trollstigen 210808 justert (25 of 34).jpg|Works on the viewing platform (2008) File:Troll_skiltet_Trollstigen.jpg|Trollstigen road signs File:Steinst%C3%B8tte_Valldal-Trollstigen_2.jpg|Memorial stone with the text "King Håkon built this road in 1936" File:Steinst%C3%B8tte_Valldal-Trollstigen_1.jpg|Memorial stone File:TrollstigenNorway01.jpg|Viewpoint File:TrollstigenNorway02.jpg|Viewpoint File:TrollstigenNorway03.jpg|View from the platform File:TrollstigenNorway04.jpg|View from the platform File:TrollstigenNorway05.jpg|Viewpoint File:TrollstigenNorway06.jpg|Viewpoint File:TrollstigenNorway07.jpg|The river File:TrollstigenNorway08.jpg|The river File:TrollstigenNorway09.jpg|The river under the viewing platform File:TrollstigenNorway10.jpg| File:TrollstigenNorway11.jpg|The road down seen from the viewing platform File:TrollstigenNorway12.jpg|Waterfall File:TrollstigenNorway15.jpg|Traffic jam File:TrollstigenNorway16.jpg|Traffic jam File:Trollstigvegen01.jpg|Trollstiggen File:Trollstigvegen02.jpg|Stigfossen File:Trollstigvegen03.jpg|Trollstiggen File:Trollstigvegen04.jpg|Trollstiggen near Stigfossen

References

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