Trollstigen Explained
Trollstigen (or trollstigvegen; English: The troll path[1] [2]) 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 Norddal Municipality. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 10% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. During the top tourist season, about 2,500 vehicles pass daily.[3] [4] During the 2012 season, 161,421 vehicles traversed the route, compared to 155,230 vehicles during 2009.[5]
The road is narrow with many sharp bends, and although several bends were widened during 2005 to 2012,[6] vehicles over long are prohibited from driving the road. During the 2011 and 2012 seasons, buses up to were temporarily allowed as a trial.[7] [8] At the 700m (2,300feet) plateau there is a car park and several viewing balconies overlooking the bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen falls down the mountainside. The pass has an elevation of approximately .
Trollstigen is closed during late autumn and winter. A normal operating season stretches from mid-May to October, but may sometimes be shorter or longer due to weather conditions.
Etymology
Trollstigen means the troll path or troll trail, from the Norwegian stig[9] (also spelled sti), from Old Norse stigr.[10]
History
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.[11] Trollstigen itself (and the alpine summits to the west) lies within the Trollstigen landscape protection area,[12] while the alpine area east of Trollstigen, including the Trolltindene range, is part of Reinheimen National Park.[13]
In the summer of 2005, the road was repaired and about was spent on protection against rockfall, making the road safer to drive on.
In June 2021, Telia Norge commissioned an eco-friendly mobile base station powered entirely by solar, wind and hydrogen, therefore providing mobile phone coverage at Trollstigen for the first time ever.[14]
Opening and closing dates
Year | Open | Closed | Comment |
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1994 | 20 May | 27 September[15] | |
1995 | 25 May[16] | | |
1996 | 24 May | | |
1997 | 6 June | 24 September[17] | |
1998 | 15 May | 15 October | closed because of snow |
1999 | 14 May | 10 September[18] | temporarily closed 9 August because of landslide,[19] early winter closing because of construction work. |
2000 | 26 May[20] | 20 August | closed early because of construction work[21] |
2001 | 21 May | 21 August | closed early because of construction work[22] |
2002 | 23 May | 16 September | Early closing because of maintenance work.[23] |
2003 | 28 May | 15 August | closed early because of landslide and flooding[24] [25] |
2004 | 29 May | | |
2005 | 1 June | 15 November | latest closing since 1992 |
2006 | 3 May | | |
2007 | 23 May | 17 October[26] | |
2008 | 27 May | 4 November[27] | |
2009 | 20 May | 23 October[28] | closed because of avalanche |
2010 | 28 May | 4 November[29] | |
2011 | 13 May[30] | 24 November[31] | |
2012 | 1 June | 5 November[32] | |
2013 | 22 May[33] | 13 November[34] | |
2014 | 8 May[35] | 1 December[36] [37] [38] 8 December[39] | temporarily closed 23 November |
2015 | 13 May[40] | 24 November[41] 23 November[42] | |
2016 | 25 May[43] | 3 November[44] | Closed because of snow |
2017 | 24 May[45] | 13 November[46] 8 November | |
2018 | 11 May[47] | 26 October,[48] open again 16 November[49] | closed for the winter 26 October, open again 16 November because of warm weather Closed 2 December because of storm.[50] |
2019 | 16 May[51] | 30 October[52] | | |
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- [Ivar Aasen|Aasen, Ivar]
- Book: Norske stedsnavn/stadnamn. 1975. Grøndahl. Botolv Helleland, Kjell Bondevik. 82-504-0104-2. Oslo. 2070026.
- Sunnmørsposten 26 July 2012 p. 12.
- http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/1.8255020 NRK news
- Adresseavisen, 10 November 2012.
- http://www.vegvesen.no/Om+Statens+vegvesen/Media/Pressemeldingsarkiv/Region+midt/M%C3%B8re+og+Romsdal/Vanskelige+forhold+i+Trollstigen.337690.cms Statens vegvesen
- http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/1.7651719 NRK news
- http://www.vegvesen.no/Kjoretoy/Yrkestransport/Veglister+og+dispensasjoner/Busser+i+Trollstigen Statens vegvesen
- Web site: sti - Wiktionary. 2021-07-25. en.wiktionary.org. en.
- Web site: stigr - Wiktionary. 2021-07-25. en.wiktionary.org. 24 October 2020 . en.
- http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/1.8204422 NRK (national broadcasting news)
- "Landskapsvernområde" is the lowest level legal protection of landscape http://www.lovdata.no/for/lf/mv/mv-20061124-1305.html
- Web site: Direktoratet for naturforvaltning - Reinheimen nasjonalpark . 2012-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314112203/http://www.dirnat.no/content.ap?thisId=1473 . 2012-03-14 .
- Web site: Innovativ basestasjon gir bærekraftig 5G på Trollstigen Telia.
- Sunnmørsposten, 20 May 1995
- Sunnmøringen 24 May 1995
- NTB 15 October 1998
- Aftenposten, 11 September 1999, page 17.
- Web site: Trollstigen stenges grunnet rasfare. 1999-07-13. www.dt.no. no. 2019-08-24.
- Trollstigen åpner fredag. Adresseavisen, 25 May 2000, page 4.
- Bergens Tidende, Monument i Trollstigen, 13 August 2000, page 3
- Ubåtnett sikrer turistene. VG, 30 Juni 2011, p. 47
- Trollstigen stenges. Adresseavisen, 30 August 2002, p. 2.
- Adresseavisen, 21.august 2003
- VG, 15. august 2003
- Romsdals Budstikke, 3.11.2007
- Åndalsnes Avis, 17. november 2011, s.4.
- Aftenposten 24.oktober 2009, ikke oppgitt at den ble åpnet igjen den sesongen.
- Åndalsnes Avis, 17 November 2011, page 4.
- Åndalsnes Avis, 14. mai 2011, s. 5.
- Åndalsnes Avis, 26 November 2011, s. 10 ("stengt inntil videre" - "closed until further notice").
- Adresseavisen, 10 November 2012.
- http://www.rbnett.no/nyheter/article7608445.ece Romsdals Budstikke på nett
- Åndalsnes Avis, Stengt for i år, 14 November 2013.
- Åndalsnes Avis Rekordtidleg opning, 6 May 2014, read 5 May 2018.
- Web site: Trollstigen stenger klokken 16.00 i dag. Kavli. Evy. 2014-11-23. andalsnes-avis.no. nb. 2019-08-24.
- http://www.vegvesen.no/ Trafikkmeldinger
- http://www.vegvesen.no/ Trafikkmeldinger, read 13 December 2014, closed no later than 8 December
- Web site: Nærmer seg rekorden. Siem. Stein. 2018-11-30. andalsnes-avis.no. nb. 2019-08-24.
- http://www.abcnyheter.no/reise/2015/05/13/223984/trollstigen-apner-sesongen Trollstigen åpner for sesongen
- "Nå er det vinterstengt" Åndalsnes avis, 28 November 2015, page 3.
- Web site: Nærmer seg rekorden. Siem. Stein. 2018-11-30. andalsnes-avis.no. nb. 2019-08-25.
- Web site: Spektakulær vei åpnet igjen onsdag. 2016-05-25. www.tk.no. no. 2019-08-25.
- Web site: Vinteren stengte Trollstigen. Brunvoll. Øyvind. 2016-11-04. rbnett.no. nb. 2019-08-24.
- Web site: Nå kan sommeren endelig komme til Trollstigen. Valgermo. Lise Kristin. 2017-05-24. NRK. nb-NO. 2019-08-24.
- Web site: Nå er Trollstigen stengt for vinteren. Bjerkeland. Øystein. 2017-11-13. rbnett.no. nb. 2019-08-25.
- Web site: I dag åpnet Trollstigen!. Brunvoll. Øyvind. 2018-05-11. rbnett.no. nb. 2019-08-24.
- Web site: Trollstigen vinterstengt – Geiranger åpent. Vågnes. Stig. 2018-10-26. smp.no. nn. 2019-08-26.
- Web site: Opnar Trollstigen for trafikk. NRK. 2018-11-16. NRK. nn-NO. 2019-08-24.
- Web site: Stenger Trollstigen. Vingen. Anita. 2018-12-02. rbnett.no. nb. 2019-08-24.
- Web site: Trollstigen åpner for sesongen. Lillebakk. Knut Dørum. 2019-05-15. rbnett.no. nb. 2019-08-25.
- Web site: Scenic Routes closed during winter 2019/2020. Turistveger. Nasjonale. www.nasjonaleturistveger.no. en. 2020-01-06. Some of our Norwegian Scenic Route are closed during the winter. Here you can see which routes are open or closed. The table shows statistics for recent years... Scenic Route / The Stretch / Open / Closed Date ... Geiranger - Trollstigen / Trollstigen / ... / 30.10.2019.