Norway · Møre og Romsdal · Premium route guide
Trollstigen (Åndalsnes → Valldal)
Eleven signed hairpins, a 12% ramp climbing past the Stigfossen waterfall, and one of the most-photographed roads in Scandinavia. 63 kilometres from Åndalsnes over Trollstigen and down to the Linge ferry — full route on the map, a GPX for your GPS, and the motorcycle-friendly stays other riders have vetted at either end.
- Distance
- 63.1 km
- Peak elevation
- 872 m
- Elevation gain
- 1,306 m
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
The route
The Fv63 climbs south out of Åndalsnes past Sogge, up the 11 hairpins of Trollstigen and past the viewing platform at 700 m, then drops south through Gudbrandsjuvet to Valldal on the Norddalsfjord. From Valldal it's a short run to Linge for the ferry across to Eidsdal if you're continuing to Geiranger. Pins are motorcycle-friendly stays other riders have vetted.
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Works with Garmin, TomTom, BMW Navigator, Calimoto, Kurviger, komoot, MyRouteApp. Import as a track to ride the exact line. Road data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL); elevation from SRTM.
Track vs. route — how to load this into your GPS
What you're downloading is a GPX track — a dense, road-snapped breadcrumb of the exact line, with elevation on every point. It's not a GPX route (a short list of turn waypoints your device re-plans between). Tracks preserve our road choice; routes let the device pick its own way and can send you down a boring motorway shortcut.
How to use it on your navigator:
- BMW Navigator / Garmin Zumo / zūmo XT: import as a track, then Convert to Route (or Trip Planner → new trip from track) if you want turn-by-turn prompts. Keep Recalculation off so it stays on our line.
- TomTom Rider: import the GPX in MyDrive — it loads as a track / itinerary. Enable Follow the exact route so it doesn't re-plan.
- Calimoto: open the GPX and choose Import as tour — Calimoto follows the track line.
- Kurviger / komoot / MyRouteApp: open the GPX and pick Import as track to keep the road choice. Only choose Import as route if you want the app to re-plan for your bike profile.
- Google Maps / Apple Maps: these don't read GPX. Use the map on this page for turn cues, or import the file into a GPX-capable app first.
Rule of thumb: if your device asks "track or route?", pick track to ride our exact line — pick route only if you want the device to re-plan.
Elevation profile
From ~0 m at the base to 872 m at the top — 1,306 m of total climbing across the route.
This is a short ride — 63 km, doable in a couple of hours if you didn't stop. Nobody rides it in a couple of hours. Give it a full day: coffee in Åndalsnes, the climb up Trollstigen with a proper stop at the viewing platform, lunch in Valldal, and back the same way in different light.
The road is closed from roughly mid-October to late May — check the Fv63 status page before you commit. When it's open, ride it early. The tourist coach parking at the top viewing platform fills by 10am in July and August; be through by 9am and it's a different mountain.
The road, honestly
Trollstigen is genuinely dramatic — a wall of switchbacks pinned to a cliff face with a waterfall running through the middle of them — but it's also short and popular, which means every summer photo you've ever seen was taken at 8am to avoid the crowds. Ride early or after 6pm. The road stays open until 11pm in June and July thanks to Nordic daylight.
The switchbacks themselves are tighter than they look in photos. Second gear on a big tourer, first on a full-luggage GS. There are turnouts at most of the corners — use them for photos and give faster riders space.
Where to base yourself
Åndalsnes (north end) is the traveller's choice — rail station, Rampestreken viewing platform above the town, and it puts you on the Trollstigen north ramp within 20 minutes of breakfast. Valldal (south end) is quieter, has the strawberry fields the region is known for, and sets you up for the Geiranger loop the next day.
For the full Fjords Loop with Geiranger and the Atlantic Road, see the separate Norwegian Fjords Loop guide — the natural next step from Trollstigen.
Weather, closures and what to pack
Trollstigen is above 700 m and Norway is Norway. Even in July expect single-digit temperatures at the platform with wind and drizzle. Pack proper waterproofs — this is not a road to ride in a mesh summer jacket and hope.
The road closes for winter typically mid-October and opens late May — the exact date shifts each year based on snow. Trollstigen.no has the live status. Fuel: fill up in Åndalsnes or Valldal; there is nothing on the mountain itself.
What to see along the way
- Åndalsnes — Rail-served fjord town. Rampestreken viewing platform above the town if you have a spare hour before or after the ride.
- Stigfossen waterfall — The waterfall that runs through the middle of the 11 hairpins. Bridge across it partway up — small parking, worth the stop.
- Trollstigen viewing platform (700 m) — The famous cantilevered platform above the switchbacks. Coffee, souvenirs, and the photo. Get here before 9am.
- Gudbrandsjuvet — Narrow river gorge with a walkway suspended above the water, on the descent to Valldal. Ten-minute stop.
- Valldal — Strawberry-farm village on the Norddalsfjord. Cafés, and the natural lunch stop before Linge and the ferry.
Rent a bike
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Flying in? Pick up a bike near the start of the route. We've pre-filled the pick-up city with Åndalsnes / Valldal — change it if you're basing elsewhere.
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