About this route
The Troll's Ladder — eleven hairpin bends climbing 850 metres through a near-vertical mountain wall in western Norway. Waterfalls crash across the road, mist clings to the peaks, and the viewing platform at the top hangs over the void. Open late May to October only.
Stops on this route
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Start
Åndalsnes
Mountain town at the head of Romsdalsfjorden — start of the climb.
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1
Stigfossen Waterfall
The 320-metre waterfall that crashes beside the road on the climb.
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2
Trollstigen Plateau
The viewing platform at the top — steel and glass cantilevered over the gorge.
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3
Gudbrandsjuvet
A narrow gorge with a footbridge where the river forces through a two-metre gap.
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End
Valldal
Strawberry village on the Norddalsfjord — a gentle end to a dramatic road.
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