TrollstigenNorway · 11 hairpins · 858 m
Legendary routes
Trollstigen
Norway · 11 hairpins · 858 m
Trollstigen — the Troll's Ladder — lifts Norway's Route 63 up a near-vertical wall in eleven hairpins, with the Stigfossen waterfall falling across the road at the halfway point. It is short by Alpine standards and unlike anything in the Alps: a shelf cut into wet rock, with a viewing platform cantilevered over the drop at the top.
Route facts
- Where
- Norway
- Length
- 9 km
- Max elevation
- 858 m
- Hairpins
- 11
- Riding season
- June – October
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Riding it
Officially two lanes, in practice rather less — tour coaches take both through the tightest bends, and meeting one mid-hairpin is the defining Trollstigen experience. The surface stays wet from spray near the waterfall whatever the weather, so the grip you have at the bottom is not the grip you have at bend six. It normally opens in late spring and closes in October, and it has been shut for extended periods in recent years for rockfall protection work — check the Norwegian road authority before committing to the detour.
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