Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Spiterstulen
From Røisheim, this 11-mile toll road (50 kr) takes you from Route 55 to the
Spiterstulenmountainhotel/lodgeinabout30minutes(3,600feet).Thisisthe
best destination for serious all-day hikes to Norway's two mightiest moun-
tains, Glittertinden and Galdhøpiggen (a 5-hour hike up and a 3-hour hike
down, doable without a guide). Or consider a guided, two-hour glacier walk
(tel. 61 21 94 00,
www.spiterstulen.no
)
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Juvasshytta
This toll road takes you (in about 40 minutes) to the highest you can drive
and the closest you can get to Galdhøpiggen (6,050 feet) by car. The road
starts in Bøverdal, and costs 85 kr; at the end of it, daily, guided, six-hour
hikes go across the glacier to the summit and back (200 kr, late June-late
Sept daily at 10:00, July-mid-Aug also daily at 11:30, check in 30 minutes
before, strict age limit—no kids under age 7, 4 miles each way, easy ascent
but very dangerous without a guide, hiking boots required—possible to rent
from nearby ski resort). You can sleep in the newly updated
$$$ Juvasshytta
lodge
(Db-1,100 kr with sheets, D without sheets-860 kr, sheets-100 kr,
includes breakfast, dinner-330 kr, open June-Sept, tel. 61 21 15 50,
Leirvassbu
This 11-mile, 50-kr toll road (about 30 minutes one-way from Bøverkin-
nhalsen, south of Elvesæter) is most scenic for car hikers. It takes you to a
lodge at 4,600 feet with great views and easy walks. A serious (5-hour round-
trip) hike goes to the lone peak, Kyrkja—“The Cathedral,” which looms like
a sanded-down mini-Matterhorn on the horizon (6,660 feet).
▲▲Sognefjell Drive to the Sognefjord
Norway's highest pass (at 4,600 feet, the highest road in northern Europe)
is a thrilling drive through a cancan line of mountains, from Jotunheimen's
