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For something more challenging, an eight- to nine-hour route, which can also be used
by cyclists, leads from the cable-car platform past the Helberghytta DNT Hut (following
the route described previously) and onward to Kalhovd Turisthytte . From there you can
either catch a bus or hike nine hours down to Mogen Turisthytte , where you can catch
the Møsvatn ferry (Nkr255) back to Skinnarbu, west of Rjukan on Rv37; ferry timetables
are available from the Rjukan tourist office. Serious hikers can also strike out north from
Kalhovd, deep into the high Hardangervidda.
Alternatively, you can follow the marked route that begins above Rjukan Fjellstue,
around 10km west of Rjukan and just north of the Rv37. This historic track follows the
Sabotørruta (Saboteurs' Route), the path taken by the members of the Norwegian
Resistance during WWII. From late June until mid-August, the tourist office organises
three-hour guided hikes along this route (Nkr200; noon Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday).
The best hiking map to use for this part of the plateau is Telemark Turistforening's
Hardangervidda Sør-Øst,at a scale of 1:60,000. It's available from the tourist office for
Nkr98.
Sleeping
Rjukan's town centre has a few places to stay, but there are more choices up in the Gaus-
tablikk area.
Rjukan & West
Krokan Turisthytte CABINS
( 92 26 94 36; krokan.turistforeningen.no ; near Rv37; cabins Nkr500)
Around 10km west of Rjukan, this historic place was built in 1869 as the first hut of Den
Norske Turistforening (DNT). You're housed in museumlike 16th-century log cabins and it
serves traditional meals. Phone ahead as there's not always someone here.
Rjukan Hytteby & Kro CABINS
( 35 09 01 22; www.rjukan-hytteby.no ; Brogata 9; large cabins Nkr895-1400, small cabins with linen
s/d Nkr950/1095;
)
 
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