Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
you as you descend are the open reaches of Reinheimen National Park, established in 2006
and Norway's third largest, where wild reindeer still crop the mosses and soft grass.
The pass is usually cleared and open from late May to mid-October; early in the season
it's an impressive trip through a popular cross-country ski field, between high walls of
snow.
Raumabanen
SCENIC RAILWAY
(tourist train adult/child return Nkr460/230; 1 child per adult free)
Trains run daily year-round along this spectacular route, meeting the main line, after
114km, at Dombås. There's also a
tourist train
with on-board commentary that runs twice
daily from June to August from Åndalsnes' lakeside station up to Bjorli, at 600m. Book at
the station or tourist office.
Activities
Hiking
The pamphlet
Geiranger Trollstigen
(Nkr30) describes seven signed hiking trails in the
Trollstigen area. You'll need to supplement this with the map
Romsdals-Fjella
at 1:80,000.
The tourist office carries both. The tourist office can arrange mountain walks of four to six
hours with a qualified guide.
Aksla/Nesaksla
HIKING
(
www.romsdal.com
)
An excellent half-day day hike begins right in town, along Romsdalsvegen, 50m north of
the roundabout before the Esso petrol station. It takes around an hour to 90 minutes to
reach the summit of Nesaksla (715m), the prominent peak that rises above Åndalsnes. The
ascent rewards with the most astonishing views of the Romsdal Alps, the Rauma river and
the Romsdal fjord.
Utilising a series of steel walkways, the initial stage of the walk is easy enough to be
done in ballet flats. After Nebba, the first viewing point, the marked path onward to the
summit of Nesaksla (715m), gets a little more tricky but includes handrails in the steeper
section and did not seem to phase your average Norwegian toddler. The most spectacular
