Fv63 · Norway

Trollstigen

A mountain road climbing out of Isterdalen near Åndalsnes, with eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside to a plateau at about 700 m.

StartFinishHairpin

12.9 kmLength

60Pace-note calls

11Hairpins

3Tight corners (1–2)

↑660 ↓30Climb and drop, m

≈690 mHighest point

Counts are from Turini’s pace-note engine on this route. Heights come from terrain data and can differ from signposted figures by a few tens of metres.

Where is the Trollstigen?

The Trollstigen is in Norway, on the Fv63. Also known as Trollstigvegen or The Troll’s Path. The route on this page: from the E136 in Isterdalen up the hairpins to the Trollstigen plateau, 12.9 km.

Why the Trollstigen is famous

It opened in 1936, and its hairpins, with a 10% gradient and the Stigfossen waterfall beside them, can be watched from viewing balconies at the top. It is part of a Norwegian national tourist route.

Trollstigen hairpins

Over 12.9 km Turini calls 11 hairpins and 45 corners graded 1 to 6, plus 2 dips. That is 60 calls in all, one every 215 metres on average. Grade 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight (how to read pace notes).

HP11

514

615

Trollstigen elevation profile

From 52 m at the start to 689 m at the finish, with a highest point of about 690 m. Red marks are the hairpins.

700 m0 m

0 km6.5 km12.9 km

Trollstigen pace notes, first few km

The first 25 calls, exactly as Turini reads them, with the distance from the start.

1.12 kmRight 4 in dip

1.23 kmLeft 3 opens over crest

1.67 kmBridge

1.68 kmDip

1.82 kmRight 5 long

2.06 kmLeft 4

2.25 kmRight 6

2.76 kmLeft 6

3.60 kmLeft 6

3.77 kmDip

4.29 kmRight 6

5.21 kmRight 3

5.30 kmLeft 3 long tightens

6.20 kmRight 5

6.26 kmLeft 5

6.33 kmRight 6

6.40 kmLeft 3

6.46 kmRight 3

6.52 kmLeft 4

6.58 kmRight 6

6.68 kmRight 6

6.79 kmLeft 6

7.13 kmHairpin left

7.39 kmHairpin right

7.71 kmRight 6

That takes you to 7.71 km. 35 more calls follow over the remaining 5.2 km.

Before you drive the Trollstigen

Closed in late autumn and winter. Normally open from about mid-May to October, depending on the weather.

Vehicles over 12.4 m long are not allowed. In summer the hairpins are busy with coaches and camper vans, so go early or late in the day.

How to drive the Trollstigen with Turini

Set the route before you leave and Turini saves its notes on the phone, so it works with the screen off and no signal. On the road it reads each call about 4.5 seconds before the corner, timed to your speed, and you never touch the phone. It also works through Android Auto. If pace notes are new to you, start in Simple mode (Easy, Medium, Hard) and switch to the 1–6 scale once it feels natural.

Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.

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Sources: Wikipedia: Trollstigen.

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