Trollstigen
Trollstigen (or trollstigvegen; Template:Langx<ref>Aasen, Ivar (1850): Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog. Kristiania: Carl C. Werner</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) is a serpentine mountain road and pass in Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
It is part of Norwegian County Road 63 that connects the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma and the village of Valldal in Fjord Municipality. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 10% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. During the top tourist season, about 2,500 vehicles pass daily.<ref>Sunnmørsposten 26 July 2012 p. 12.</ref><ref>NRK news (accessed 21 September 2012)</ref> During the 2012 season, 161,421 vehicles traversed the route, compared to 155,230 vehicles during 2009.<ref name="Adresseavisen, 10 November 2012">Adresseavisen, 10 November 2012.</ref>
The road is narrow with many sharp bends, and although several bends were widened during 2005 to 2012,<ref>Statens vegvesen</ref> vehicles over Template:Convert long are prohibited from driving the road. During the 2011 and 2012 seasons, buses up to Template:Convert were temporarily allowed as a trial.<ref>NRK news May 28, 2011 (accessed 23 September 2012)</ref><ref>Statens vegvesen Template:Webarchive</ref> At the Template:Convert plateau there is a car park and several viewing balconies overlooking the bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen falls Template:Convert down the mountainside. The pass has an elevation of approximately Template:Convert.
Trollstigen is closed during late autumn and winter. A normal operating season stretches from mid-May to October, but may sometimes be shorter or longer due to weather conditions.
EtymologyEdit
Trollstigen means the troll path or troll trail, from the Norwegian stig<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (also spelled sti), from Old Norse stigr.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
Trollstigen was opened on 31 July 1936, by King Haakon VII after eight years of construction.
A major tourist facility including a restaurant was completed in 2012. Several viewing platforms have been constructed and older constructions improved upon. Trollstigen (along with County Road 63) was officially opened as a national tourist route by the Minister of Transport and Communications on 16 June 2012.<ref>NRK (national broadcasting news)</ref> Trollstigen itself (and the alpine summits to the west) lies within the Trollstigen landscape protection area,<ref>"Landskapsvernområde" is the lowest level legal protection of landscape http://www.lovdata.no/for/lf/mv/mv-20061124-1305.html</ref> while the alpine area east of Trollstigen, including the Trolltindene range, is part of Reinheimen National Park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the summer of 2005, the road was repaired and about Template:NOK was spent on protection against rockfall, making the road safer to drive on.
In June 2021, Telia Norge commissioned an eco-friendly mobile base station powered entirely by solar, wind and hydrogen, therefore providing mobile phone coverage at Trollstigen for the first time ever.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Opening and closing datesEdit
| Year | Open | Closed | Comment | ||||
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| 1994 | 20 May | 27 September<ref>Sunnmørsposten, 20 May 1995</ref> | |||||
| 1995 | 25 May<ref>Sunnmøringen 24 May 1995</ref> | ||||||
| 1996 | 24 May | ||||||
| 1997 | 6 June | 24 September<ref name="NTB 15 October 1998">NTB 15 October 1998</ref> | |||||
| 1998 | 15 May | 15 October<ref name="NTB 15 October 1998"/> | closed because of snow | ||||
| 1999 | 14 May | 10 September<ref>Aftenposten, 11 September 1999, page 17.</ref> | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> early winter closing because of construction work. | |||
| 2000 | 26 May<ref>Trollstigen åpner fredag. Adresseavisen, 25 May 2000, page 4.</ref> | 20 August | closed early because of construction work<ref>Bergens Tidende, Monument i Trollstigen, 13 August 2000, page 3</ref> | ||||
| 2001 | 21 May | 21 August | closed early because of construction work<ref name="VG2001">Ubåtnett sikrer turistene. VG, 30 Juni 2011, p. 47</ref> | ||||
| 2002 | 23 May | 16 September | Early closing because of maintenance work.<ref>Trollstigen stenges. Adresseavisen, 30 August 2002, p. 2.</ref> | ||||
| 2003 | 28 May | 15 August | closed early because of landslide and flooding<ref>Adresseavisen, 21.august 2003</ref><ref>VG, 15. august 2003</ref> | ||||
| 2004 | 29 May | ||||||
| 2005 | 1 June | 15 November | latest closing since 1992 | ||||
| 2006 | 3 May | ||||||
| 2007 | 23 May | 17 October<ref>Romsdals Budstikke, 3.11.2007</ref> | |||||
| 2008 | 27 May | 4 November<ref>Åndalsnes Avis, 17. november 2011, s.4.</ref> | |||||
| 2009 | 20 May | 23 October<ref>Aftenposten 24.oktober 2009, ikke oppgitt at den ble åpnet igjen den sesongen.</ref> | closed because of avalanche | ||||
| 2010 | 28 May | 4 November<ref>Åndalsnes Avis, 17 November 2011, page 4.</ref> | |||||
| 2011 | 13 May<ref>Åndalsnes Avis, 14. mai 2011, s. 5.</ref> | 24 November<ref>Åndalsnes Avis, 26 November 2011, s. 10 ("stengt inntil videre" - "closed until further notice").</ref> | |||||
| 2012 | 1 June<ref name="Adresseavisen, 10 November 2012"/> | 5 November<ref>Adresseavisen, 10 November 2012.</ref> | |||||
| 2013 | 22 May<ref>Romsdals Budstikke på nett accessed 24 May 2013.</ref> | 13 November<ref>Åndalsnes Avis, Stengt for i år, 14 November 2013.</ref> | |||||
| 2014 | 8 May<ref>Åndalsnes Avis Rekordtidleg opning, 6 May 2014, read 5 May 2018.</ref> | citation | CitationClass=web
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GalleryEdit
- 2012-07 Trollstigen besøkssenter.jpg
Trollstigen Visitor Center
- 2012-07 Trollstigen besøkssenter 2.jpg
Trollstigen visitor center, with souvenir shops and toilets
- Trollstigen Norwegen.jpg
Stigrøra with souvenir sale. In the background the rock formation Trollklørne.
- Riksvei 63, Border of Rauma and Norddal.JPG
Alnesreset - the highest point on the mountain pass and municipal boundary.
- Trollstigen; Wasserfall & Brücke Norwegen.JPG
Stigfossen with Stigfossbrua seen from below.
- Trollstigrennet -Tidlig på 50 tallet m Stein Eriksen.jpg
From Trollstigrennet around 1952 (Stein Eriksen with ski pole).
- Trollveggen 2002 June.jpg
Trollryggen mountains, located between Romsdalen and Trollstigen.
- Overtakelsesbrev.jpg
Acception Document for Trollstigvegen in Romsdal signed by Haakon VII (31 July 1936)
- Trollstigen nybygg.JPG
The visitor center just before the official opening (16 June 2012)
- Christie Trollstigen 210808 justert (25 of 34).jpg
Works on the viewing platform (2008)
- Troll skiltet Trollstigen.jpg
Trollstigen road signs
- Steinstøtte Valldal-Trollstigen 2.jpg
Memorial stone with the text "King Håkon built this road in 1936"
- Steinstøtte Valldal-Trollstigen 1.jpg
Memorial stone
- TrollstigenNorway01.jpg
Viewpoint
- TrollstigenNorway02.jpg
Viewpoint
- TrollstigenNorway03.jpg
View from the platform
- TrollstigenNorway04.jpg
View from the platform
- TrollstigenNorway05.jpg
Viewpoint
- TrollstigenNorway06.jpg
Viewpoint
- TrollstigenNorway07.jpg
The river
- TrollstigenNorway08.jpg
The river
- TrollstigenNorway09.jpg
The river under the viewing platform
- TrollstigenNorway10.jpg
- TrollstigenNorway11.jpg
The road down seen from the viewing platform
- TrollstigenNorway12.jpg
Waterfall
- TrollstigenNorway15.jpg
Traffic jam
- TrollstigenNorway16.jpg
Traffic jam
- Trollstigvegen01.jpg
Trollstiggen
- Trollstigvegen02.jpg
Stigfossen
- Trollstigvegen03.jpg
Trollstiggen
- Trollstigvegen04.jpg
Trollstiggen near Stigfossen
See alsoEdit
- List of highest paved roads in Europe
- List of mountain passes
- List of waterfalls
- Stelvio Pass
- Transfăgărășan