Returning to Oslo from Ålesund by car may be very boring if going in and out of all the small fjords along E139 in Romsdalen. An alternative is to go to Valldal (and visit my sister´s new cottage at Fjørå) and take road 63;
Trollstigen over the mountain pass and down Isterdalen to Rauma (Åndalsnes). The road
was opened May 13th this year, and the snow border is still high close to the road.
Low gear is recommended on your way down, and maybe some of the "Giro de Italia" participants should practice in this area. We met at least two cyclists on their climbing exercise on our way down.
The
hairpin turns are counted to 19, and some of then are really spectacular if meeting a Polish tourist bus or a Dane with his Camping trailer.
The road goes on both sides of the steep cliffs connected by a narrow bridge from which this photo is taken
Further down you can get a better view of the waterfall and also look back to the bridge and the road from where you started on the top of the gorges.
Well down, but before you continue towards the eastern part of Norway, take a break and see if there are some mountaineers hanging in the
Troll Wall. We did not discover anyone, but a rescue helicopter left the area when we started down Trollstigen behind the steep peaks you find above the wall.
3 comments:
WOW!! skal si, skal si, det er vel en liten flekk som minner om alpene litt lenger syd i Europa.
Passert Trollstigen kun en gang jeg faktisk, men nedover landene har det jo blitt mer av, godt du viser hva vi har å by på her hjemme også :-)
En sitter her og venter på at poteten skal koke sjø...
Vakre bilder, og det var sikkert en fin tur selv om årsaken til turen jo var trist..
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