Norway is one of the world’s most beautiful countries I have ever visited. A progressive society, scenic mountains, waterfalls, several great hiking options, Norway is a great place to visit. We were in Norway for 4 days and managed 2 of the top 3 – Kjeragbolten, Pulpit Rock and Trolltunga popular hikes located in Western Norway, leads you to some of the most unique rock formations in Norway:
Trolltunga: We flew into Stavanger, drove to Odda village and stayed at Trolltunga Guesthouse, Tyssedal. We slept relatively early even though sun was still up at 11 PM in the night. This was in anticipation of the long day of hiking of Trolltunga. Also, we couldn’t get parking at P3, which means we had to park our car in P2 and hike another 7.5kms extra. We woke up early and started our hike as planned from P2 parking area at around 5:30 AM. There is a beautiful waterfall right at the entrance from P2 parking area and snow-clad mountains all around to greet us.
Terrain quickly changed from rocks to thick snow / ice and we continued to climb through these slipping at times.
It was clear skies and sunny, helped our hike and they also have rods with red tip on the top to keep trekkers on the path.
We crossed through several small valleys, going down for sometime and again climbing up with great views all around. There were 2 steep ledges that were extremely slippery and on the edge, we had to slow down and as we slipped, holding onto the snow / ice around wasn’t really helping. Sticks and ice grip / ice cleats would have helped at couple of these places, but we managed without these. There were small river streams and bridges as snow and ice melted to quench our thirst throughout the hike.
After several hours of climbing (total of 13.5kms-oneway), we reached the summit of Trolltunga!!! and it was time for our trophy photos
After some snack / lunch on the top, we retraced our path back down and reached P2 parking area around 5 PM.. Total of ~28 Kms in around 10hours.. Phew, what a day and hike!!
Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock) towers 604 metres above the Lysefjord, and the trek there is one of Norway’s most famous mountain hikes!! We drove back to Stavanger the following day since Pulpit Rock is around an 1.5 hours drive from Stavanger. Drive in Norway passes goes through multiple tunnels and some of these are ~14-15Kms looong, we also had to take the ferry to cross over the Black Sea!!
Throughout the drive in Norway, you will find many waterfalls and you cannot drive through without stopping for pics
Pulpit Rock hike wasn’t as complex as Trolltunga and we were well prepared for this shorter, more popular and filled with fit Norwegians hike. We were able to do this in 4.5 hours and total was around 8 Kms and got our pics of this yet another unique rock formation in Norway:
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