Hiking to Trolldalstinden

Medium / Difficult

Vestvågøya

5 hrs

10.37 km

740 m

572 m

Vestvågøy

Until begining of June at the top

Type of hike : Loop
Visibility of the route : Good at the start, poor in the last part
Start/Finish : Coming from Stamsund, take the fabulous road 815 to Valberg and stop at Vikjorda (Vikjorden) just before the Rebecca café. The path starts to the left of the café (do not park in the café car park, which is private, but on the roadside a hundred metres before it.)
GPS Point : Start/Finish : N68 12.467 E13 39.498
Dalstuva : N68 13.228 E13 59.676
Summit of Trolldalstinden : N68 13.704 E13 59.965
Note : The last part of this hike (level: difficult), between Dalstuva and Trolldalstinden is steep in places and can be dangerous in wet weather.

Description

A good hike that will take you, ridge after ridge, through the open, maritime landscapes of this part of the large island of Vestvågøya. On the way back you walk through an unspoilt valley the length of three mountain lakes where the only noise is the occasional trout jumping…

More information about this hike...

You can read the detailed description of this hike (as well as 59 other hike descriptions), enjoy hundreds of photos, maps and practical information on the paper guidebook Hiking the LOFOTEN ISLANDS.
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