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Jotunheimen Haute Route - Norway
Type:Ski tour
Jotunheimen
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Jotunheimen Haute Route is a five-day randonée ski tour in the heart of the Jotunheimen National Park. The route goes over eight glaciers and seven 2000-metre summits, including Glittertind and Galdhøpiggen.
Accomadation at staffed mountain lodges. Each stage is about 15 km long, with 1000 – 1500 metres elevation gain.
DAY 1: Gjendesheim/Bessheim - Memurubu
16 km – 1258 vertical meters
DAG 2: Memurubu- Glitterheim
18 km – 1400 vertical meters
DAG 3: Glitterheim - Spiterstulen
14 km – 1100 vertical meters
DAG 4: Spiterstulen - Leirvassbu
17 km - 1800 vertical meters
DAG 5: Leirvassbu - Krossbu
12 km – 1150 vertical meters
Equipment list and further information: Haute Route Jotunheimen
| Bessheim (7 Feb 2025 - 21 Apr 2025) |
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| Gjendesheim (15 Feb 2025 - 1 May 2025) |
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| Spiterstulen (14 Mar 2025 - 4 May 2025) |
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| Leirvassbu (20 Mar 2025 - 4 May 2025) |
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| Glitterheim (21 Mar 2025 - 21 Apr 2025) |
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| Memurubu (27 Mar 2025 - 21 Apr 2025) |
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| Krossbu (11 Apr 2025 - 14 Sept 2025)* |
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* The lodges along the Jotunheimen Haute Route is open for booking all year!
Dates and times marked with a '*' are provisional and may be subject to change
Leirvassbu | Mountain Lodge, LomLeirvassbu is a mountain lodge in Jotunheimen, situated by the lake Leirvatnet, just below the characteristic mountain Kyrkja, and is an excellent base camp and starting point for mountain walking, climbing peaks, glacier walking and spring skiing.
Krossbu | Mountain Logde, LomKrossbu Mountain Lodge is a private tourist lodge with majestic surroundings on route 55 - the Sognefjellet road - Norway's highest mountain pass.
Gjendesheim Mountain Lodge, VågåGjendesheim mountain lodge is located by the scenic lake Gjende at 1000 metres above sea level, and the starting point for hiking the famous Besseggen Ridge.
Glitterheim | Mountain lodge in Jotunheimen, LomThe Glitterheim DNT cabin lays beneath Glittertind, encircled by a series of 2000-meter peaks. The Vole family awaits you with 137 beds and meals based on traditional food from the mountains.
Spiterstulen | Mountain Lodge, LomSituated at 1100 meters above sea level, Spiterstulen Mountain Lodge is the perfect starting point for hiking in the mountains of Jotunheimen.
Memurubu | Mountain Lodge, LomMemurubu is a tourist hut in Norway, at the end or start of the famous Besseggen hiking trail. Memurubu is originally an old mountain pasture dating back to 1872.
Bessheim | Mountain Lodge and Cabins, VågåBessheim has been a dwelling place for mountain hikers since the late 1800s, when Kari Storvik first began to offer accommodations and food serving for mountain hikers at her mountain farm. She set up her first main building here in 1890. Since then the family business has been in constant…
Gjendebu Mountain Lodge, LomGjendesheim mountain lodge is located by the scenic lake Gjende at 1000 metres above sea level, and the starting point for hiking the famous Besseggen Ridge.
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