[20-3 |] Round trip with a tent in Trollheimen [20-4]
[20-5 |] six-day trip in Trollheimen [20-6]
[20-7] We follow the routes, but use fine places between the lodges as campsites. [20-8] We start and end at Gjevilvass Lodge. [20-9] We have ample time on this trip and have time to fish along the way. [20-10] At some of the chosen campsites, it is possible to catch fish. [20-11] The trip is suitable for children (with fit and active parents) from about 12 years of age. [20-13] We come in to Gjevilvass Lodge from Oppdal and take the marked trail toward Jøldal Lodge high above Gjørdøldalen and set up our first campsite by the beautiful small pond in Høghødalen. [20-14] If there is heavy wind, w ego down to Minilla and find a spot there. [20-15] We continue across Skrikhøa, pass by Jøldal Lodge and, in good weather, take the trail toward Trollhetta. [20-16] The marked trail runs along the eastern side of one of the ponds at Langfjellet beneath Trollhetta. [20-17] This is a fine campsite. [20-18] If the weather or forecast is poor, we take the route toward Geithetta and make camp down at the confluence between Litjsvartåa and Svartåa. [20-19] We make our way over Trollhetta's three summits and reach the great pine forest at Svaråmoen after the long descent. [20-20] Or we go via Geithetta. [20-21] We pass the Trollheim Lodge, continue on the route toward Snota and make camp at Bossvatna. [20-22] We spend the day fishing in Bossvatnet and making the short trip from here to Snota. [20-23]
[20-24] We take the route back past Trollheim Lodge and steeply up onto Mellomfjell and in along the fine mountain ridge. [20-25] We make camp on one of the attractive flat stretches on the eastern side of Fossådal Lake. [20-26] We follow the marked trail to Riaren and if the weather is good, we ascend steeply up toward the east onto the Blåhø massif and on up to Blåhø. [20-27] The route is not marked here, but it is easy to find one's bearings. [20-28] We return southwards from the top, following widely spaced stone markers, make the steep descent and merge onto the marked trail again at lower Kamtjern. [20-29] We continue toward Gjevilvassdalen, enjoy a wonderful view in front of us and are back again at Gjevilvass Lodge. [20-30]
[20-31 |] Without a tent: [20-32] This trip is also suitable for hiking without a tent, by spending the night at lodges. [20-33]
[20-34 |] Winter: [20-35] During wintertime, this is also a good trip to take, bringing along a tent. [20-36] The road is not snow-plowed to Gjevilvass Lodge. [20-37] We suggest to make camp the first night up in Gjørdølsdalen. [20-38] In wintertime it is not possible to go over all of the summits of Trollhetta, while the eastern summit is all right to ski across. [20-39] And it is all right to make the return from the eastern summit toward the northeast and down on the northern side of Trollhetta to Rinnvatna, where the normal winter route between Jøldal Lodge and Trollheim Lodge runs. [20-40] Here branches are cleared during Easter. [20-41] The winter route between Trollheim Lodge and Gjevilvass Lodge goes up Slettådalen and across Svarthamran. [20-42] So in wintertime, we recommend to make camp up on Svarthamran in good weather and down in Slettådalen if the weather is poor. [20-43]
[20-44 |] Maps: [20-45] 1:50 000 Oppdal, Trollhetta and Snota, trip map 1:75 000 Trollheimen or the older map 1:100 000. [20-46]
[20-47 |] Erik Stabell [20-48]
[20-49 |] Constructions and environmental protection in Trollheimen [20-50]
[20-51] Trollheimen was protected as a landscape preserve in 1987. [20-52] From the end of the 1960's and up until the beginning of the 1980's, three power station constructions greatly affected the previously expansive, pristine mountain area. [20-53] In particular, these were the Trollheim power station with Gråsjøen, Follsjøen and the road into Vindøldalen, and the Driva power station with regulation of Gjevil Lake and the roads in along the lake and on into the heart of the Trollheimen mountains. [20-54] So it was the "remainder" of the Trollheimen mountains that were protected by law in 1987. [20-55] At the time, it was all the more important to preserve the remaining untouched areas. [20-56] Protection contributes first and foremost to the prevention of road construction and other technical encroachments. [20-57] Traditional uses related to mountain farming, sheep grazing, reindeer herding, outdoor activities, fishing and hunting are to be continued. [20-58] Just east of the preserved landscape area are the Minilldal moors natural preserve, and included in this is Innerdalen, which was protected by law in 1967. [20-59] Svartåmoen nature preserve was expanded in 1999. [20-60] This includes the areas around and north of the Trollheim Lodge. [20-61] A short account of both the environmental protection measures and power stations construction is found in TT's handbook Sylene and Trollheimen from 1994. [20-62] Find other information about stipulations for protected nature areas in Norway at www.lovdata.no/for/lf/index-verne.html.