Location: N 62:10.464, E 010:41.694 (GPS on the summit)
Alvdal, Norway
Climbed June 9, 2003.
Information:
How to get there:
Alvdal is the best starting point. Alvdal is along Hwy. 3 that
runs in Østerdalen from Elverum to Tynset. Drive north
from the Tronsvangen intersection in Alvdal and make a right on
the side road with signs for Trondsvangen. As you get to Trondsvangen
you wil find parking on your right.
Route description:
From the parking, continue up the road towards Tronden, ignore any
signs that may point you in different directions. The road passes several
buildings (part of Trondsvangen), turns right and subsequently left. Further
ahead there is a disinct Y-shaped fork of the road, continue for about 100 meter
along the road going to Tronden, this is the left fork. You will now have a
distinct ridge right in front of you. The road climbs on the right side of this
ridge, while a clear trail heads straight up the ridge. Take this trail and
follow it until it ends on the left side of the ridge considerably higher on the
mountain. Continue across gentle, open landscape on the left side of the local
summit on your right. Shortly, you will regain the road. Follow the road, going left.
The road will make several switchbacks before topping out at the very summit.
There is a large TV antenna on the top, the highest rock point is behind this
tower. Comments:
I did this hike with my friend Arnt Flatmo. We were misdirected by a
sign on Trondsvangen and hiked the peak on the left side of the main
drainage that comes down to Trondsvangen. We had rain and fog and eventually
climbed the summit point from the opposite side of what is described above.
The hike is about two hours going up and one hour for the return.
Resources:
Images
Tronden, as seen from the summit of Storsønkletten.