{"id":1086,"date":"2024-06-24T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2024-06-24T11:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:41:11","slug":"vikings-day-22-the-trollstigenalmost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/2024\/06\/24\/vikings-day-22-the-trollstigenalmost\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Day 22: The Trollstigen\u2026Almost!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Please watch the Relive  video here:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relive.cc\/view\/vDqgrZyZPG6\">https:\/\/www.relive.cc\/view\/vDqgrZyZPG6<\/a><br><br><strong>On the Road: 18 miles\/ 29km  I  Elevation 1,570 ft\/479 metres<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride from Geiranger to \u00c5ndalsnes as mentioned in yesterday\u2019s blog had been changed due to frequent rockfalls hitting cars lately while driving the Trollstigen switchbacks. This is a reminder that this country is still under construction, in a geological sense. The ice, snow, wind, rain, and movements in the ground itself affect the stability. When the mountain moves, you\u2019d better not be in the way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This was a scheduled Rest day but fellow rider George and I wanted to ride up into the Trollstigen as far as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1122\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-24-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-24-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-24-300x169.jpeg 300w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1123\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-1536x863.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-2048x1151.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-1000x562.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-230x129.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-350x197.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-25-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" data-id=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-1024x643.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-1024x643.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-768x482.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-1536x965.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-2048x1286.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-1000x628.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-230x144.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-350x220.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6459-480x301.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1124\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-1000x750.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-230x173.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6446-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a nice fairly flat roll out in the countryside and past a couple of campgrounds, we started the Trollstigen climb and were quickly met by some large all wooden trolls. The legend has it that trolls were giant monsters who when subjected to sunlight turned to stone, which are the surrounding mountains of the \u2018Troll\u2019stigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" data-id=\"1127\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-1-1024x755.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-1-1024x755.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-1-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-1-768x566.jpeg 768w, 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src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-594x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-594x1024.jpeg 594w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-174x300.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-768x1324.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-891x1536.jpeg 891w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-1188x2048.jpeg 1188w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-1000x1724.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6447-230x397.jpeg 230w, 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https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-230x230.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6449-480x480.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-1000x750.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-230x173.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/IMG_6448-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Upward to the point we were forced to stop, with only 6 more kilometres to the summit. This is where the iconic switchbacks crossing the giant waterfall twice starts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"1131\" src=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-26-1024x630.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-26-1024x630.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-26-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/velo-valhalla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/GPTempDownload-26-768x473.jpeg 768w, 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