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HardangerDemandingSeason Feb–Apr

Gygrastolen

1267 metres of climbing from 90 m — fjord to summit over 5.96 km, with the Folgefonna icecap straight ahead of you on the ridge. The steepest sustained section measures 25.4 degrees, so it is the length and not the angle that decides the day.

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Summit
1347 m
Vertical gain
↑ 1270 m
Typical time
5–7 h
Grade
Demanding
Aspect
N
N1 km
The ascent from Ænes — 6 km, 1267 metres of ascent. The line is solved over Kartverket's terrain model, not a recorded track. See the tour on the map. Map data © Kartverket.

Elevation profile

90 m1347 m0 km6.0 km

1267 metres of climbing and 5.96 km from Ænes over Gygrastølvatnet, with the treeline at 590 m and the ridge above 1300 m at 4.7 degrees.

01 · Ascent

Start where the construction road turns uphill from Ænes, 90 m; the church the route description mentions sits at 41 m down by the fjord. The first hundred metres of climbing run at 6.3 degrees, and then the road gets to work: 11.3 degrees from 100 to 200 m and 12.9 from 200 to 300.

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