[20-3] Round tour with tent in central Trollheimen [20-4]
[20-5] Six day tour in Trollheimen [20-6]
[20-7] We follow routes, but use fine places as campsites between lodges. [20-8] We start and finish at Gjevilvasshytta. [20-9] We have plenty of time on this tour and have time to go fishing on the way. [20-10] At some practicable campsites it's possible to catch fish. [20-11] The tour is suitable for children (with hardy parents) from age 12 years. [20-12]
[20-13] We come in to Gjevilvasshytta from Oppdal and follow the marked route towards Jøldalshytta high over Gjørdøldalen and camp first at a beautiful small tarn in Høghødalen. [20-14] If the wind is strong, we go down to Minilla and find a site there. [20-15] We continue along Skrikhøa, go past Jøldalshytta, and in good weather take the route towards Trollhetta. [20-16] The marked route passes the east side of the tarns at Langfjellet beneath Trollhetta. [20-17] This is a fine campsite. [20-18] If the weather or the weather forecast is poor, we take the route towards Geithetta and camp at the confluence of Litjsvartåa and Svartåa. [20-19] We go over Trollhetta's three summits and get to the big pine woods at Svartåmoen after the long descent. [20-20] Or we go over Geithetta. [20-21] We go in to Trollheimshytta, continue on the route towards Snota and camp at Bossvatna. [20-22] We spend the day fishing in Bossvatnet and for the short hike from here to Snota. [20-23]
[20-24] We take the route back past Trollheimshytta and directly up on Mellomfjell and the fine ridge inwards. [20-25] We camp one of the fine flats on the east side of Fossådalsvatnet. [20-26] We take the marked route up to Riaren, and if it's good weather, we go directly up towards the east on Blåhømassivet and turn up to Blåhø. [20-27] Here there are no markings, but it's easy to find the way. [20-28] We return southwards from the summit following scattered cairns, go directly down and join the marked route attain at Nedre Kamtjern. [20-29] We continue onward towards Gjevilvassdalen, have a fine view ahead, and are back again at Gjevilvasshytta. [20-30]
[20-31] Without tent: [20-32] This tour also is practicable hiking without a tent and with overnighting at lodges. [20-33]
[20-34] Winter: [20-35] Also in wintertime, it's a fine tour to ski with a tent. [20-36] There's no plowing to Gjevilvasshytta. [20-37] We suggest that the first camp be up in Gjørdølsdalen. [20-38] In wintertime, it isn't practical to go over all the summits of Trollhetta, but the east summit is fine to ski to. [20-39] And it's easy to return from the east summit towards the northeast and down on the north side of Trollhetta to Rinnvatna where the usual winter route between Jøldalshytta and Trollheimshytta runs. [20-40] Here its marked with branches at Easter time. [20-41] The winter route between Trollheimshytta and Gjevilvasshytta goes up Slettådalen and over Svarthamran. [20-42] So in wintertime, we recommend camping up on Svarthamran in good weather or down in Slettådalen if the weather is poor. [20-43]
[20-44] Maps: [20-45] 1:50,000 Trollhetta and Snota, hiking and skiing map 1:75,000 Trollheimen or the old 1:10,000. [20-46]
[20-47] Erik Stabell [20-48]
[20-49] Development and protection in Trollheimen [20-50]
[20-51] In 1987 Trollheimen was protected as a special landscape area. [20-52] From the end of the 1960s up to the beginning of the 1980s, there were three hydroelectric power developments that intruded in the large and previously untouched mountain area. [20-53] Of principal concern are the Trollheim power station with Gråsjøen, Follsjøen and the road in Vindøldalen, and the Driva power station with the watershed control of Gjevilvatnet and the roads in along the lake and in to Tovatna in Storlidalen that intruded all the way to the heart of Trollheimen. [20-54] So it was the "rest" of Trollheimen that was protected in 1987. [20-55] Then it was all the more important to preserve the remaining untouched areas. [20-56] Protection contributes first and foremost to preventing road building and other technical intervention. [20-57] Traditional uses associated with summer dairy farming, sheep grazing, reindeer herding, outdoor life, fishing and hunting shall continue. [20-58] Just east of the special landscape area lies the Minilldalsmyrene natural reserve, and included in it is Innerdalen that attained protected status in 1967. [20-59] Svartåmoen natural reserve was expanded in 1999. [20-60] It includes the areas around and northwards from Trollheimshytta. [20-61] There's a brief description of both protection and hydroelectric development in the TT Guide Sylene and Trollheimen of 1994. [20-62] Otherwise, you can find information on regulations for nature preservation areas in Norway at: www.lovdata.no/for/lf/index-verne.html.