Alvdal
Municipality · Innlandet
About Alvdal
Huset Aukrust, the home of Kjell Aukrust's Flåklypa characters, the Jutulhogget canyon and a drive up Tron on Norway's second-highest road.
What to do and where to stay in Alvdal
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Jutulhogget canyonNature
A 2.4 km gash with walls 100–240 m high, cut within days some 10,400 years ago when an ice-dammed lake burst east towards Rendalen.
Barkald, south-east Alvdal, on the Rendalen border · 30 min at the viewpoint; 6.5 km loop for the canyon floor · May–October
2Huset AukrustHistory & culture
The museum of Kjell Aukrust, creator of the Flåklypa characters, with his drawings, paintings and odd inventions, a cinema room and a working chocolate machine.
Nord-Østerdalsveien 5119, Alvdal centre · 1.5–2 h · all year (check hours)
3Drive up TronViewpoint
A summer toll road, Norway's second-highest, climbs Tron (1,666 m); in 2026 the last 2 km from Flattron (1,320 m) are closed, so you walk the rest to the summit mast.
Tron, between Alvdal and Tynset · 2–3 h · Summer (toll road)
4Ananda Acharya's grave on TronLocal oddity
The Indian philosopher and poet Ananda Acharya (1883–1945) is buried on the summit of Tron.
Summit of Tron · 15 min at the top · summer
5Sølnkletten loopHike
A long 25 km day loop from Follandsvangen over Spisskletten and Veste Sølnkletten to Store Sølnkletten, at 1,827 m Alvdal's highest point, back via Sølnsjøen.
Alvdal Vestfjell, from Follandsvangen · About 9 h (24.9 km loop, 1,129 m ascent) · May–October
6Solan og Ludvigs kaféFood & drink
The café at Huset Aukrust serves waffles, lunch, sausages and Flåklypa soda named after Aukrust's characters.
Huset Aukrust, Alvdal centre · 30 min · all year
7Hunting pits at JutulhoggetHistory & culture
Four well-kept trapping pits lie in a row about 50 m south of the Jutulhogget viewpoint, easy to miss on the way to the canyon edge.
About 50 m south of the Jutulhogget viewpoint · 10 min · May–October
8Aukrust monument at SteiaSight
Nils Aas's statue of Kjell Aukrust with his characters Solan and Ludvig stands in Steia, Alvdal's village centre.
Steia, Alvdal centre · 10 min · all year
9TronsvangenHistory & culture
A summer-farm settlement near the tree line on the south side of Tron.
South side of Tron · 30–60 min · summer
10Baugsberget nature and culture trailHike
An easy 3.2 km loop with 14 info posts through an old copper-mining area, telling of the aerial cableway that carried ore from Folldal to Alvdal until 1972.
Baugsberget, across Moanbrua from Alvdal centre · About 2 h (3.2 km loop, 187 m ascent) · May–October