Støren → Hell
Støren → Hell · Røros · Fv30 + Fv705
The mountain way round Trondheim: up Gauldalen to the old mining town of Røros, then over the fells and down along Selbusjøen.
Passes through 6 municipalities
About the drive
The Langsvola pass between Stugudal and Brekken can close at short notice or run in convoy in winter storms.
Along the way
- Fishing — Midtre Gauldal, Holtålen, Rosse - Røros, Stjørdal
- National parks — Midtre Gauldal, Holtålen, Rosse - Røros, Selbu
- Quiet & remote — Rosse - Røros, Tydal
- History — Rosse - Røros, Stjørdal
- Weird & wonderful — Holtålen, Stjørdal
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Stops along the route
- Midtre Gauldal
Salmon fishing on the Gaula, the old summer dairy farm at Storbekkøya in Budalen, and a statue of ski star Marit Bjørgen at Støren.
- Holtålen
Scan the night sky for the unexplained Hessdalen lights, hike Forollhogna's wild-reindeer plateau, then take the Riastvegen toll gravel road over to Tydal.
- Røros
Røros's UNESCO-listed wooden mining town, guided tours deep in the Olavsgruva mine, and the Rørosmartnan winter market every February.
- Tydal
Hike the Sylan massif from the DNT huts at Nedalshytta and Storerikvollen, where a marked trail follows part of the 1719 Carolean death march, in which about 3,000 Swedish soldiers froze.
- Selbu
Shop for rose-patterned Selbu mittens at Mebonden, hike to the old Kvernfjellet millstone quarries in Skarvan og Roltdalen National Park and swim or paddle on long Lake Selbusjøen.
- Stjørdal
Pose under Hell station's 'Gods-Expedition' sign, then visit Hegra Fortress, which held out 25 days in 1940, and the Bronze Age carvings at Leirfall.