Walking and Trekking in Norway - Northern Europe

• Location
• Description
• Contents
• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Maps

M711 Norge 1:50,000

The entire country of Norway has been mapped by Statens Kartverk. The M711 Norge 1:50 000 series, with red and white covers, are the most detailed. Some maps have not been updated since the early 1960s. Since this time, paths have been rerouted, bridges washed away and new bridges built, and roads added. For some of the routes you will have to purchase several of the M711 maps to cover the entire walk.

Additional maps with a scale of 1:100 000 are available for several areas: Rondane, Jotunheimen, Hardangervidda (West and East), Sylene, Trollheimen, Indre Troms (Troms Border Trail), Narvik - Abisko (Mountains of Narvik) and Snøhetta (Dovre Mountains). Many of these maps have been recently updated, although the scale is large. Often only one of these maps will be necessary for your walk.

If unable to buy maps before leaving home, allow time for this when you arrive in Norway. DNT offices (Den Norske Turistforening) (see Appendix D) carry both the M711 series and the 1:100 000 scale maps but are closed on weekends. Several bookstores in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim that stock maps are listed in Appendix D. Most staffed huts carry local maps although supplies vary. You may find the 1:100 000 series at some larger railway stations and tourist offices.

This book provides maps of each walking tour. DNT and associated organizations publish free sketch maps of most of the walking areas in southern Norway. You will find both useful when planning your trip, but neither should be relied on when walking.

UPDATE NOTE: We have been advised that the code for one of the maps quoted in the book for Route 19 is incorrect. 1634 IV Rostadalen should read 1632 IV Rostadalen.