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Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn

Rondanestien · Stage 25

Walking time as ut.no states it for this stage; measured on the mapped line: 5 h 36. Climb measured on the mapped line, on terrain heights. Ut.no

18.9 kmStage distance
549 mAscent, measured
4 hOfficial time
25Stage number

Etappe 6, day 6 of 6: onto the Dovrefjell to Hjerkinn fjellstue, the end of the trail. DNT gives 4 h, and 5 h to Hjerkinn station, about 1.8 km on, for the trains on the Dovrebanen. Hjerkinn Fjellstue closed for the year on 4 October 2026.

Best season: June to September. ut.no gives June to September as the season for the whole trail. The DNT huts from Oslo to Målia stay open all year with a DNT key, but the mountain huts close at times: Halgutusveen and Øyungshytta from about 7 April to 18 June 2027 while the wild reindeer calve, and Lyngbua from 21 October 2026 to 18 June 2027. The pilgrim lodgings by Eidsvoll and Lysjøen open only in summer, and the summer road to Målia runs from about 1 June to mid-October. In Rondane, Bjørnhollia and Grimsdalshytta have had no self-service room since Easter 2026: they have beds only while staffed, at Easter and from about late June to mid-September. Before you go

Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn

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1,000m1,200m05 km10 km15 km18.9 km1,320m903m
Flat (<5%) Gentle (5–10%) Moderate (10–15%)
Green: Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn. Grey: full trail. Elevation follows this mapped track.

Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn

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Where this stage starts and ends

Facts read from the operators' own pages and OpenStreetMap on 13 October 2026. A page can change after we read it, so confirm with the hut before you rely on a date or a bed.

Stage start

Grimsdalshytta

Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn

Season
2026 19 June 2026 to 12 September 2026 Staffed in summer, 19 June to 13 September 2026. ut.no, read 13 October 20262027 12 March 2027 to 28 March 2027 Staffed at Easter, 12 to 29 March 2027. dnt.no, read 13 October 20262027 18 June 2027 to 11 September 2027 Staffed in summer, 18 June to 12 September 2027. dnt.no, read 13 October 2026
Closed
Until 11 March 2027. Closed until 12 March 2027, and its self-service room closed for good after Easter 2026: no bed when the hut is not staffed. dnt.no, read 13 October 2026
Places
54 places in total · Half board offered 54 beds, staffed, meals
Booking
Book online A staffed hut with meals, 54 beds; you may also arrive without booking. Tent pitches too.
Contact
Official site

Stage end

Hjerkinn

Trailhead

The finish, at Hjerkinn fjellstue on the Dovrefjell. Hjerkinn station, with trains on the Dovrebanen, is about 1.8 km on: DNT gives 4 h for the last day, 5 h to the station.

Hjerkinn Fjellstue · Hotel

Season 2026: 12 June 2026 to 4 October 2026

What the operators say about this leg

  • Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn: 4 h · graded tough. Measured on the mapped line: 5 h 36. Differs by more than 30 percent: check that the operator describes this exact line. DNT's recommended day 6 of etappe 6: 4 h (5 h to the railway station). ut.no, read 13 October 2026

Make it your trip

Book the huts, carry the key

Almost every night is in a DNT hut without staff or meals: bring a DNT key, a sleeping bag and your food. The HHT huts from Gammelsaga to Øyungshytta can be booked on DNT's booking site, and walkers who have not booked may come and pay in the DNT app. The DNT Oslo og Omegn huts near Oslo (Tømtehyttene, Bekkestua, Råbjørnhytta) are let as a whole and must be booked ahead. Lyngbua cannot be booked: first come, first served. No staffed hut with beds and meals lies between Oslo and Målia. In Rondane, Bjørnhollia and Grimsdalshytta are staffed huts with meals, booked on DNT's booking site, and have beds only while staffed. The pilgrim lodgings by Eidsvoll and Lysjøen open only in summer: on 13 October 2026 Haug pilegrimsrast, Kveldsro and Lysjøhimet were closed for the season.

Oslo to Hjerkinn

The whole trail, DNT's day stops with the two short days joined: 23 days.

Plan this journey

Oslo to Målia

Etapper 1 to 3 and the first half of etappe 4, through the forests to Hedmarksvidda, on huts open all year.

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Jammerdalsbu to Hjerkinn

DNT's etappe 6, through Rondane to the Dovrefjell in six days, from the train at Ringebu to the train at Hjerkinn.

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Weather this week

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Weather by month

Typical weather on this stage: at the lowest point (901 m) and the highest point (1,323 m). Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.

Monthly climate averages and daylight
Month
WeatherPoorPoorPoorPoorPoorGoodGoodGoodMixedPoorPoorPoor
High point, day / night-4°/-9°-4°/-10°-3°/-10°1°/-6°6°/-1°11°/2°14°/5°12°/4°8°/2°2°/-3°-2°/-6°-4°/-9°
Low point, day / night-2°/-8°-2°/-9°-1°/-8°4°/-4°9°/1°13°/4°16°/7°14°/6°11°/4°5°/-1°0°/-5°-2°/-8°
Rain, mm554238295681909360594744
Snow at high pointLikelyLikelyLikelyLikelyLikely–––FrostPossibleLikelyLikely
Daylight6 h 028 h 4911 h 3714 h 4317 h 3919 h 4518 h 5516 h 0813 h 0510 h 087 h 095 h 11

Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.

Before you go

Prepare for the Rondanestien

Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.

Huts open this autumn

The DNT huts from Tømtehyttene to Sandfløten are open all year (ut.no hut pages, read 13 October 2026). Lyngbua, at the end of etappe 4, closes on 21 October 2026 and opens again on 18 June 2027. Målia's food hut closed on 11 October and reopens on 26 December; the self-service hut beside it stays open. Hjerkinn Fjellstue closed for the year on 4 October. In Rondane the self-service huts Djupslia, Vetåbu, Veslefjellbua, Eldåbu and Øvre Dørålseter's unstaffed part stay open with a DNT key until the spring closure for the reindeer calving. Bjørnhollia and Grimsdalshytta closed on 13 September and have no self-service room since Easter 2026, so there is no bed at either until they are staffed again (Grimsdalshytta from 12 March 2027). DNT takes in Rondane's summer bridges from September: check DNT's bridge status before you cross.

UT.no: Lyngbua

Hut closures for the reindeer calving

In spring some mountain huts close while the wild reindeer calve: Halgutusveen and Øyungshytta from about 7 April to 18 June 2027 (ut.no, read 13 October 2026). Jammerdalsbu closed from 10 April to 18 June in 2026 and is open until 1 May 2027; its 2027 dates are not published yet. HHT announces the closures on its news page each spring.

HHT: news

Short days and one long day

Two of DNT's days are short: Kringlerdalen to Nordmokorset is 8.2 km (3 h) and Lyngbua to Djupslia 10.1 km (3 h). Kringlerdalen has no confirmed beds, and Nordmokorset none: join those days by Råbjørnhytta and Kammerpikene at Eidsvoll Verk. Two days are long, with no hut between: Tingstadkoia to Svartskogkoia, 24.7 km and 8 h, and Øyungshytta to Lyngbua, 27.5 km and 10 h (ut.no etappe 4, read 13 October 2026).

UT.no: etappe 4, Lysjøen to Lyngbua

The pilgrim path by Eidsvoll

From Eidsvoll to Lysjøen, on etappe 3, the trail shares the path of the Pilegrimsleden, and its lodgings are pilgrim hostels that open in summer: Haug pilegrimsrast June to September, Kveldsro 20 May to 30 September, Lysjøhimet May to September. Open all year are Kammerpikene at Eidsvoll Verk, a small house booked through Airbnb, and a free shelter about 5 km after Haug (pilegrimsleden.no listings, read 13 October 2026).

Pilegrimsleden: Haug pilegrimsrast

Buses in Innlandet

From Lysjøen to Målia the local buses are Innlandstrafikk's, and many are school buses: check which days they run. In Stange the stops Huse, Nøkleholm, Røhnekorset and Frisholm are closed for several years for roadworks (lines 671 and 687; traffic message read 13 October 2026). Målia is reached by car only on the summer road, from about 1 June to mid-October.

Innlandstrafikk: traffic messages

Getting there

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Travel around Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn.

Directions to this start Travel from this finish

Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.

To the start in Oslo

The trail starts at Bjørvika by the Oslofjord in central Oslo. Come by bus, car, boat or train to Oslo sentrum, ut.no says; Ruter runs the city's buses, trams and metro, and Entur has every timetable.

UT.no: etappe 1, Oslofjorden to Bekkestua

On the way

At Maura, on etappe 2, there are good buses and shops, ut.no says. From Lysjøen to Målia Innlandstrafikk runs the local buses. For Rondane, take the train to Ringebu on the Dovrebanen and a taxi along the Friisveien to Jammerdalsbu, the start of etappe 6.

UT.no: etappe 2, Bekkestua to Nordmokorset

Home from Hjerkinn

The trail ends at Hjerkinn fjellstue; Hjerkinn station is about 1.8 km on. Trains on the Dovrebanen run from Hjerkinn to Trondheim, Oslo S and Åndalsnes, with buses to Folldal and Alvdal for the southbound trains (Bane NOR). ut.no also names an on-demand bus from Hjerkinn.

Bane NOR: Hjerkinn station

Take your trip with you

Offline maps

Prepare each stage while you still have a connection: on Hedmarksvidda and in Rondane the signal can be weak or absent.

Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.

  1. Open this trail in the app. Install TrailSplits, then open this trail there. On iPhone, downloads in a browser may not be available in the installed app.
  2. Choose your route or stages. Choose Prepare offline above. Wait for the route and maps to finish downloading.
  3. Try it before leaving coverage. Switch offline, close and reopen the app, then use My Hikes to start navigation. Repeat for every part you will need.

Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.

Route & sources

Route map & sources

DNT (Den Norske Turistforening) publishes the Rondanestien on rondanestien.dnt.no as six etapper, with the route detail on ut.no: Oslofjorden to Bekkestua 43.9 km, Bekkestua to Nordmokorset 33.4 km, Nordmokorset to Stange (Lysjøen) 35.9 km, Lysjøen to Lyngbua 178 km, Lyngbua to Jammerdalsbu 46.9 km and Jammerdalsbu to Hjerkinn 108.9 km. They add up to 447 km; the whole-route page says 436.6 km in about 24 days. Each etappe lists recommended day stages, 25 in all, and gives a time for each day except the two days of etappe 3; etappe 4 also gives each day's distance. Our 25 stages end at those day stops, and each day shows DNT's time beside ours. On etappe 3, where DNT names no day stop, we cut at Haug pilegrimsrast, about halfway. The line here is DNT's route on OpenStreetMap, the three relations of its Rondanestien (15792828, 1572953 and 1572954, from the planet of 11 October 2026), from Bjørvika in Oslo to Hjerkinn fjellstue: 437.1 km, the whole trail. Where a hut stands off the line, the stage ends at the nearest point of the line: Tømtehyttene (0.6 km by a side path), Eldåbu (0.6 km), Kringlerdalen and Øyungshytta (0.3 km), Dørålseter (0.15 km), Vetåbu (0.14 km) and Veslefjellbua (65 m). The trail ends at Hjerkinn fjellstue, about 1.8 km from Hjerkinn station. On etappe 4, where DNT gives distances, our days are within 1.6 km of them. Our climb is measured on terrain heights, so short steep steps are smoothed out.

Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 13 October 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.

DNT: Rondanestien, the etapper
Sources we read (3)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation

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