Stage start
Nordmokorset
Trailhead
A road crossing with a bus stop, the end of etappe 2. There is no lodging here: Kammerpikene at Eidsvoll Verk is about 8.5 km on.
Nordmokorset to Haug
Rondanestien · Stage 5
Walking time measured on the mapped line (TrailSplits time model, moving time; within 22 % on four in five test legs). Outside Switzerland our walking times often run short of the times route operators publish; treat them as optimistic. Climb measured on the mapped line, on terrain heights.
19.2 kmStage distance
198 mAscent, measured
4 h 37Walking time, measured
5Stage number
Etappe 3, Nordmokorset to Stange, day 1 of 2: by Eidsvoll church and the Eidsvoll building onto the path shared with the Pilegrimsleden. DNT gives 35.9 km for the etappe and no time for either day, and names no day stop: we cut at Haug pilegrimsrast, a self-service pilgrim hostel open June to September. The times shown are ours. Kammerpikene, a small house at Eidsvoll Verk open all year, is about 8.5 km in.
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
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Flat (<5%)
Green: Nordmokorset to Haug. Grey: full trail. Elevation follows this mapped track.
Nordmokorset to Haug
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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 your accommodation before you rely on a date or a bed.
Stage end · overnight
Haug
Hostel or bunkhouse · Haug pilegrimsrast (private, self-service)
- Season
- 2026 1 June 2026 to 30 September 2026 Open June to September, the listing says. pilegrimsleden.no, read 13 October 2026
- Places
- Number of places not published Main house 3 beds, annex 2 beds, beds in the greenhouse, tents in the garden
- Booking
- Booking request The main house takes walkers without booking (NOK 200); the annex and the greenhouse beds can be reserved; key box at the door. Weeks 30 and 31 are drop-in only.
- Contact
- Not published
What the operators say about this leg
Neither operator publishes a walking time for this exact leg. Measured on the mapped line, the stage takes about 4 h 37 of walking.
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 journeyOslo to Målia
Etapper 1 to 3 and the first half of etappe 4, through the forests to Hedmarksvidda, on huts open all year.
Plan this journeyJammerdalsbu to Hjerkinn
DNT's etappe 6, through Rondane to the Dovrefjell in six days, from the train at Ringebu to the train at Hjerkinn.
Plan this journeyWeather this week
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Weather by month
Typical weather on this stage, around 128–236 m. Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.
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| Weather | Poor | Poor | Mixed | Mixed | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Mixed | Mixed | Poor |
| Day / night | -1°/-7° | -1°/-8° | 4°/-5° | 9°/0° | 15°/4° | 19°/8° | 21°/11° | 20°/10° | 15°/6° | 8°/2° | 3°/-2° | 0°/-6° |
| Rain, mm | 61 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 63 | 80 | 78 | 96 | 81 | 90 | 95 | 69 |
| Snow at high point | Likely | Likely | Possible | Possible | – | – | – | – | – | Frost | Possible | Likely |
| Daylight | 6 h 35 | 9 h 05 | 11 h 39 | 14 h 31 | 17 h 09 | 18 h 55 | 18 h 14 | 15 h 48 | 13 h 01 | 10 h 17 | 7 h 34 | 5 h 51 |
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: LyngbuaHut 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: newsShort 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 LyngbuaThe 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 pilegrimsrastBuses 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 messagesGetting there
Connect your journey
Travel around Nordmokorset to Haug.
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 BekkestuaOn 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 NordmokorsetHome 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 stationTake 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.
- 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.
- Choose your route or stages. Choose Prepare offline above. Wait for the route and maps to finish downloading.
- 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 etapperSources we read (3)
- DNT: Rondanestien, the etapper, read 13 October 2026
- UT.no: Rondanestien, the whole route, read 13 October 2026
- UT.no: etappe 6, Jammerdalsbu to Hjerkinn, read 13 October 2026
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