DNT's long trail from the Oslofjord to Hjerkinn on the Dovrefjell, in ut.no's 25 recommended days: through Nordmarka and Romeriksåsene, by Eidsvoll on the pilgrim path, over the forests and moors of Hedmarksvidda, then hut to hut through Rondane to the Dovrefjell.
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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DNT's 25 day stops, from 8 to 28 km; most nights are in small unstaffed huts that need a DNT key, a sleeping bag and your own food. Two DNT days are short: Kringlerdalen to Nordmokorset (8.2 km) and Lyngbua to Djupslia (10.1 km), and Kringlerdalen and Nordmokorset have no confirmed beds. The 23-day plan joins them, by Råbjørnhytta and Kammerpikene in the lowlands and from Lyngbua straight to Vetåbu. One day stays long in every plan: Øyungshytta to Lyngbua, 27.5 km and 10 h by DNT, with no hut between. Pick a date to see which huts are open. Choose a plan, or pick your own start, finish and nights below.
Hut seasons as published. 2026: 22 of 23 huts have published dates, all open 19 June to 12 September; 2027: 11 of 23 huts have published dates, all open 18 June to 11 September.
Changing where you stay suggests a new number of days: the fewest that keep each day under 8 h of walking and in daylight, where a place to stay allows.
Days end where the route has a stay, a camp or a village.
Stage 1: Etappe 1, Oslofjorden to Bekkestua, day 1 of 2: from Bjørvika on the fjord up the Akerselva and into Nordmarka, to Tømtehyttene. DNT gives 8 h. Store and Lille Tømtehytta stand about 0.6 km off the line by a side path; the stage ends where that path leaves. Store Tømtehytta (8 beds, unstaffed) is let as a whole hut and must be booked ahead.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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Store and Lille Tømtehytta, DNT Oslo og Omegn huts in Nordmarka. Store Tømtehytta has 8 beds, unstaffed, let as a whole hut. The huts are about 0.6 km off the line by a side path: the stage ends where that path leaves.
Stage 2: Etappe 1, day 2 of 2: from Tømtehyttene to Bekkestua, the small DNT log cabin in Romeriksåsene (4 beds, booked ahead as a whole). DNT gives 6 h 30. The etappe is graded moderate.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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A small DNT Oslo og Omegn log cabin in Romeriksåsene, the end of etappe 1: 4 beds, unstaffed, let as a whole hut.
Stage 3, of which this day walks part: Etappe 2, Bekkestua to Nordmokorset, day 1 of 2: to Kringlerdalen, DNT's 6 h 30 day. Råbjørnhytta (10 beds, booked ahead, open all year) is on the trail about 13 km in. Kringlerdalen is a hamlet about 0.3 km off the line, with Kringler gjestegård, but we found no published lodging for walkers: ask before you rely on it.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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Not a DNT day stop: an unstaffed DNT Oslo og Omegn hut, booked ahead.
Stage 3 continues from Day 3, where its notes are.
Stage 4: Etappe 2, day 2 of 2: Kringlerdalen to Nordmokorset, only 8.2 km and 3 h by DNT, a road crossing with a bus stop and no lodging. Join it to the day before or after: Råbjørnhytta to Kammerpikene at Eidsvoll Verk, past Kringlerdalen and Nordmokorset, is about 28 km, 7 h 30 by DNT's times and ours. At Maura, on this etappe, ut.no notes good buses and shops.
Stage 5 begins here; its notes are with Day 5, which walks most of it.
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Not a DNT day stop: a small house to rent at Eidsvoll Verk, open all year.
Stage 5, of which this day walks part: 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.
Stage 6: Etappe 3, day 2 of 2: from Haug on the pilgrim path to the lake Lysjøen on the border of Stange, the end of the etappe, where Lysjøhimet (3 beds) opens May to September. DNT gives no time for this day; the times shown are ours. A free shelter, open all year, is about 5 km after Haug. Kveldsro, a pilgrim hostel near the line, opens only from 20 May to 30 September.
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Mountain refuge
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Lysjøhimet at the lake Lysjøen, on the border of Stange: the end of etappe 3 and the start of etappe 4. 3 beds and floor space, May to September.
Stage 7: Etappe 4, Lysjøen to Lyngbua, day 1 of 10: to Gammelsaga, an HHT hut (5 beds). DNT gives 12.5 km and 4 h. Sannfredstun's old school at Spitalen also takes walkers, May to October and at other times on request.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 5 beds, unstaffed, open all year.
Stage 8: Etappe 4, day 2 of 10: to Fløtdamkoia, an HHT hut (6 beds). DNT gives 17.7 km and 6 h. The trail passes the farm Malungen, about 3 km before the hut.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 6 beds, unstaffed, open all year.
Stage 9: Etappe 4, day 3 of 10: to Tingstadkoia, an HHT hut (7 beds; only pillows and wool blankets, so bring a sleeping bag). DNT gives 17.1 km and 6 h.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 7 beds, unstaffed, open all year; only pillows and wool blankets, so bring a sleeping bag.
Stage 10: Etappe 4, day 4 of 10: to Svartskogkoia, an HHT hut (8 beds). DNT gives 24.7 km and 8 h, the longest gap between huts before the mountains; there is no lodging between.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 8 beds, unstaffed, open all year.
Stage 11: Etappe 4, day 5 of 10: to Savalsætra, an HHT hut (8 beds). DNT gives 14.1 km and 4 h 30.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 8 beds, unstaffed, open all year.
Stage 12: Etappe 4, day 6 of 10: onto Hedmarksvidda to Målia, where the HHT self-service hut (10 beds, a food store, open all year) and a 20-bed group hut stand. DNT gives 13.2 km and 4 h. Målia serveringshytte, the food hut, closed for the season on 11 October 2026 and opens again on 26 December. The summer road to Målia is open only from about 1 June to mid-October.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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Målia serveringshytte, the food hut (no beds), closed for the season on 11 October 2026; its winter season runs 26 December 2026 to 28 March 2027. The self-service hut next door is open all year. ut.no, read 13 October 2026
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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Målia selvbetjent, an HHT self-service hut with a food store (pay in the DNT app), 10 beds, open all year, on Hedmarksvidda. Målia Stouslandhytta, a group hut, is beside it. The food hut, Målia serveringshytte, has no beds and is closed from 11 October until 26 December 2026. The summer road to Målia is open about 1 June to mid-October.
Stage 13: Etappe 4, day 7 of 10: across Hedmarksvidda to Sandfløten, an HHT hut (6 beds). DNT gives 15 km and 6 h.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 6 beds, unstaffed, open all year.
Stage 14: Etappe 4, day 8 of 10: to Halgutusveen, an HHT hut (6 beds). DNT gives 12 km and 4 h. The hut closes while the wild reindeer calve: in 2027 from about 7 April to 18 June.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT hut, 6 beds, unstaffed. It closes each spring while the wild reindeer calve: in 2027 from about 7 April to 18 June.
Stage 15: Etappe 4, day 9 of 10: to Øyungshytta, an HHT self-service hut (6 beds) about 0.3 km off the line; the stage ends at the nearest point of the line. DNT gives 14.5 km and 4 h 30. Closed for the reindeer calving in 2027 from about 7 April to 18 June.
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Mountain refuge · Hamar og Hedemarken Turistforening (HHT, DNT)
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An HHT self-service hut, 6 beds, about 0.3 km off the line: the stage ends at the nearest line point. It closes each spring while the wild reindeer calve: in 2027 from about 7 April to 18 June.
Stage 16: Etappe 4, day 10 of 10: to Lyngbua, DNT Lillehammer's hut at the end of the 178 km etappe (5 beds, unstaffed, cannot be booked: first come, first served). DNT gives 27.5 km and 10 h, the longest day of the trail, with no hut between. Lyngbua is closed from 21 October 2026 to 18 June 2027. To shorten the day, ut.no gives a way from Øyungshytta by Skolla, an HHT hut that its ut.no page lists as open all year (6 beds, DNT key, 10.4 km and about 3 h 30), Hynna and Hornsjø, which joins the trail again at Djupslia.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Lillehammer
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The DNT Lillehammer hut at the end of etappe 4: one room, 5 beds, unstaffed, first come first served. Closed from 21 October 2026 to 18 June 2027.
Stage 17: Etappe 5, Lyngbua to Jammerdalsbu, day 1 of 3: to Djupslia, a DNT hut, only 10.1 km and 3 h by DNT. Join it to the next day: Lyngbua to Vetåbu is about 25.6 km, 8 h by DNT's two times. Djupslia, DNT Lillehammer's self-service hut (18 beds, DNT key), is open from 18 June 2026 until it closes for the reindeer calving on 10 April 2027.
Stage 18: Etappe 5, day 2 of 3: to Vetåbu, a DNT hut about 0.14 km off the line by a short side path; the stage ends at the nearest point of the line. DNT gives 5 h. Vetåbu, a self-service hut (16 beds, DNT key), is open from 18 June 2026 until it closes for the reindeer calving on 10 April 2027.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Lillehammer
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DNT Lillehammer's self-service hut, 16 beds with a DNT key, about 0.14 km off the line by a short side path: the stage ends at the nearest line point. Open from 18 June 2026 until it closes for the reindeer calving on 10 April 2027.
Stage 19: Etappe 5, day 3 of 3: to Jammerdalsbu on the edge of Rondane, the DNT Oslo og Omegn self-service hut (14 beds). DNT gives 7 h. The hut is open until 1 May 2027; in 2026 it closed for the reindeer calving from 10 April to 18 June, and the 2027 dates are not published yet. Ringebu station is a taxi ride away on the Friisveien.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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The DNT Oslo og Omegn self-service hut on the edge of Rondane, 14 beds, at the end of etappe 5. Reached from Ringebu station by taxi on the Friisveien. It closed for the reindeer calving in spring 2026 (10 April to 18 June); the 2027 dates are not published yet.
Stage 20: Etappe 6, Jammerdalsbu to Hjerkinn, day 1 of 6: to Veslefjellbua, a DNT hut 65 m off the line, which DNT uses in place of the closed Gråhøgdbu. DNT gives 6 h. A self-service hut (15 beds, DNT key, no electricity), open from 18 June 2026 until the reindeer calving closure in spring 2027 (ut.no gives 1 April).
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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DNT Oslo og Omegn's self-service hut, 15 beds with a DNT key and no electricity, about 65 m off the line; DNT uses it in place of the closed Gråhøgdbu. Open from 18 June 2026. It closes in spring for the reindeer calving: ut.no gives 1 April 2027, and DNT's rule is from Easter Monday or 10 April to 18 June, so check the 2027 date before an Easter trip.
Stage 21: Etappe 6, day 2 of 6: to Eldåbu, a DNT hut at the end of a side path of about 0.8 km (0.6 km as the crow flies); the stage ends where that path leaves the line. DNT gives 5 h. A self-service hut (20 beds, DNT key), open from 18 June 2026 until the reindeer calving closure in spring 2027 (ut.no gives 1 April).
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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DNT Oslo og Omegn's self-service hut, 20 beds with a DNT key, at the end of a side path of about 0.8 km (0.6 km as the crow flies): the stage ends where that path leaves. Open from 18 June 2026. It closes in spring for the reindeer calving: ut.no gives 1 April 2027, and DNT's rule is from Easter Monday or 10 April to 18 June, so check the 2027 date before an Easter trip.
Stage 22: Etappe 6, day 3 of 6: into Rondane to Bjørnhollia, a staffed DNT hut with meals (90 beds). DNT gives 5 h. Since Easter 2026 its self-service room is closed for good, under the wild-reindeer plan: there is no bed when the hut is not staffed. It is staffed at Easter and from about late June to mid-September; in 2026 it closed on 13 September, and the 2027 dates are not published yet. Outside those weeks there is no bed between Eldåbu and Dørålseter: DNT's two days add up to 12 h.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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DNT Oslo og Omegn's staffed hut in Rondane, 90 beds with meals, staffed at Easter and from about late June to mid-September. Its self-service room closed for good after Easter 2026 under the wild-reindeer plan, so there is no bed here when the hut is not staffed; in 2026 it closed on 13 September.
Stage 23: Etappe 6, day 4 of 6: to Dørålseter, about 0.15 km off the line; the stage ends at the nearest point of the line. DNT gives 7 h. Two huts stand there: Øvre Dørålseter, staffed in summer and at Easter, whose unstaffed part (38 beds, DNT key) may be used at other times except from 1 May to 10 June, and Nedre Dørålseter, private, open only in summer (19 June to 13 September 2026).
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Mountain refuge
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Two huts at Dørålseter, about 0.15 km off the line: the stage ends at the nearest line point. Øvre Dørålseter, linked to DNT, is staffed in summer and at Easter, and its unstaffed part (38 beds, DNT key) may be used at other times except from 1 May to 10 June. Nedre Dørålseter, private and staffed, opens only in summer (19 June to 13 September 2026; doralseter.no).
Stage 24: Etappe 6, day 5 of 6: over to Grimsdalshytta, a DNT hut in Grimsdalen. DNT gives 6 h; on our line this is the biggest climb of the trail. Grimsdalshytta is a staffed DNT hut with meals (54 beds), and since Easter 2026 it has no self-service room: in 2027 it is staffed from 12 to 29 March and from 18 June to 12 September, with no bed at other times.
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Mountain refuge · DNT Oslo og Omegn
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DNT Oslo og Omegn's staffed hut in Grimsdalen, 54 beds with meals. Its self-service room closed for good after Easter 2026 under the wild-reindeer plan: in 2027 it is staffed from 12 to 29 March and from 18 June to 12 September, and has no bed at other times.
Stage 25: 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.
Longest day: day 15, 10 h.
Days end at a stage end with a refuge or a village, or in a village the route passes through. Walking times are the times published by ut.no where a stage has one, with the time measured on the mapped line beside it; a day that walks part of a stage gets a share of the stage's time by distance and climb.Outside Switzerland our walking times often run short of the times route operators publish; treat them as optimistic. Running times use 7.5 km/h plus one hour per 700 m of climb: a steady reference, not a prediction. Daylight is sunrise to sunset where the day starts; the time left is for breaks, meals and delays.Refuge dates come from the operator's own pages; when they are not published, we say so. For villages we count the places to stay OpenStreetMap lists; we have not checked which are open. A plan is not a booking: reserve every night before you commit to these day lengths.
Where each stage ends, the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons the operator publishes, and how to book. Read from the operators' pages on 13 October 2026; each stage page shows the sources and the grade profile.
| Stage | Night at | 2026/27 | 2027/28 | Booking |
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| 1. Oslofjorden to Tømtehyttene | Tømtehyttene | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 2. Tømtehyttene to Bekkestua | Bekkestua | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 3. Bekkestua to Kringlerdalen | Kringlerdalen · no hut at this point | |||
| 4. Kringlerdalen to Nordmokorset | Nordmokorset · no hut at this point | |||
| 5. Nordmokorset to Haug | Haug | 1 June 2026 to 30 September 2026 | not published | Booking request |
| 6. Haug to Lysjøen | Lysjøen | 1 May 2026 to 30 September 2026 | not published | Booking method not published |
| 7. Lysjøen to Gammelsaga | Gammelsaga | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 8. Gammelsaga to Fløtdamkoia | Fløtdamkoia | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 9. Fløtdamkoia to Tingstadkoia | Tingstadkoia | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 10. Tingstadkoia to Svartskogkoia | Svartskogkoia | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 11. Svartskogkoia to Savalsætra | Savalsætra | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 12. Savalsætra to Målia | Målia notice | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 13. Målia to Sandfløten | Sandfløten | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book online |
| 14. Sandfløten to Halgutusveen | Halgutusveen | 18 June 2026 to 10 April 2027 | from 18 June 2027 | Book online |
| 15. Halgutusveen to Øyungshytta | Øyungshytta | 18 June 2026 to 10 April 2027 | from 18 June 2027 | Book online |
| 16. Øyungshytta to Lyngbua | Lyngbua | 18 June 2026 to 20 October 2026 | from 18 June 2027 | No booking |
| 17. Lyngbua to Djupslia | Djupslia | 18 June 2026 to 9 April 2027 | not published | Book online |
| 18. Djupslia to Vetåbu | Vetåbu | 18 June 2026 to 9 April 2027 | not published | Book online |
| 19. Vetåbu to Jammerdalsbu | Jammerdalsbu | 18 June 2026 to 1 May 2027 | not published | Book online |
| 20. Jammerdalsbu to Veslefjellbua | Veslefjellbua | 18 June 2026 to 28 March 2027 | not published | Book online |
| 21. Veslefjellbua to Eldåbu | Eldåbu | 18 June 2026 to 28 March 2027 | not published | Book online |
| 22. Eldåbu to Bjørnhollia | Bjørnhollia | 20 March 2026 to 5 April 2026; 19 June 2026 to 12 September 2026 | 2027 dates not published | Book online |
| 23. Bjørnhollia to Dørålseter | Dørålseter | 11 June 2026 to 30 April 2027 | not published | Official site |
| 24. Dørålseter to Grimsdalshytta | Grimsdalshytta | 19 June 2026 to 12 September 2026 | 12 March 2027 to 28 March 2027; 18 June 2027 to 11 September 2027 | Book online |
| 25. Grimsdalshytta to Hjerkinn | Hjerkinn Fjellstue | 12 June 2026 to 4 October 2026 | not published | Booking method not published |
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| Stages rated good on typical weather | 0/25 | 0/25 | 0/25 | 0/25 | 12/25 | 24/25 | 25/25 | 25/25 | 22/25 | 1/25 | 0/25 | 0/25 |
| High point, day / night | -5°/-11° | -4°/-12° | 0°/-9° | 5°/-4° | 11°/1° | 16°/5° | 18°/7° | 17°/6° | 12°/3° | 5°/-1° | -1°/-5° | -4°/-10° |
| Low point, day / night | -1°/-7° | 0°/-8° | 4°/-5° | 10°/0° | 16°/4° | 20°/9° | 22°/11° | 20°/10° | 15°/7° | 9°/2° | 3°/-2° | 0°/-5° |
| Rain, mm | 56 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 74 | 89 | 92 | 102 | 79 | 85 | 87 | 64 |
| Snow at high point | Likely | Likely | Likely | Likely | Possible | – | – | – | – | Possible | Likely | Likely |
| Daylight | 6 h 29 | 9 h 02 | 11 h 39 | 14 h 33 | 17 h 14 | 19 h 03 | 18 h 21 | 15 h 51 | 13 h 01 | 10 h 15 | 7 h 29 | 5 h 45 |
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
Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.
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.
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: LyngbuaIn 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: newsTwo 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 LyngbuaFrom 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 pilegrimsrastFrom 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 messagesClosures and notices last checked 13 October 2026: DNT Lillehammer: news · DNT Oslo og Omegn: news · HHT: news · Innlandstrafikk: traffic messages · UT.no: etappe 6 · UT.no: Jammerdalsbu · UT.no: Lyngbua · UT.no: Øyungshytta. Check them again before you set out.
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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 BekkestuaAt 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 NordmokorsetThe 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.
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DNT's whole-route page on ut.no gives 436.6 km in about 24 days; its six etapper add up to 447 km. Our map has it in 25 sections. The guide's day planner offers plans from 23 to 25 days on the overnight stops, and you can choose your own nights.
June to September. ut.no gives June to September as the season for the whole trail.
The trail starts at Bjørvika by the Oslofjord in central Oslo. The "Connect your journey" section has the travel details, with 2 more travel notes.
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.
Yes: the route on our map and every section, free, for a GPS watch or a phone. The guide also saves your plan for offline use in the app.
Closures we know of are shown on the days and sections they affect, in the day planner and on the stage pages. We watch 8 official notice pages (DNT Lillehammer: news; DNT Oslo og Omegn: news; HHT: news; Innlandstrafikk: traffic messages; UT.no: etappe 6; UT.no: Jammerdalsbu; UT.no: Lyngbua; UT.no: Øyungshytta); the date we last read them is shown with the notices on this page. Check them again before you set off.
Route & 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 etapperMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation
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