Getting to Jotunheimen and around

By bus and train

Express buses from Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim stop in the area several times a day. The nearest train station is Otta on the Dovre railway line. From Otta there are local buses to most places in Jotunheimen. For more information and booking, please contact Nordfjordekspressen, Gudbrandsdalekspressen, Nor-Way Bussekspress and the Norwegian State Railways (NSB).

There are local bus connections to many places in the mountains in the main season (end of June till mid-August). Two daily bus connections Otta – Vågå - Lom - Sogndal, operated by Fjord1.

By car

There are lots of possibilities. From the south on E6 from Oslo/Lillehammer or fv. 51 from Fagernes. From Bergen E16 via Lærdal, ferry from Fodnes to Mannheller and fv. 55 from Sogndal to Lom. From Stryn eastwards on fv. 15. From Geiranger on fv.63 and 15.

Some of Norway's most scenic routes lead through the area:

• The Sognefjell Road (fv. 55)
• The Old Strynefjell Road (fv. 258)
• Valdresflya (fv. 51)

The Sognefjell Road and the Old Strynefjell Road  are both national tourist routes.

By boat

Boat transport on Lake Gjende and Lake Bygdin during the summer.

Distances

To Jotunheimen:   

• Bergen - Skjåk 386 kilometres
• Stryn - Skjåk 113 kilometres
• Geiranger - Skjåk 77 kilometres
• Sogndal - Lom 137 kilometres
• Fagernes - Vågå 130 kilometres
• Lillehammer - Vågå 144 kilometres 
• Oslo - Lom 360 kilometres
• Trondheim - Lom  300 kilometres

Within Jotunheimen:

• Skjåk - Lom 18 kilometres
• Lom - Vågå 31 kilometres
• Lom - Gjende 70 kilometres
• Lom - Sognefjellet 54 kilometres 
• Lom - Grotli 60 kilometres