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 (from the end of June until mid-August). There are two daily bus connections via Otta-Vågå-Lom-Sogndal. Timetables for the local buses are available online at rute.oppland.org.

By car

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

Some of Norway's most scenic routes pass through Jotunheimen:

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

All of the above are now classified as national tourist routes.

By boat

In the summer, there is boat transport available on Lake Gjende and Lake Bygdin.

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

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