Tronfjell

From Rv 3 at Alvdal, take the road towards Tronsvangen and park at the Tronsvangene car park below the electronic toll barrier, at about 850 m. A 4.5 km path runs from Tronsvangen seter to the summit; the toll road (Tronfjellveien, about 10 km, Norway's second-highest road) also winds up the mountain and some walkers follow it. The whole mountain above the farms is treeless, the ground predictable and fairly level on the Flattron shoulder (about 1,320 m), where there is a parking area, an old emergency hut and a 4 m white granite memorial from 1979. From Flattron the last 2 km and roughly 350 m of ascent lead to the top of Tron (1,666 m), a first-order trig point with a Norkring radio and TV transmitter and an Avinor air-traffic radar. A side trip from the road leads in about an hour to the grave of the Bengali philosopher Sri Ananda Acharya ('Baral') and his horse at about 1,400 m, on two marked paths (red stones or quartz stones). The neighbouring top Tylldalstoppen (1,653 m) is the highest point of Tynset. Descend the same way. Fog, wind and precipitation can arrive quickly; in cloud keep to the path or road. Round trip times: about 6 hours at a normal pace on the path; a fast party walking the road took 4 h 20 min for 18 km.