Loop hike around Storekrækkja on the Hardangervidda plateau

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Loop hike around Storekrækkja on the Hardangervidda plateau

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Loop hike around Storekrækkja on the Hardangervidda plateau

03:27

11.9km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 7, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Skaupsjøen / Hardangerjøkulen landskapsvernområde

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.43 km

Bridge Over Skaupsjøen River

Highlight • Bridge

This is such a quaint bridge. It crosses a beautiful connecting stream that joins Storekrækkja and Drageidfjorden lakes. The views out over the plateau to the distant snow-speckled hills are super nice.

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6.29 km

DNT Krækkja Mountain Lodge

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Maintained DNT hut on the Hardangervidda. Probably the first hut with catering that the DNT built (1879). Krækkja can be easily reached from Rv 7 (about 1.5 hours from Fagerheim …

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11.9 km

Fagerheim Fjellstugu

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Unfortunately at the end of May still in winter. My wife and I wanted to go there and eat delicious waffles because of the hiking highlight.

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11.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.01 km

3.48 km

199 m

117 m

100 m

Surfaces

4.50 km

4.38 km

2.72 km

199 m

117 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,210 m)

Lowest point (1,150 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

3°C

-1°C

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Comments

August 1, 2022,🇧🇻 Hardangervidda #6: Storekrækkja rundtur fra Fagerheim

Today should be good weather again and for our vacation we had planned to visit our favorite Fjellstugu Fagerheim anyway. So we combined the two and started this year's king's stage through the Hardangervidda fell.
The wind blew relentlessly around our ears, but we were fed up with the sun throughout the tour!
The trail was Norwegian rocky, but fortunately …

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August 16, 2024,Storekrækkja-See

7/8 degrees, icy wind (summer holiday after all), a mix of sun and clouds and just a little drizzle at the beginning. AND a fascinating, incredibly beautiful landscape.

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