12 - Tron
OOSTRA Ard - 26-01-2019:
Tron (BIG no. 12)
Tronfjellet or just Tron (official form on maps: Tronden) is a prominent mountain at 1666m altitude close to Alvdal, Hedmark, Norway.
There is a toll road to the summit open in the summer built while installing a broadcasting antenna in the 1960s, being Norway's second highest road. This road is toll free for cyclists.
Apart from the first kilometers of the ascent, this unpaved road had a surface of coarse gravel and had the reputation to be (almost) impossible to climb up on a road bike.
However, in the summer of 2018 for touristic purposes the middle and upper section of the road have been widened and the surface being smoothened, thus making it perfectly possible to climb Tron on a road bike equipped with 23 mm tires. Apart from 200 or so meters the road is still not asphalted. The steepness remains, especially in the upper section, making it a tough climb. Norwegian mountain weather being rarely mild and without winds, added with the amazing scenery makes Tron one of Norway’s most memorable climbs.
The climb starts about 2 kilometers north of Alvdal after leaving road no. 3 towards the northeast (approx. 500m altitude). The first 7 kilometers the road goes through forest and along some houses and passes the automatic tollgate. It has an average steepness of about 10%, followed by 1 km of almost flat section. Here at about 1300m alt. the road is above the forest line and the cyclist can start admiring the panoramic views over surrounding hills and valleys. But soon his/her eye will catch the steep 3 km of winding road that still lies ahead and which is clearly traced in the steep mountainside. Percentages go up to 17% or even more in the hairpins. The last couple of hundred meters to the summit are a gentle climb as of it being a present giving to the cyclist to enjoy the accomplishment and view on the two summits, laying some 400m apart from each other and each ornated with a telecommunication tower.
The smaller concrete structure symbolizing Tron is located on the southwest side just behind the tower on the highest of the two summits.
When asking the locals what Tron stands for, if it maybe is related to the movie Tron or so, they couldn’t tell. But apparently Tron stems from the Norwegian word for hog, often mountains being named after the shape of animals.
Ard Oostra, August 2018 (ArdWorks2018)
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Tron (BIG no. 12)
Tronfjellet or just Tron (official form on maps: Tronden) is a prominent mountain at 1666m altitude close to Alvdal, Hedmark, Norway.
There is a toll road to the summit open in the summer built while installing a broadcasting antenna in the 1960s, being Norway's second highest road. This road is toll free for cyclists.
Apart from the first kilometers of the ascent, this unpaved road had a surface of coarse gravel and had the reputation to be (almost) impossible to climb up on a road bike.
However, in the summer of 2018 for touristic purposes the middle and upper section of the road have been widened and the surface being smoothened, thus making it perfectly possible to climb Tron on a road bike equipped with 23 mm tires. Apart from 200 or so meters the road is still not asphalted. The steepness remains, especially in the upper section, making it a tough climb. Norwegian mountain weather being rarely mild and without winds, added with the amazing scenery makes Tron one of Norway’s most memorable climbs.
The climb starts about 2 kilometers north of Alvdal after leaving road no. 3 towards the northeast (approx. 500m altitude). The first 7 kilometers the road goes through forest and along some houses and passes the automatic tollgate. It has an average steepness of about 10%, followed by 1 km of almost flat section. Here at about 1300m alt. the road is above the forest line and the cyclist can start admiring the panoramic views over surrounding hills and valleys. But soon his/her eye will catch the steep 3 km of winding road that still lies ahead and which is clearly traced in the steep mountainside. Percentages go up to 17% or even more in the hairpins. The last couple of hundred meters to the summit are a gentle climb as of it being a present giving to the cyclist to enjoy the accomplishment and view on the two summits, laying some 400m apart from each other and each ornated with a telecommunication tower.
The smaller concrete structure symbolizing Tron is located on the southwest side just behind the tower on the highest of the two summits.
When asking the locals what Tron stands for, if it maybe is related to the movie Tron or so, they couldn’t tell. But apparently Tron stems from the Norwegian word for hog, often mountains being named after the shape of animals.
Ard Oostra, August 2018 (ArdWorks2018)
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