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Distance: 57.59 mi
Elevation gain: 12,106 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 11,788 ft
Max elevation: 2,604 ft
TrailRank: 55
Min elevation: -82 ft
Trail type: One Way

Time: 3 days 23 hours 33 minutes
Coordinates: 1312
Uploaded: September 9, 2012
Recorded: August 2012

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near Skrollsvika, Troms (Norge)

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Itinerary description

4½-day hike from Skrollsvik to Lysnes, crossing Senja from the southwest to the northeast. Skrollsvik can be reached by speedboat from Harstad and from Lysnes there are speedboats to Tromsø. Check www.tromskortet.no for timetables.

Terrain: Skrollsvik – Å: low-traffic asphalt-road (for me, 3 cars in 90 minutes). Å – Storbunkevatnet, partly trail, partly track, partly cross-country. Storbunkevatnet – Lysvatnet: marked trail. Lysvatnet – Lysbotn: partly track, partly cross-country. Lysbotn – Lysnes: low-traffic asphalt road.

Most of the route is easy. I hiked in late August, for me the river crossings were easy, but earlier in summer they might require wading. In some places markings are poor and I took my own way, in other places the map is incorrect. I found the climb out of Tverrdalen/Doaresvággi (near Kapervatnet) towards Istind/Jieņas quite steep. The northern half is easier than the southern half.

Waypoints

Cloudberries

Delicious cloudberries

National park boundary

Boundary of Ånderdalen Nasjonalpark and highest point of the route.

Error in map

Warning! Turkat Senja Sør (2009) has the first part of the trail through Heggedalen on the wrong side of the river!

Lysnes

Lysnes, where the speedboat to Tromsø departs (check timetables at www.tromskortet.no).

Day 1, break 1

Short stop at Åvatnet

Day 2, lunch

Day 2, break 2

Short stop

Day 2, break 3

Short stop

Day 3, break 1, Ånderelva river crossing

Short stop after crossing Ånderelva. I took the marked route, which crosses the river about 1 km downstream compared to the route as drawn on Turkart Senja Sør. I don't know how the river crossing is at the place as it is marked on the map.