Hovdetrappa i Skurdalen
Wooden staircase with 975 steps
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We've chosen to include some staircases that aren't "classic sherpa staircases", since wood and metal staircases can obviously serve the same purpose — making it easier for people to get up into the mountains. Vegatrappa and Midnattsoltrappa are good examples of staircases that do the same job as a "classic sherpa staircase", just in wood.
This site is meant as an overview of all the longer hiking staircases in Norway, not just stone staircases built by sherpas from Nepal.
Hovdetrappa is a wooden staircase in Hol municipality, Buskerud. The wooden staircase consists of 975 steps and stretches 360 meters up the hillside with a 90-meter elevation difference.
1700 volunteer work hours were put in before the staircase had its official opening on 23.08.2025. Thor Gotaas had the honor of cutting the twig. He also said this was the first and last time he would show up in flip-flops for a stair race.
Round trip is about 1.8 km and 150 meters of elevation gain.
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