Trollryggen
is a peak along the Trolltindene ridge along the
Romsdalen
Romsdalen is a valley in the western part of Norway. The long valley runs from the Romsdalsfjorden through Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and into Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county. It is the valley of the Rauma (river), Rau ...
valley. It is located in
Rauma Municipality in
Møre og Romsdal county,
Norway
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. The
Rauma River, the
European route E136 highway and the
Rauma Line railway lie just to the east of the ridge at the bottom of the valley.
The north face of the peak is part of the famous
Trollveggen ()—the highest vertical
cliff
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in
Europe
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. The highest peak on that ridge is
Store Trolltinden, about to the north. It is also a part of
Reinheimen National Park.
In 1973, the first winter ascent on Trollryggen (North face - Troll Wall) was made by
Wojciech Kurtyka with
Marek Kęsicki,
Ryszard Kowalewski,
Tadeusz Piotrowski (all Polish)
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway
References
Mountains of Møre og Romsdal
Rauma, Norway
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