MOLLISFOSSEN
Running Route
Details
8.33 km
769 m
A remote region situated at the Northern reaches of the Reisa National Park, this epic running destination offers you the opportunity to run within the Arctic Circle (in Summer that is) and experience near total daylight in mid-summer.
The Reisa river has cut a valley and a canyon in the mountain plateau, where waterfalls cascade into the valleys and gorges. The Mollis waterfall is the biggest and best known of these, with a total drop of 269 metres in three stages. Mountain lakes, waterfalls, lively rapids and deep still-flowing pools give the park lush summers and chalk-white winters.
The Arctic Trail runs along the riverbank, past traditional cabins and turf huts. Parts of this trail have been awarded ‘Historic Hiking Route’ status, thus bearing witness to the Reisadalen valley’s rich cultural history over many thousand years, from rock paintings via the extraction of pine tar from pine roots to the arrival of English lords on salmon fishing expeditions in the North of Norway.
The Reisa river has cut a valley and a canyon in the mountain plateau, where waterfalls cascade into the valleys and gorges. The Mollis waterfall is the biggest and best known of these, with a total drop of 269 metres in three stages. Mountain lakes, waterfalls, lively rapids and deep still-flowing pools give the park lush summers and chalk-white winters.
The Arctic Trail runs along the riverbank, past traditional cabins and turf huts. Parts of this trail have been awarded ‘Historic Hiking Route’ status, thus bearing witness to the Reisadalen valley’s rich cultural history over many thousand years, from rock paintings via the extraction of pine tar from pine roots to the arrival of English lords on salmon fishing expeditions in the North of Norway.
Created By
Seana Forbes
