Trollveggen, known in English as the Troll Wall, is part of the Trolltindene mountain massif in the Romsdalen valley, in Rauma Municipality, More og Romsdal county, Norway, within Reinheimen National Park south of Andalsnes. It is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe, rising about 1,100 meters from its base to the summit, with the summit ridge overhanging the base by nearly 50 meters at its most dramatic point. The wall is composed of gneiss, broken into huge corners, concave roofs and crack systems and topped by a row of spires and pinnacles along its summit rim. Its north-facing exposure makes rockfall a constant feature of the wall, most dramatically in a major collapse in September 1998. The Rauma River, railway line and European route E136 run along its base, making the wall a landmark visible to travelers as well as a destination for climbers and BASE jumpers.
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