Narvik slope steepness map
Narvik is a town in Nordland, Norway, on a peninsula between the fjords Rombaken and Beisfjorden, with the Narvikfjellet ski area above the town. On the slope steepness map, the steep classes begin at the ski area: about half of the terrain within 1.5 km of it is 30° or steeper, and on the east side of Rombakstøtta, nearly three quarters.
How steep is the terrain around Narvik?
Within 1.5 km of the Narvikfjellet ski area, about half of the terrain is 30° or steeper on the map, and around Tredjetoppen above the lifts it is more than half, with about a quarter at 40° or steeper. Rombakstøtta (1230 m) is steepest on its east side, where nearly three quarters is 30° or steeper. At Sovande dronning (1575 m) the south side has the most terrain of 40° and steeper, over two fifths, and the east side the least colour. Frostisen glacier is about three quarters uncoloured, with almost no colour on its south side. Storsteinsfjellet (1894 m), the highest point in the municipality, is over half coloured, and about half of its west side is 30° or steeper.
Planning a trip to Narvik: zones, access rules and slope angle
Narvikfjellet is a ski area in the town with lift-accessed freeriding; guided off-piste tours (from February) require a shovel, probe and transceiver. Ski touring, backcountry skiing and hiking continue above the lifts to Tredjetoppen and in Rombaken, Beisfjord, Skjomen and the Bjørnfjell cabin area on the Swedish border. No national park lies near the town, only nature reserves such as Norddalen on the way to Storsteinsfjellet. Look closely at the terrain between the lifts and Tredjetoppen, the mountainsides above the Beisfjord valley floor, and Frostisen and Storsteinsfjellet, where the map shows slope angle, not glacier hazards.
Where to check the avalanche forecast for Narvik
The official forecast for Narvik is the Varsom (NVE) forecast for the Ofoten region, published daily from 1 December to 31 May only. The region stops at the Swedish border: Riksgränsen, Björkliden and Abisko fall under the Abisko/Riksgränsfjällen area of Lavinprognoser.se (Naturvårdsverket). Visit Narvik warns that avalanches can run far below steep mountainsides into gentler terrain, valley floors, ski tracks and roads, and that the Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) can close roads when there is avalanche danger.
- Varsom: avalanche forecast for Ofoten
- Lavinprognoser.se: Swedish avalanche forecast for Abisko/Riksgränsfjällen (in Swedish)
This map is not an avalanche forecast or a safety assessment: base your decisions on the official forecast, the weather and what you see on site.
How to read the slope classes
The colours start at 20°; the six classes are listed below. Terrain with no colour is below 20° or a gap in the source data. The map gives no point values: compare each colour with the legend, and zoom in, because when zoomed out each pixel shows the steepest value in the area it covers.
- 20–24° blue
- 25–29° light green
- 30–34° yellow
- 35–39° orange
- 40–44° red
- ≥45° magenta
Data and grid size
The slope classes are computed from the official elevation model named below, on a 2 m grid. They show terrain shape, not snow, weather or trail conditions.
- Dataset
- Kartverket DTM 1
- Published resolution
- 2 m
- Coordinate system
- EPSG:25833
- Coverage checked
- 2026-10-03
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