May 18-23 2025, Vestland, Norway
Trolls Of Norway
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Welcome to magical and mythical Norway! Through five days of thrilling Innhopps we will dive into where many of our trolls originated - where did they come from, who are they and what can we do with them?
Even’s Words
“May is the most beautiful month of the Norwegian year, with all mountains all white and snowcapped while the fresh spring green colour is gaining terrain in the bottom of the valleys and the trees and flowers starts blossoming. Black mountain lakes transforming into beautiful perfectly white waterfalls before again turning into turquoise glacier water or the dark blue/green Vord colour - just an amazing colour spectacle only people like ourselves can be privileged enough to experience! At the same time we are full of adrenaline with our sensory apparatus on All-Systems-Go-mode - and we are all just present in the moment.
Some of the landing areas will be challenging in terms of elevation, surface and/or size, and on some spots this will be our only option. I advise you to be confident in landing within 50 m from your target every me, but in any case I trust you to make wise decisions for yourself after listening to the briefing.
My goal is to give you a taste of the dramatic Norway, fuelled by your adrenaline, filled up with some history and culture. We are for sure privileged to be able to explore this unique part of the world the way we do, and I believe the memories we create during this week will last for a long time.”
-Even Rokne
Where you’ll go!
Twelve stunning locations have been chosen for this experience that spans over five jumping days.
Look at the locations on this interactive Google Earth map - or download the full PDF with detailed schedule and invitation!
Sunday May 18
We start off at 12.00 by meeting at Skydive Voss - ready to jump into our home base for the week - Kvanndal Camping! Don’t worry about your luggage, we’ll transport it by surface transportation. After check-in, we meet for a welcome dinner at the restaurant, and begin our official opening of the event - going through the plan and begin introductions of your team members for the week!
Monday May 19
This day will be centred around Voss, the mythical village producing more olympic gold medal athletes than all of Sweden! Being the home of multiple world champions, artists and extreme sport athletes on top international level, Voss is also the home of Skydive Voss - an extraordinary dropzone and among the most beautiful in the world.
In Voss there was a troll cartoonist - Taral. He depicted these mythical creatures and found one big one right above the lake in Voss - Grebbe Hangur. Residing there quietly for millenniums, he eventually let a ski resort build on him some 60 years ago, and now he will be inviting us to land on his head, giving us the opportunity to fly off him after lunch.
Tuesday May 20
Tuesday we begin the day with a jump at Skydive Voss - this iconic Dropzone that Even had a significant role in developing! From there we fly to Vøringsfossen, a group of waterfalls truly deserving the description “Epic”. We return down the infamous Måbø-valley, through the tunnels where a bus lost its brakes and many school children their lives. Enter Øvre Eidord and Hardangervidda Natursenter, where we will have lunch before preparing for our next jump - landing on a mountain plateau! From there you get the chance to fly down to the fjord side with your paraglider if you don’t want to take the minibus.
The adventure is not over until you’re back at the campsite - and today you’ll get there by speed boat - riding into the sunset at up to 50 knots - a hair raising experience!
Wednesday May 21
As usual we begin with a morning drive to Skydive Voss where the Cessna Caravan brings us on a truly incredible innhopp to Gudvangen - the Valley of the Gods. Stunning waterfalls, mountain flying into a steep valley. Need we say more?
After lunch back at Skydive Voss the day continues in the opposite direction - west - to Nesheim where you’re challenged to land on a grassy peninsula in the middle of an inland lake. It’s not the easiest place to get to but not as difficult as the next innhopp…
..which is Botnen - a roadless village from the TV-series “A place where no one should believe anybody could live”. The heli picks us up in Nesheim and drops us off over this wild part of Hardangerfjord. Once on location we will enjoy the spectacular and quiet surroundings and perhaps meet one of the locals - whose musical skills might surprise you!
Since no roads lead to this village the only way out is a very big walk, by heli or by rib boat - which is our choice of the day. You can get used to this life, right?
Thursday May 22
Thursday is the day of Trolltunga. A fantastic photo motive normally requiring an 8 hour walk to reach, while we aim to cut off most of the up-hill distance... We will land our canopies at some distance from the viewpoint, then have a nice mountain hike - and for this I would recommend to bring clothes and shoes suited for hiking in the mountains. After photo session and lunch, we will do another hike to our pick up point.
The helicopter drops us back to a fairgrounds in Kinsarvik - Mikkelparken in Kinsarvik. We’ll have a drink at Hardingatun, then walk to the ferry taking us back across the fjord to our dinner and bonfire.
We catch the ferry back to the camp site for refreshening and then move to the famous Utne Hotell for our final banquet! This hotel is the oldest wooden hotel in Norway still in service, and is renowned for its menu - and with a chef eager to welcome us!
A final bonfire at the camp site wraps up our incredible week of doing innhopps together!
Friday May 23
In case of limiting weather during the week, we may choose to activate this reserve day to catch up on one or more jumps. On this day you are also invited to join Even’s Secret Innhopp from Skydive Voss to yes, you guess it - a secret location!
The Aircraft
This event includes eight airplane innhopps and four helicopter innhopps which offer you an incredible combination between the convenience of a heli pick up (from basically wherever we want) with the advantage of the less expensive and conventional plane that also fit more skydivers!
The airplane for this event is the Cessna Caravan, based out of Skydive Voss. It fits 18 jumpers.
The helicopter we're jumping from is a AS 350 B3 Ecureuil. It fits five jumpers.
The Team
All Inclusive
Accommodation
We base our event out of Even and Scott's fjord side campsite in Kvannda, which is central in Hardangerfjord, near the helicopter base and offers the perfect facilities for a classic innhopp event - food, a place to stay and a fireplace!
Three-four persons will share a six person family cabin, with shower/bathroom, small kitchen and living room with wifi. There’s a double bed on the ground floor and four more beds in the attic.
If you would like to upgrade the accommodation there’s Utne Hotel across the Fjord to where there’s a ferry but otherwise you would need to drive 30 km each day for the closest hotels.
We do advise all participants to stay at the campsite - because it is where your days will start and finish, where we’ll hold briefings, eat many meals and have spontaneous meet-ups and of course because that way we get the best family spirit when we are all together!
Food
Norway is not known for its culinary variety but we promise you three meals per day including breakfast buffet, a variety of the local delicacies including local caught fish and wild game. Several meals will be enjoyed in restaurants around Hardangerfjord, such as the Thursday evening camp banquet at the historic Utne Hotel! We accommodate for food intolerances and diet preferences, just let us know in the registration form.
How to get to this event
There’s several ways to get to Kvanndal Camping! You can:
Fly to Bergen airport, Norway and rent a car
Take a bus from Bergen Airport to Bergen Central and then a bus to Kvanndal.
Take a train from Bergen C to Voss, then bus to Kvanndal.
When we know who’s coming and when then it’s also possible the event will organise transport for you.
What’s Included for you as a jumper?
12 innhopps (8 airplane + 4 helicopter) and sightseeing flying around Vestland, Norway!
Load Organising and guiding by Even Rokne, Camera by Johannes Bergfors, LO by Andreas Mosling, Hans-Jørgen Monsen and Petter Stensvold.
Accommodation next to the fjord - at Kvanndal Camping, August 18-23
Breakfasts, lunches and dinners all over the place - including banquet dinner and other outside restaurant visits!
All surface transportation by minibus, cable car, ferry and rib boat!
Camp jersey and goodie bag!
Minimum 12 participants, maximum 30.
What’s Included for non-jumpers?
Complete tour of Vestland with transportation by minibus, cable car, ferry and rib boat!
Accommodation next to the fjord - at Kvanndal Camping, August 10-16
Breakfasts, lunches and dinners all over the place - including banquet dinner and other outside restaurant visits!
The chance to add several heli rides at an extra cost.
No minimum or maximum amount of non-jumpers!
Prices
3900€ for skydivers*
1500€ for non jumpers*
DISCOUNTS
Important: Discounts accumulate, so if you both get the Early Bird discount and have participated at two TIP events before it's a 12% discount!* 10% Early Bird discount of €195/€75) if you sign up and pay your deposit before October 31 2024.
* 5% X-MAS discount of €98/€23) if you sign up and pay your deposit before December 31 2024.
* Innhopp family-discount: Get 1% off for each Innhopp event you have attended, or if you are a member of Skydive Voss OR you participated on the Innhopps during Tora Tora’s Adventure Boogie (1%=€39/€15).
*-180€ if you bring your own tent/camper van and stay at the campsite.