Gaularfjellet
Mel to Mjell winter closure
Pass status
Is the Gaularfjellet open?
A guide to the typical season and the live weather at the top, not a live open or closed status. Always check the official road status before you travel.
The drive
A National Tourist Route between the Sognefjord and Sunnfjord, snaking up the hillside in a stack of hairpins to the Utsikten viewpoint at roughly 700 metres.
Passes nearby
Season questions
Is the Gaularfjellet open right now?
The official road status is the only definitive answer, and it changes fast up high. As a guide: the typical driving season runs June to November, and the pass closes for winter snow outside it. Our road note: Mel to Mjell winter closure The live summit weather on this page helps judge conditions today.
When does the Gaularfjellet usually open and close?
In a typical year it is driveable from June to November. Exact dates shift with the snowpack: a heavy winter can push opening weeks later, and early snow can shut it ahead of schedule.
How high is the Gaularfjellet?
The summit of the driven road sits at about 745 m (2,444 ft), which is why the season is set by snow rather than by the calendar.