American Reacts to How Norway Clears its Snowy Roads

[@CodBabyWalk]

As a Norwegian. It's always fun to me when I hear Americans or people from other countries talk about "Snow day". :D I don't live too far from Trollstigen either, driven there several times due to work. 8:38 Trust me those guys are not freezing, that's very warm clothing and when you work with snow like that. You'll want to take off a layer of two.

[@Frosty4Real]

yup. 40 mins from me :P yeah imagine having snow day :P

[@elinmoftedal]

To be honest, in Stavanger we have snow days….(snølov) in addition to a similar day in the spring when it was a perfect sunny day. …I thought everyone had that 😅

[@afrog2666]

True story (:

[@Xirque666]

​@@elinmoftedalnope, haven't heated about it anywhere in the country 😅

[@declaredjeans7555]

@CodBabyWalk Fellow Ålesunder?

[@terezahlucha4613]

8:42 Believe me, you warm up when shovelling snow for few hours 😂 Plus as Norwegians of that generation, they would be wearing 100% woolen sweaters, not coats. Coats were fancy attire to be worn to church on Sunday, not for manual work. Plus wool is actually great for what we now call functional clothing. Perfect balance between thermal insulation and airing sweat off.

[@liselotte3281]

Also, its June and temeratures above 0°C. 😅

[@AudunWangen]

​@@liselotte3281 Some people think 0°C is very cold 🤣

[@Fandomfreak077]

i remember one time as a child, it had been snowing heavily that day and my family where driving to my grandparent, we had to follow one of these snow plowers, it took two hours longer. but i'm so thankfull for all the people that makes it easier to live in Norway in the winter

[@VikingRageGaming]

Really agree with you there. Actually I trwally thank him for bringing this video out in the open, cause we Norwegians can really complain alot when it comes to the snow plowing and why we aren't prioritized and it can go days before they actually reach us. But we really should be thankful

[@Methinna]

11:46 ...Most of the snow has usually melted in June, when Trollstigen opens.

[@JonOlavBjoerke]

I actually work in a Norwegian factory that produces snow plows, and a few of them, we export to USA. The american importer sells them under the name snow wolf.

[@StefanRixö]

'Snow blower' look when the 'clean' the railway in Norway... 🇸🇪

[@Merete86]

Yes Tyler. It's 30 years since 1974 🤭🙄

[@mammastenhjerte]

Yea, this made me laugh so hard.

[@svenwesterlund3405]

Fits with the video before this, norwegians talking about education in the US :-)

[@R3TR0221]

Tyler is American. Education seems to be illegal over there. Don't blame him for the system not educating him

[@glacieractivity]

Hush!!! I feel young again 😀

[@christopherjensen3034]

😂 yeah! I'm only 30 apparently for Americans.

[@DonGorgen]

In those old photos of the guys shoveling the snow by hand they're not wearing heavy winter coats because it's already spring by the time they open those roads, so the weather is not that cold. It's usually done in april/may, those roads are kept closed mid winter.

[@gunnhildk6299]

And they get very warm from the shoveling..

[@stuinNorway]

"Most" of Norway's "Summer roads" that like trollstigen are closed in the winter, they will aim to reopen for mid-May, but that will vary year to year. If there's a year with little snow, or an earlier melt, it could open earlier, BUT, if it snows again might have to re.close.(Generally the further North, and more inland, the later the opening date will be) Not far from us, near Sirdal, they measured 8m, 25ft, snow walls after they cleared the road to open, whereas where we are an hour or so drive from there, the mose we've seen in the last 20 yrs is about 2ft of fallen snow.

[@VikingRageGaming]

Another thing about the old pictures btw is thatif you study the guy up in the left in the first picture, he is holding a huge hand saw that he cuts into the snow before the guys with shovels cones and can the dog out quadrants of snow at the time. This saves a lot of time when if the guy with the saw had not been there ens snow would just cave in and it would take a lot more time

[@the_oslovian]

Now you have to see the "brøyteballetten".." The snow ploughing ballet" at Oslo Airport! That's like ten of this working together...

[@Zirion123]

@@the_oslovian my dad works at Gardemoen ✌️ its amazing to watch

[@Norwegian_Bastard]

iirc one of the biggest snow plows in the world is at gardermoen. think ithe plow was 27m long. looks insane going down the strip thats for sure

[@volkhardhenschel1863]

The Trollstigen road is 55 kilometers long! 😊

[@richardejgaardfrandsen7502]

I believe it was in 1979 a main road in denmark was closed due to heavy snow, hundreds of cars was abandoned and the people was evacuated was the danish home guard with apcs borrowed from the army. then the snow was cleared by the snow machines from Karup military airport, in front was armor recovery vehicles from Holstebro 1. armor division which moved the cars into the fields , and back again after the road was cleared. when people returned to their cars with family and friends to dig out their cars, they found them parked neatly totally free of snow at the roadside. the soldiers was laughing their heads as they carefully brush all the snow of the cars.

[@braindead1353]

Remember Tyler, this is a 2 way road, where 2 trailertrucks can pass eachother during the night. This would be a single file road in the US

[@runereinli6407]

My cousin actually almost died getting buried in his truck up there. Got a little of the track and boom. Buried without knowing if he should try back out or move forward. Stuck either way buried under the snow. Luckily got help eventually. 😃👍🏻👍🏻 I've been ther to on holiday. You should really go there dude. Its wow! Breath taking. 🙂❤

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

I have a picture of my grandfather somewhere vith a horse and a sledge. The snow is twice the higth of the horse. But this is on the mountain passes. And it isn't like that so much anymore. But on the two main crossings between the east and west it's still like this.

[@eivetjafrasenja]

There is a reason why we call this workers, the heros of the winter roads

[@AudunWangen]

I don't think this job will be replaced by robots and AI any time soon, because this takes some skills for sure.

[@andreix123]

Back In my day, we had to find the school and dig it out before class could begin

[@Muppemania]

I live a few hours south of Oslo, the winter is a little shorter here and we have the regular snow plows clearing the main roads often with the smaller roads less often. But where I live we actually get a lot of snow, I got trapped inside twice last winter with having to call family to dig me out since I was unable to open my front door with snow having pilled up keeping it shut.

[@kbejustervesenet7261]

I come from this place (Åndalsnes) .. . . This year thay had to close the road for the whole summer, due to rock-fall. They have worked on clearing the mountain-side for loose rocks for a whole season now, and will probably be able to open the road from next summer-season.

[@arnehusby1420]

We have lived in this country for thousands of years. So we don't close schools and roads because it's Winter.

[@tordlindgren2123]

i've went over those places plenty of times. a few times during the winter when i was younger, and several times during summertime after the snow have thawed out. sometimes there's still snow storms coming out in the mountains middle of summer, but generally they're really interesting roads to drive on. If you were to visit norway i highly recommend going on a roadtrip, either with a rental car or better. someone from norway that can drive there.

[@AlexTheFruitcake]

TBF: We do not get 10ft of snow EVERYWHERE at winter time. This is area spesific. Because the road follows a rather steep slope of montain, a lot of the snow that falls at the top of the mountain will roll down the slope causing it too become several feet of snow wall along the road. In most highly populated areas we get maybe 2 feet or less because cars produce gasses that melt most of the snow before it gets to stay. Also: it's not magic how accurate they are. Most of the people who do that work has driven this road for literal years and they also have very accurate gps's in the vehicle that will warn them if they go too much off course.

[@trinewestbyejrgensen4838]

In Norway we also stay at home if it snows too much. So it depends on what much is. Every year during the first snow fall everybody freaks out. ( people who forgets to change to snowtyres) 😊

[@AudunWangen]

Never stayed home because of snow a single day in my entire life, and I live in eastern Norway, where we also have a lot of snow. I've never lived very far from school or work, though. Sometimes public transportation is not an option when it snows, but the roads around here are usually cleared quite quickly.

[@oldis64]

You must understand that the level of snow is massive because you're up in the mountains. A few hundred meter higher up makes all the difference. It can rain in the valley and snow a little bit higher. Nice video! 🎅

[@NorthWay_no]

Mountain roads can get 5-6m high snow walls that are dug through by excavators. You might want to try and find some footage of the 1996-1997 winter in Tromsø; there were record amounts of snow and the streets became labyrinths while houses switched to enter through the 1st floor instead of the ground floor.

[@Krozmar]

Back in the old days, when the sun arived they usually had prepeared stations along the road with ash that was usually aviable even if the snow was high, these positions where carefully choosen to be very windy so there would not be snow there. then they just walked over the marked road with the sticks and throw the black ash over the top of the icy snow and let the sun do the work melting it, before they did the hard working finnshing it off

[@Cochmazh]

That guy makes very good videos. His channel is full of good stuff.

[@TylerWalkerYouTube]

Thank you!

[@Salzbuckel]

Thats very common in Austria, Switzerland, France, Italia, Germany in the alps-. And they are doing the same thing on mountains train tracks also there . Some Alpine passes are like that till summer. I have fotos of such situations, driving my bike through on summer holiday.

[@henningaasland8704]

On E134 crossing Haukeli, we've had ploughed edges 6-7 meters high..

[@espekelu3460]

Regrettably, the Trollstigen was closed this year due to the high risk of landslides. It is now being discussed who will pay to secure the road for the future, as many believe the state should undertake this. Since Norway benefits from all the tourists who often come only to visit the Trollstigen. But tragically, the politicians believe that the Municipality and the county should be responsible for the maintenance. And as long as this is discussed, Trollstigen will be kept closed. Something many Norwegians also find very sad. Because we are of course proud of those who once built this road, and we think it is very nice that so many foreigners also appreciate the Trollstigen.

[@ahkkariq7406]

The road should certainly have been the responsibility of the Norwegian state.

[@Gazer75]

Pretty sure the government already pledged some money to help fund the work to secure it. Climbers have been working on it for months this summer and autumn.

[@davidrobinson970]

You should see the level of snow they get in Japan.. It will bow your mind! Also where my wife comes from is very much over the top. We sent a picture to her brother when we had a huge downfall here in the UK; he sent us a picture of a typical snowy day in Anhui Province - it snowed up to the third floor of his block of flats!

[@hansanihs3310]

Most roads still have those "plow-sticks" (brøytepinne/r) to mark the road for the driver to follow. I've never seen snow piled that high, but i have seen between 1.5-2 meter high "snow-piles (brøytekanter) before at our winter cabin.

[@stardusten6581]

It's even amasing for us in Norway. I still get comments for my motorcycle bike ride when I in a curve got my shoulder in to the snow making it a crazy for the bikers after me ;)

[@predda85]

trollstigen is winter closed, so its spring snow removal to open for summer times. All other roads in norway needs constant snowclearing when snow falls during winter.

[@johnnygood4831]

As someone from Ontario, it sort of reminds me of long ago when we used to have snow. I would go out during the big snow storms just to go drift jumping in my car after they are telling people to stay off the roads, so I don't have to worry about traffic.

[@michaelahawkins990]

Awesome! Awesome people! Awesome nature!

[@sorennilsson9742]

More snow in other parts of Norway and Sweden. However Alaska has areas where you hav over 16 m of snow. There are areas on Greenland that has sinilar deapths of snow. Japan has areas where over 11 m of snow. So there can in some areas be a lot of snow. I was once looking for a house in the mountains of Sweden not finding it the house was four meters high, could not find it. It was well under the snow. No holiday at the cabin that year.

[@knuteide1084]

These roads are not kept open all winter, but come spring they do this job to get the road opened - for tourists and other purposes.

[@baldrian22]

The road in question here is one of the most extreme in regard to clearing since it is NOT opend during the winter, the name is trollstigen and it is cleared during mid/late spring and is not one of the roads used to comute to work with the exception of people working at the tourist locations for the road in question. it did not open in 2024 for more than a few days because of unstable rocks started to move and they was not able to finish removing it all during the season.

[@linbelejacobsen5037]

Most smaller mountain roads are closed during winter. They have ferries or more efficient alternative routes through tunnels driving under the mountains and not over them. It sure is pretty when they open.

[@FreyaMeows]

It's been snowing like crazy where I live in Norway for the past few days, it's actually blocking my door slightly

[@Ronja_sings_love]

Oh trust me! At schools and other places people go out in T-SHIRTS in the SNOW 😅

[@Styrestian]

we are not in year 2004 Tyler 🤣

[@oysteinsoreide4323]

some roads are closed in the winter. These roads are examples of that. If they are open all the time, the snow build-up will never get as tall. I have seen like more then 10 meter high walls of snows along a road some decades back. It was Hardangervidda which is not held open all winter in case of much snow.

[@mammastenhjerte]

It is pretty cool (pun intended) to drive on these. A huge portion of Norwegians have snow blowers/plows with these wheel blades, in much, much smaller versions for their driveways. They weigh so much that the store selling them brings it our to your car with a fork lift.

[@Arne-IngeFarstad]

You should check out the machines they use to keep Oslo airport Gardermoen clear of snow.

[@FrankHarwald]

0:40 In Germany, we are told to put snow-chains on out cars' tires so we can actually drive on snowy roads even if they didn't happen to be removed of their snow .

[@SaraKvammen-tx7qc]

It's scary to drive on the road when you can't see over the snow...I've done it....hard to know where you are...😂

[@TullaRask]

06:19 In the us that truck would triple the size lol

[@AnniKlami]

This is normal. In the mountain areas there is a bit more snow. Same thing in Finland, except no mountains. When it snows the roads are cleaned immy or latest following day. Sometimes twice a day. Winters are different. In Finland we have spiked tyres for winter. In Norway they use chains.

[@bearofthunder]

You should take a look at Matthews whole channel. He makes a lot of great videos about biking in Norway, including some cautionary tales.

[@jackeriksen6753]

It's not cold in the trenches Tylor, it's the wind that gets you. Hench why they did not use heavy cotes while digging.

[@cat1stevens]

Trollstigen is mainly a tourist route !

[@SteifWood]

You have to *plan and prepare* to live in Norway. Just this week the whole of North Norway had a blistering storm so severe that much of the infrastructure (schools, airports, roads, etc) had to shut down - which is rare in Norway. I myself have an ambivalent "crush" on snow where I live here in the lowlands in SE Norway. Yes, we seldom experience as much snow as in my childhood - when my dad had to clean the roof of our house and we couldn't see out the window and jump from the 2nd floor (1st floor is called that in Norway) - but sometimes we still get a meter or thereabout and we have more icy conditions now than before (climate change). At the end of the day, it's always a struggle to keep my driveway passable and all heavy loads (like building materials, firewood, etc) must be done before snow and especially ice arrives. In any case, every winter I have to prepare and settle in for massive snow/ice cleaning up and down my abnormally steep 100 meter driveway. At this point I have 3 blowers: one tiny but indestructible Honda I inherited from my dad and keep as a spare, one old wheeled Snapper I keep with tire chains for those extra icy moments, and one big belt driven Ariens with all the whistles and gadgets - which I bought to get a flat surface and to munch through those pesky plow edges at the entrance. I have given up calling the local municipality or company that cleans the roads with their big tractors: they're unreliable when they actually come and when they come they charge me a staggering price.

[@audunaa1494]

The road is cleared first, so if the melting snow and smaller avalances releases rockslides it`s possible to do something about it in eary stage before opening date.. When it`s "safe" for public it officially opens for the season . this summer it had to close caused heavy rain and unstable rockslides to be secured. A old mountain pass that you drive around on modern roads for faster travel and wintertime. But always safety first, cause the main traffic is by tourists

[@grotler]

10:52 it's a old school waffel iron

[@koppadasao]

At 17, before I got my license, I drove through such a road, in May. Still got 3 meter high snow walls next to the car...

[@gahustad2495]

Hello Tyler 🙂 I live about 1,5 hour driving from this scenic road. It is always a great experience to visit this place. -By the way: The name "Trollstigen" is translated "The troll ladder" on english. Cheers from Geir 🙂

[@kvannli]

loosk the same way when I went by the valdresflya

[@laustpeternielsen-norman9569]

I have pics from 1964 when i was 2 on a family trip to Norway in volkswagen autocamper. The snow is double height the of the autocamper😊

[@Rene-kg7pf]

I've been there the end of the road (remote end) goes down to the world heritage place where the city Geiranger is... That's down by the fjord... Those who live there can in worst case take ferry in winter (if the road is closed in both ends coz of snow)

[@ingebjrgjoten2077]

This road is closed in the winter, not become cleared before in the spring. Then you get these high walls with snow.

[@oblivirator]

8:42 there whering wool shirts and the work they do keep then warm.. so no need for thick jackes

[@springisr]

we always go there in august and there are still patches og snow that have been in shadow the whole time. So you could say snow never melts in some parts. And this is still in south of Norway. Imagine when you drive 1000miles north, what's going on there :)

[@AlexGarcia-co1ec]

Imagine if you're on a bike between those mountains of snow, and then the upper "shelf" starts to shift because of warmer weather, then the upper shelf slides into the lower shelf, smashing everything in between. You have nowhere to run.

[@mariaberg3780]

Joniboi (a norwegian youtuber)has reacted to your video.The one with you trying norwegian chocolate.

[@philip4588]

Thats a weird guy

[@mariaberg3780]

Again:JONIBOI (A NORWEGIAN KZbinR)REACTED TO YOUR VIDEO.THE ONE WITH YOU TRYiNG NORWEGIAN CHOCOLATE..

[@ingemojonsall3402]

About 11 minutes in you asked what is this. I assume you ment the metal flat thing with pattern on it. I do not know the Norwegian word for it, but in Sweden they are called rullrån lagg You make a special kind of cookie in it and you make it into a roll he ce the name rollcake. So first you make like a really think sort of pancake and roll it on a wooden round stick, then let it cool. Timeconsuming but it is really tasty. As for the sticks to put in the ground, for the snow, in Sweden they are in bright colours, red, pink, yellow, orange, and they are put in before the ground is frozen, to make it easier for the people ploeing

[@kirsteneldre7540]

Look at: Vinterveiens helter (Ice road recue) on National Geographic

[@Klay_4]

No no, Trollstigen was closed a long while during repears on this road, june is the middle of the summerdays in Norway, in november it start snowing, so from that month they start cleaning the snow, continous the whole winter.

[@CallioNyx]

The roads are closed in proper winter - this is the snow plows that open the roads in spring, when it's - mostly - stopped snowing. How? Engineering, baby. We're also very good at making tunnels through rock. Because, fjordss and roads don't mix. Then there's the mountain passes that are kept open in winter - they are not this deep though.

[@ZoieNhoa]

Our heroes, the snowplowers!! :-D :-D :-D

[@thorarisan]

"We don't have this in America." How does he think they get around in Alaska and northern rockey mountains? America is large....

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Whether it snows a lot in Norway varies from year to year as well as where in Norway you live. Global warming is real. I live in Oslo and no snow yet. It’s mostly rain and ice here for the past X years. There was a few years there was a ton of snow, but again, this varies. When I grew up during the 90’s and 2000’s 15-30 minutes by car/bus outside of Oslo it was more snow and much colder. But Oslo is mild as it’s near the ocean which keeps it tempered. And Trollstigen is simply just the scenic route. The main road goes through a tunnel for easier access, logistics and traffic flow as well as security. Of course you won’t see much. that’s the downside🤣🤣🤣 And those workers were wearing knitted wool sweaters. Wool and dress in layers is literally how we have survived.

[@koppadasao]

There's places in southern Norway where there's still snow patches in July...

[@AudunWangen]

Some places the snow never melts. That's how you get glaciers, and we have a few of those still.

[@koppadasao]

@@AudunWangen I wasn't talking about glaciers...

[@oldis64]

That road has been closed for at least a year due to "rock-slides". Its gonna open in june/july they say.

[@torebereczky8954]

It is summertime!

[@LeperMessiah2]

The road is about 50 km. This is awesome but the high-speed.. plowing on the main mountain roads is insane. Yeah we can drive around on sealevel in the off season but it takes about 3 hours longer.

[@chrisjones-vu7he]

i have driven through this road with snow walls i have to say it is an experence to do so .

[@HaraldKlette]

Those are caled SnowBlowers, not SnowPlows!

[@livb6945]

Surely there are places like this in the US? Alaska for example?

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

I'm sure they sometimes have a hard time finding thee road below the snow!

[@Reedawn30]

Check out how the airports gets cleared ;)

[@zx9005]

They use GPS nowdays. Like EasyDig or simular. System has a failure of maximum 30cm or about 9,3 US inch or less

[@oysteinsoreide4323]

I'm from Norway, but I have acually not been on Trollstigen road.

[@scottcampbell9008]

Any country with a lot of snow clears this way. Canada, Japan, and I would guess even the US (Alaska).

[@jonasbjerga1739]

You should watch, Norwegian clearing snow airport

[@Azekable]

Come visit ill bring you, see it every year

[@gmy79]

You don't need that much warm clothes in winter if you stay active.

[@penaarja]

Been there at summer of 1978

[@afrog2666]

Hehe, if you work hard, you don`t need warm clothing (: Bcak when I had double paper route, I RAN the whole way and TRUST me, I was never cold ;)

[@RoteLars]

I have a video from Trollstigen summer session in other channel I have on KZbin (need to reupload it with English text)

[@mjelves]

*50 years

[@avlinrbdig5715]

1970 was thirty years ago and noone will tell me otherwise

[@monicanyhus5064]

​@@avlinrbdig5715😂😂😂

[@MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV]

Alaska must have this? Or..?

[@GunnarOra-e8c]

Home sweet home🤠🤓

[@aggiefields9496]

95-year old pro waffle maker shows the hairy bikers how it's done, is the video you're looking for. Heavy black object is a kind of waffle fryer.

[@TrondLangeland]

Thats amazing. Im born then i i thought i was 50😂❤

[@smolPjusk]

How do americans get to work if they just stay inside their houses when it snow outside?

[@olehaugan9555]

This is spring, btw

[@peterliljebladh]

I'm amazed by how much americans didn't know.

[@James.984haid]

Its all just another day at the office.