Besseggen or Besseggi is a mountain ridge in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

The route over Besseggen starts at Gjendesheim, up to the trails highest point, Veslfjellet (at 1,743 metres (5,719 ft)), down Besseggen, further over the relatively flat area Bandet (at the foot of Besshø), and ends at Memurubu, where one may take the regularly scheduled ferry route back to Gjendesheim.

The large number of hikers has led to serious erosion on the trails leading to Besseggen, both from Gjendesheim and Memurubu.

The project involves placing stone plates on the trail to limit additional damage and prevent further erosion.

The technique used to pave the trail is modeled on the methods developed for the Snowdonia National Park in Wales.

The women's record, set in 1963, is held by Valborg Østberg from Gjøvik with a time of 1 hour 39 minutes and 47 seconds.

Beneath us In the void the dusky eagles Fell away like motes in sunshine; You could see the ice-floes breaking On the banks, yet hear no murmur.