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before the final struggle to regain his supremacy which
terminated with his death at Stiklestad near Levanger. The scenery is
bleak and wild.
13 Kil. Stueflaten, see p. 201. The Romsdal, the mountains of
which are now seen stretching far into the distance, begins here.
The remaining skyds-stations are (10 Kil.) Ormeim, (11 Kil.)
Flatmark. (12 Kil.) Horgheim, and (14 Kil.) Næs; for details, see
pp. 201-199.
The whole of this part of the route, especially beyond Flatmark,
amply repays the pedestrian.
16. Routes from the Gudbrandsdal to Jotunheim.
Of the four routes to Jotunheim described in the following pages the
third is the most frequented, as it is used not only by travellers for
Jotunheim hut also by those who wish to pay a passing visit to this
mountain-district on their way to the .Sognefjord. The other three routes
are also inferior in interest. In addition to this it may be noted that a
strong wind on the Gjende (p. 140) or the Bygdin (p. 136.) renders the
approach to the Jotunheim proper difficult or at least uncomfortable.
a. From Kvisberg to Lake Gjende.
Two days at least, the night being spent in a sæter. A guide should
be hired at Kvisberg or Espedalsvand. (3-4 kr. per day).
Kvisberg, the last station in the Gausdal, see p. 121. — A good
bridle-path leads from Kvisberg in J1 2 hr. to —
8 Kil. (pay for 11) Väsenden on the Espedalsvand (2460 ft.
above the sea-level; good quarters at A. C. Nielsen’s), a lake,
8 Engl. M. long, for the passage of which the landlord procures a
boat (1 kr. each person; for a single person 1 kr. 60a.). At the N.
end of the lake we cross an ‘Eid’, beyond which is the Bredsje,
about 3 Engl. _M. long, forming the geological continuation of the
Espedalsvand. Hans Halvorsen Flaate here provides a boat (40 a.
each person; 60 e. for one). In the vicinity are considerable
deposits of nickel. We then cross another ‘Eid’, following the Espa,
and row across the lake of Olstappen to the new Inn of Iver Huge,
situated on a flat island near Vinstras Os. Another ‘Eid’ brings us
to the Slangsø, which we also cross by boat, ascending through
wood on the opposite side to the Hinøgledid Sæter (a much shorter
way than the old route via the Finbøle Sæter and Finbøl Haug).
We next proceed to the pretty Fly-Sæter and along the S. bank of
the Sikkildals-Elv to the Sikkilda!s-Sæter (3445 ft.; accommodation).
If the wind is not too strong, we row across the two
Sikkildals-vande; otherwise we must walk along the X. bank of the smaller
lake, cross the ‘Eid’, and follow theS. bank of the larger lake, but
at a considerable height above the water, in order to avoid the
marshy ground. On the right rises the Sikkildalshorn (5660 ft.),
and on the left are the Gaapaapigge (6630 ft.). We next cross a hill
commanding a beautiful view of the mountains and glaciers to the
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