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(1889) [MARC] Author: Karl Baedeker
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descend the steep slope to the Memtirubod in the valley of that name. In
this case a boat must be ordered before starting to meet the traveller at
this point.

From the Gjendebod we may also ascend the * Gjendetunge (5095
ft.), which commands the same view as the Jlemurutunge, with the
addition of a survey of the whole lake. We cross the bridge to the W.,
follow 1he path on the W. bank of the. river to the X. for about ^ hr.,
and then ascend steeply to the left.

The ascent of the Knutshulstind (8310 ft.) from Gjendebod presents
no great difficulty (8 hrs.). We cross the lake and ascend the
Svartdals-glupet (p. 137) to the Svartdal, whence we climb to the E. to the summit.
The first ascent was made in 1875.

From the Gjendebod to Skogadalsbøen through the Raudal, 10-12
hrs. (guide to the Guridals-Sæter 8 kr. 80 0., to Berge near Fortun 16-18kr.).
If the Muradn sæter in the Utladal (p. 157) is open, which may be learned at
the Gjendebod, the night may be spent there, in whichever direction the
route is taken, though the club-hut at Skogadalsbøen offers more
comfortable quarters. (Instead of the Eaudal route, the traveller may prefer that
through the Store Aadal, the Gravdal, and the Utladal, D/eday, a night
being spent on the Leirvand. Guide to Berge 10 kr.; horse, with
sidesaddle if desired, 4 kr. per day, and as much more to the attendant.)

The route leads up the Store Aadal on the right bank as far as a
t’/2 hr.) waterfall formed by a brook descending from the Grisletjærn.
It then ascends rapidly to the left. Farther on, it crosses the brook and
leads on tbeX. side of the Grisletjærn and the following tarns to the
Raudals-hou<j (3 hrs. from the Gjendebod), where the Raudal begins. This grand,
But unpicturesque valley, with its almost uninterrupted series of lakes,
lies to the X. of and parallel with the Jlelkedal (p. 151). The valley is nearly
level, and there is no distinguishable watershed. Here and there are
large boulders deposited by the glacier which must once have filled the
valley. On reaching the ’’Rand’, or culminating point we enjoy admirable
sViews in both directions: to the right rise the Raudalstinder (7410 ft.),
to the left is the Melkedalstind with its perpendicular wall, and between
them peeps the Fanaraak (p. 152) in the distance; looking back, we
observe the Raudalstind on the left, the Snehulstind (Grashorung) on the
right, and between them the Slelmarkhø (p. 140) with a fine amphitheatre of
glaciers. It takes about Vj? hr. to cross the ‘Band’, from which a route
leads to the W. round the Svartdalsegg to the Langvand and the Store
Aadal (a round of 10-12 hrs. from the Gjendebod). We next cross the
Raudals-Elv by a snow-bridge and traverse rough and toilsome ‘Ur’ and
patches of snow on the W. side of the valley, skirting a long lake for the
lastl*/2hr. (patience very necessary here). As we approach the
“Raudals-mund, the precipice with which the Raudal terminates towards the Store
Utladal, the scenery again becomes very grand. A view is obtained of
the mountains of the Utladal and Gravadal, including the curiously
shaped Smarslabtind (7305 ft ), from which the Sjortningsbrce descends. To the
E. we survey the whole of the Rauddal, lying between the Raudalstind
on the X. and the Melkedalstind (p. 152) on the S. The red (raud, rød)
colour of the ‘gabbro’ rock-formation here has given rise to the name of
the valley. Erratic glacicr-blocks occur frequently.

The route now descends on the S. side of the waterfall of the
Rau-dalselv to the Store Utladal, about 3/4 hr. above the Xuradn-Sæter (p. 157).

The *Row across Lake Gjende, from Gjendeboden to Gjendeosen
(3-4 hrs.), is not practicable in stormy weather. Soon after starting a
view is obtained to the S. of the Svartdal (p. 143), at the entrance
of which lies the cattle-shed of Yaayeboden. To the N. rises the
Memurutunge (jp. 143). About halfway, at the mouth of the
Mem-urudal, is the club-hut of Memurubod. To the N.W., at the head of
the Memurudal, rises the Remmellind. Toward tlieN.K. is the Beslw,
while more to the L. the Veslefjeld descends abruptly to the lake.

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