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Skogadalsbeen in the Utladal, see p. 158. For the rest of the
tour the guide may he dispensed with, except for crossing the
Keiser Pass, especially ’if it is still covered with snow. The track is
practicable for riding for 2-3 hrs. beyond this point, but horses
can seldom be obtained here. Ascending from Skogadalsbeen for
25 min., we reach a new bridge on the left and cross it. The
path to the right leads to the (25 min.) Guridals-Sæter, while we
follow the good sæter-track to the W., on the N. bank of the
Gjertvas-Elv or Styggedals-Elv, a stream descending from the
Gjert-vasbrce (at the base of the Styggedalstind) and the Keiser. The
retrospect becomes grander and more open as we advance: to the
left is the Smørstabbræ and the church at the end of the Store
Utladal, to the right of which are the Raudalstinder; in front of
us is the Skogadalsnaasi; more to the right the Melkedalstind,
the Uranaastind, and, to the extreme right, the Falketind. After
40 min. a small waterfall is passed. To the left extends the large
Gjertvasbra, at the base of the Styggedalstind (7710 ft.), the ascent
of which is impracticable from this side. We do not, however,
arrive fairly opposite the glacier for another Ua hr.
The path, which now becomes easier, next leads to the (( 4 hr.)
Gjertvand, passes to the left of this lake, and then ascends
steeply, over debris and snow, to the Keiser Pass (4920 ft.),
between the Styggedalsnaasi on the left and the Ilvasnaasi to the
right. To the left lies the llvand. To the S.E., above the
snow-fields of the Styggedalstind rises the Koldedalstind, to the N. the
Ftmaraak, to the W. the huge Jostedalsbrae and the mountains
bordering the Lysterfjord. The path now leads along the top of
the hill, passing the pond of Skauta and (t 4 hr.) a large block
of white quartz (to the left). The Horunger, especially the
mountains round the Styggedalsbotn, now become conspicuous to the
left. After 20 min. we cross the Helgedals-Elv, which flows towards
the W. and is sometimes scarcely fordable, and after 10 min.
more reach a barren rocky summit, commanding a beautiful view
of the huge amphitheatre of snow-fields and glaciers surrounding
the *Styggedalsbotn, above which towers the Styggedalstind with
the Styggedalsbrce. This view is almost unsurpassed in Jotunheim
for wildness and grandeur. Soon after we pass a small waterfall
formed by the Helgedals-Elv. After 25 min. we see to the left the
outflow of the Styggedal glacier, and to the right the Steindals-Elv
descending from the Fanaraak. In front of us extends the wide
Helgedal, to which the path now rapidly descends.
We next pass, on the left, the fine (V4 hr.) Skautefos, at the
confluence of the llelgedals-Elv and the Styggedals-Elv. The path
then crosses the Steindals-Elv, which usually offers no difficulty,
and leads through the wide valley to the (3 4 hr.) Helgeilals-Sirter
and on to (2*/2 hrs.) Fortun; see pp. 100-158.
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