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and the Folgefond; farther to the left is the beautiful
Kjøndals-Fos, opposite which is the Strandsfos, descending from the
Svar-trnut (with a bridge).
Excursions from Odde. The first two of the excursions
described below may be combined in a single long excursion
occupying about 10 hrs.
(1) To the Buarbræ, a very interesting excursion of 5 hrs., there
and back (guide unnecessary). We walk or drive to the (25 min.)
Sandvenvand (p. 65), where small boats may be hired. We then
either proceed to the right along the lake to the (25 min.) entrance
to the Jordal (*View of the Folgefond), or row across the lake to
the (15-20 min.) Guard Jordal, situated on the right bank of the
stream here entering the lake (fare 50-60 »., there and back 1 kr.
for each pers.; guide to the glacier, quite unnecessary, lt/4 kr. ;
the traveller should be on his guard against imposition). The latter
plan saves some walking and affords a good survey of the manner in
which the river, descending from the Buarbræ, is pushing forward
its delta into the lake. About 20 min. from Gaarden Jordal we
cross a bridge, beyond which the path follows the left bank of the
Jordals-Elv. Stony path. In 3/4 hr. more we pass Gaarden Buar
(Christiania beer 50 e.) on the left, on the opposite side of the
stream, beyond which lies a small plain. From this point to the
foot of the *Buarbræ, of which we are now in full view, 20 min.
more. Travellers are particularly cautioned against attempting to
enter the blue ice-grotto. By ascending the hill to the right we
have an opportunity of observing traces of the steady advance of
the glacier, which amounted to 260 ft. in 1870, and to no less
than 12 ft. in one week in 1871. The foot of the glacier is
1000 ft. only above the level of the fjord, or 700 ft. above the
Sandvenvand, and in its immediate proximity are barley-fields
and well-grown trees. The glacier is divided into two arms, which
afterwards unite, by the Urbotten, a ridge of rock, and consequently
has an unusually large central moraine. The Jordal itself is an
object of attraction on this excursion, being bounded by picturesque
and precipitous rocks, and enlivened with an abundant growth of
birches, elms, and other trees.
Good mountain-walkers may ascend on the right side of the glacier
to the Folgefond. skirt the Eidesnut and the Roklenut, and passing the
Tokheimsnnt descend to Tokheim and Odde, a very grand and interesting,
but fatiguing expedition of 8-10 hrs. in all (guide 6-8 kr.).
(2) . To the Lotefos (5-7 hrs., there and back) and
Gorsvin-gaxe (10-12 hrs., there and back). A carriole or ‘stolkjærre’, with
seats for two persons, may be hired for the whole excursion (to the
Lotefos 3 kr. 40 e.). We change horses at Seljestad, the only place
on the route where refreshments are obtainable.
The route is at first the same as that above described. At the S.
end of the Sandvenvand, 7 Kil. from Odde, lies the farm of
Sandven. Farther on the road passes (2 Kil.) Hildal(330ft.), where the
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