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The road threads a picturesque ravine, ascends the
Vossestrands-Elv, and skirts the E. hanks of the Lundarvand and Lønevand,
from which that river issues. Fertile, wooded district. To the left
towers the precipitous Lønehorjen (4570 ft.), to the right the
horn-shaped Hondalsnut (4990 ft.), each of which may he ascended
from Vossevangen in 5-6 hrs. (almost the whole way on horseback);
they command a splendid view of the glaciers to the E. and N.E.
of the Eidfjord.
12 Kil. Tvinde i Voss (225 ft.), a poor station, with a new hotel.
To the left is the beautiful Tvindefos. The road now becomes
steeper, and crosses the river by the Ashrakke Bro. (To see the
fall of that name, we descend a few paces; caution necessary.) We
again cross the river. The valley is shut in by lofty wooded cliffs.
About */2 hr. before Vinje the Vossestrands-Elv receives the
Mer-kadals-Elv, along which a well-trodden path leads to Aarmot and
Vik (10-12 hrs. ; p. 116).
10 Kil. Vinje i Vossestranden (960 ft.; Hotel, well spoken of),
situated in the midst of pleasant scenery. The road now runs to
the E. to the Opheimxvand (970 ft.), and passes the Opheims-Kirke
(Opheim’s Hotet, R. 3/4-l kr., B, 80, S. 80 0., D. ll/2 kr., cuisine
well spoken of; Lady Brassey Hotel), picturesquely situated on the
bank of this lake. The ring of lofty mountains here, consisting
mainly of light grey felspath, produces a curious effect. To the S.
rises the Malmagrønsnaave (3600 ft.), to the E. the Aaxten and
Kaldafjeld (3940 ft.).
We now cross the watershed between the Bolstadsfjord and the
Sognefjord, and reach the Nctrødals-Elv, which flows into the latter,
not far from the former^station Stalheim i Vossestranden, near the
top of the magnificent Stalheimsklev (1120 ft.; *Stalheim’s Hotel),
a precipitous slope which the road descends in windings to the
Ncerødal (275 ft.), commanding a magnificent view (see p. 110).
26 Kil. Gudvangen, see p. 110.
12. From Christiania through the Hallingdal to
Lærdalsoren on the Sognefjord (Bergen).
The Hallingdal route to Kærdalsøren takes 4 days. The grandeur of
the scenery between Christiania and the Sognefjord increases as the
traveller proceeds from E. to W., so that either the route through the
Hallingdal or that through the Valders (R. 13j should he selected in going
to Bergen, while the return-journey may be made either by way of the
Romsdal (p. 19G and R. 15), or by Throndhjem and the railway (R. 26),
or by sea round the S. coast.
341 Kil. (214 Engl. M.). Railway to (122 Kil.) Krøderen, express in
43A hrs. (fares 6 kr. 55, 4 kr. 15 0.), ordinary train in 5’/2 hrs. (fares
6 kr., 3 kr. 75 0.). Steamf.k thence to (38 Kil.) Gulsvik daily in
2lh-3 hrs. (fare 2 kr. 40ø., 1 kr.). Thence by a good, but at places very hilly
Road to (184 Kil.) Lrerdalsøren, in 2-3 days. The pleasantest way of dividing
the journey is as follows: (1st Day) From Christiania to Gulsvik. (2nd) From
Gulsvik to Rolfthus. (3rd) From iiolfshus to Iireutølen or Hæg. (4th) Thence
Baedeker’s Norway and Sweden. 4th Edit. Q
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