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In 8/4 hr. we see below us, to the left, the Vormelld Sæter
(p. 161), which cannot be reached from this side. In front of us lie
Skogadalsbøen and the Guridals-Sæters (see below). The path then
descends rapidly through fatiguing underwood (Vir) and in 2/4 hr.
reaches a small birch-wood. In 10 min. more the Urn dal (p. 155)
opens to the right, with an immense tract of ‘Ur’, fallen from the
precipitous slopes on the S. We then cross the Urndals-Elv by a
small bridge (Klop). The mountain peaks are now concealed from
view by the numerous precipitous ‘noses’ running out from the
main ridges. We then follow a cattle-track (Kornuk) leading
through a sparse birch-wood at the foot of the Urabjerget, cross the
Skogadals-Klv by a bridge, and in 1 2 hr. reach the sæters of —
Skogadalsbøen (“2915 ft.), at the entrance to the Skogadal,
with a club-hut, opened in 1888. These sæters are among the few
in the Utladal which are always inhabited in summer (usually from
24th June till the beginning of September). The cattle come from
the Lysterfjord (a branch of the Sognefjord, p. 103), and have
therefore to be driven across the snow-clad Keiser Pass (p. 153).
From Skogadalsbøen we may scale the Skogadalsnaasi (6080 ft.)
without a guide (3-4 hrs. there and hack) by ascending the valley to the
(■ j-i hr.) Lusahougene (see below) and then climbing to the right. The
direct ascent from the sæters is very steep. Grand mountain-view.
The Ascent of the Sttggedalstixd, the easternmost peak of the
Horunger, should only be undertaken by experienced mountaineers (8-10
hrs., there and back). The route crosses the Utlabridge (2790 ft.), turns
to the S., and crosses the Gjerlvas-Elv. which descends from the Keiser
(p. 153), on the S. bank of which is the deserted Gjerlvasbøen sæter
(2950 ft.). The ascent of the Gjertvasnaasi now begins. In 1-1’/s hr. we
reach the first plateau (4265 ft.), and in 3 hrs. more the Gjertvastop
(4685 ft.). About 490 ft. higher the base of the peak itself is reached,
whence we ascend a slope of snow, then over rock with patches of snow,
and lastly over the broad crest to the summit of the *Styggedalstind
(7710 ft.). On the W. side is a sheer precipice about 1300 ft. in height.
If stones are thrown down into the abyss, their reverberation takes
several seconds to reach the ear. At a giddy depth below are the
Gjert-vasbræ on the K. and the DIaradalsbræ on the 8. — A fine pass, more
imposing than the Keiser and little longer, ascends from the Gjertvas-Elv
along the left margin of the Gjerteasbrm and descends over the
Stvgge-dalsbræ to the Ilelgedal and Fortun.
From Skogadalsbøen across the Keiser to Fortun (3-10 hrs.), see pp. 152,
153; through the Melkedal to Eidsbugarden (8-10 hrs.). see pp. 152, 151.
For the continuation of the journey through the Utladal a
horse may generally be obtained at Skogadalsbøen to carry the
traveller to a point beyond Muran (1 kr.; no saddles). We pass
a bridge, crossed by the path leading to the Keiser (p. 153)
and to the three Guridals-Sætre, where the night may be spent.
Our route follows the E. bank of the Utla, passes the debris of
the Lusahougene, and (3y4 hr.) reaches the confluence of the Store
and Vetle Etta. The latter descends from the Vetle (‘little’)
Utlu-dnl, and is precipitated in several falls over the ‘Bælte’ or rooky
barrier of Tunghoug. To the right rises the Hillerhøi (5250 ft.),
and to the left the Kongsdalmaasi. The Store Utla, along which
the steep path ascends, has forced its passage through the ‘Bælte’
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