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ful Oldendal and forms excellent headquarters for excursions. Lars
Olderen and Lars Janssen are good guides.
The picturesque walk from Olderen to (4 Kil.) Eide can be
easily accomplished in 1 hr. As the road is practicable for
driving, the traveller may order a ‘stolkjærre’ to await him at Eide on
his return (in about 8 hrs.; fare 1^2 kr.). After 20 min. we cross
the milky stream, which here forms the Lekenfos. We then proceed
to the W., skirting the Floenvand. In hr. we reach —
Eide, at the N. end of the *01denvand (120 ft.), a lake 7 Engl.
M. in length and barely 3 4 M. in breadth, which stretches hence
towards the S. and is enclosed by lofty walls of rock. A rough
bridle-path on the W. bank may he used if no boat (there and
back, with rower, 5 kr.) can be procured.
The first half of the passage is less interesting than the second.
To the left lies the gaard of Sandnces, to the right an ancient
moraine with the gaard of Bennces, above which rises the
Bennces-Klaaven. Waterfalls plunge headlong from the rocks on every
side. To the right towers the huge Store Ceciliekrona (5825 ft.).
To the left, by the side of mountain-torrents, lie the gaards of
Haahjem, Strand, and Gjerde. To the S. the lake appears walled
in by the Synsnibben, but as we approach Sunde, we obtain a view,
through an opening to the right, of the Grytereidsnibben (5615 ft.)
and the Yrini66en,with their glaciers. — The strait of *Sunde, through
which we next pass, has been formed by the deposits brought
down on the left by two streams descending from the Gjerdeakslen
(6420 ft.) and the Neslenibben (4860 ft.). On the same hank are the
gaards of Sunde. The current in the narrow sound is rather strong.
— On rounding the sombre steeps of Synsnibben, we obtain a
magnificent **View of the S. half of the lake, which here expands
to its former dimensions. The Mcelkevoldbrce, a huge and imposing
glacier, is seen descending from the head of the Oldendal to the
lake, a distance of 6 Engl. M. To the right towers the majestic
Yrinib, from which several waterfalls are precipitated, while at
its base lie the gaards of Bak-Yri and Indre-Yri. At the end of
the lake is the Rustefjeld, with a large waterfall, descending in
two leaps. Other cascades fall from the Kvamfjeld, to the left.
After a row of 2 hrs. we land at Rusteen (plain quarters ; guide,
Jens Rnsteen), situated on the alluvial land formed by the
deposits of innumerable glacier streams (across the Oldenskar to
Aa-mot, a grand expedition, but suitable for experienced mountaineers
only, with guide, see p. 182). Our route gradually ascends across
this low-lying and at places marshy tract to Hejalm, and then
traverses an old moraine to (!,2 hr.) Mtrlkevold, where the
above-mentioned path diverges to the right (comp. p. 182). Opposite
Mælkevold are the Augsburgnibba and the glacier and gaards of
Aa-brekke, in the Brandsdal. The last-mentioned glacier is perhaps
the finest oiTshoot of the Jostedalsbnc, though its beauty cannot be
Baedeker’s Norway and Sweden. 4tli Edit. |
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