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25. From Domaas in the Gudbrandsdal to Støren
(Thronclhjem).
154 Kil. (95’(2 Engl. 31.). Road, with fast stations, comparatively
little used since the opening of the railway described in R. 26. Travellers
from Molde who combine this route with a visit to the Romsdal easily
reach Throndhjem from Veblttngsnæs (p. 199) in four days. 1st day. to
Stuefloten (p. 201); 2nd day, to Domans; 3rd day. to Rise or Avne; 4th
day, to Støren, and in the evening by train to Throndhjem. — Walking
is recommended from Domaas to Fogstuen (6 Engl. 31.). from Jerkin to
Drivstuen (16 31.), and from Austhjerg to Bjerkaker (7>/2 31.).
From Molde or Lillehammer to Domaas, see R. 15. Domaas lies
at the S. base of the Dovrefjeld, the most famous of the Norwegian
mountain-ranges, which separates Southern (Semdenfjelske) from
Northern (Norden fjelske) Norway. As the Norwegian mountains do
not form well-defined chains like the Alps, but consist of vast
tablelands, intersected here and there by valleys, there are no passes here
in the Swiss sense of the word. After reaching the lofty plateau the
road runs for many miles without much variation of level, and then
descends gradually to the ‘nordenfjelske’ valleys. A great part of
the route traverses lofty, bleak, and treeless solitudes, passing
rock-strewn tracts, swamps, gloomy lakes, and dirty masses of
snow, and is therefore far from picturesque. The solemn grandeur
of the scenery, however, has a peculiar weird attraction of its own,
and the pure mountain-air is remarkably bracing and exhilarating.
For botanists, zoologists, and sportsmen there are also abundant
attractions. Beyond Kongsvold, however, the character of the
landscape changes. The road traverses the highly picturesque gorges of
the Driva and the Orkla, beyond which the country presents a more
smiling aspect and is comparatively well peopled. As Throndhjem
is approached the vegetation will strike the traveller as being
remarkably rich for so northerly a latitude (nearly the same as that
of the p. coast of Iceland).
The road at first ascends very rapidly, traversing moor and
swamp, scantily overgrown with stunted pines. Looking back, we
obtain an imposing survey of the mountains. To the W. lies the
Lesjevand (p. 126), which we passed on the way from the Romsdal
to Domaas. In about 1 hr. we reach the plateau. The road then
crosses the Fogsaae, an affluent of the Glommen. To the left are
extensive mountain-plains where the sources of the Drira take their
rise, the waters of which descend to Snndal. On the Fogstuhe we
observe three sæters on the right and others to the left. To the
N.W. rise the Hunds jo and Skreda-Fjeld, and beyond them the
Snehirttan, the snow-field and glacier of which in its W. basin
(‘Rotn’) are distinctly visible.
10 Kil. (pay for 11 in this direction) Fogstuen or Fokstuen
(3120 ft.; *Ant. Solberg’$ Inn, with 30 rooms and 45 beds), is one
of the four ‘Fjeldstuer’, or mountain-inns, which were founded by
government on the Dovrefjeld for the accommodation of travellers
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