Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Briksdal Adventure, also known as Briksdal Breføring, is based at Briksdalsbre Fjellstove,
the end of the blacktop road, the next glacial tongue north of Briksdalsbreen. There are
daily five- to six-hour guided glacier hikes (Nkr600). Walks leave at 10am and your cram-
pons crunch the ice for about half the total time.
THE LOVATNET DISASTERS
Ascending Lodalen, you'll see what appear to be islands that nearly split the lake into two.
These are in fact giant rocks that were dislodged from Ramnefjell and crashed down into
the lake in three separate calamities. In 1905, when the resulting giant wave swept away
63 people - only nine of whom were ever found -Lodalen,the lake steamer, was depos-
ited 400m inland. In 1936, an estimated 1 million cubic metres of rock crashed down, its
wave killing 72 and lifting the steamer even higher. The third, in 1950, left a bigger scar on
the mountain, but fortunately claimed no lives.
A path signed Pilgrimssti (Pilgrim's Path; indicated by blue markers), descends steeply
through birchwood to a simple wooden cross that marks the site of a memorial to the vic-
tims of the 1905 disaster - itself swept away in the 1936 cataclysm. It can be found 100m
before the toll road signs to Kjenndalsbreen. On the way, besides a series of edifying bib-
lical tracts, you can spot the rusting remains of Lodalen, the lake steamer beached this
far inland after being carried on the waves of disasters one and two. Allow 35 to 45
minutes for this out-and-back walk.
NORDFJORD TO THE COAST
For most travellers the 100km-long Nordfjord is but a stepping stone between Sognef-
jorden and Geirangerfjorden. These two popular fjords are linked by a road that winds
around the head of Nordfjord past the villages of Byrkjelo, Olden and Loen to the larger
town of Stryn.
Stryn, Olden and Loen are not so much destinations in themselves, but each makes a
good base for Briksdalsbreen and Kjenndalsbreen glaciers.
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