Breheimen



Start

A comfortable road in Lundadalen makes a good start on our first day.

Nature

Target was to leave civilization behind, which we accomplished in the afternoon.
Dirt road in Lundadalen River in Lundadalen


Lundadalen

"A pretty long valley", commented another hiker, but the longer a valley the flatter the ascent.

Lundadalen Lundadalen


Lundadalen

The panoramic view of the valley and river. Downstream.

Lundadalen


Vesldalen

The easy going in the valley is history; now it's on stones, up and with deteriorating weather over us.

Hut

Medalsbu is a solid but padlocked hut made from stones (there are enough left to walk on). Visibility is nil.
Vesldalen Medalsbu


Middalen

Down we go towards Nørdstedalseter, and we can see again.

Fivlemyrane Dam

The dam collects water for hydroenergy. Still, a lot of it seems to escape the system.
Middalen Fivlemyrane Dam


Leirvatnet

And again we emerge from the fog after having crossed Gravdalen in bad weather.

Harbardsbreen

A tongue to the north was all we ever saw of this big glacier. For a few minutes.
Leirvatnet Harbardsbreen


Fog

This is the bridge at the outflow of Leirvatnet, called Nobbelvi.

Waterfall

A river called Løndøla served as a landmark during yet another walk in fog.
Bridge across Nobbelvi Waterfall


Rausdøla

A bridge leads across this river near the Arentzbu hut.

Water Near Arentzbu


Lakes

The fremsta Rausdalsvatnet, one lake in a row of many in Rausdalen.

Rivers

Greindøla is the name of this one.
Rausdalsvatnet Greindöla


Flowers

In August there are not many.

Flowers Flower


Gluggevard

Crawling over this pass was a tiresome experience due to the fog and rain, and the thick end was a difficult descent down to Sprongdalen.

Pass Snowfield


Sprongdalshytta

We didn't even bother checking out the hut and found ourselves a place nearby.

Sun

Finally, the sky awarded us a sunny day. Just one.
Sprongdalshytta Sprongdalen


Glacier

The big glacier in the background is the Jostedalsbreen, the biggest glacier on continental Europe.

Sprongdalen


Sprangdalen

A downward left turn from Sprongdalen, and we entered the Sprangdalen.

Sprangdalen Sprangdalen


Valley

The first of four small lakes, all of them without name.

Sprangdalen


Greinbreen

These are the evening and morning views from our camp along Sprangdalen at a small tongue of Greinbreen.

Greinbreen Greinbreen


Butterfly

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus).

Sheep

Almost always in groups of three.
Butterfly Sheep


Stilla

The first of two river arms before Sotasæter.

Stilla

Here's the other one, on the next day, which explains the change in the weather.
Stilla Near Sotaseter


Road

The road along the Liavatnet looks like a long one.

Liavatnet

Fed by the Stilla, the lake stretches over almost 5 km.
Dirt road Liavatnet


After the lake

the river changes its name from Stilla to Ostri to make us hikers happier.

Outflow of Liavatnet


Ostri

The same old waters.

Ostri


Camp

On top of a hill we found a flat space for the tent.

Marker Tent on Glittervatnet


Destination

Our valley with Grotli and the bus stop, the Breiddalsvatnet in the background on the left.

Down to Grotli


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