6. NORUEGA: Innvik - Loen. 26/07/12
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 45.89 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,716 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,654 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,166 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- -78 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 11 hours 5 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2790
- Uploaded
- January 1, 2013
- Recorded
- July 2012
near Innvik, Sogn og Fjordane (Norge)
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We left Innvik bordering the Nordfjord along a road at the edge of the fjord until we reach Olden, where we enter a valley in the direction of the Briksdalbreen, the best-known glacier tongue of the Jostedalsbreen. The valley is magnificent, with views to the bottom of the glacier. In Briksdal there are some shops and restaurants and it is where you have to take a footpath of about 3 kms, since the circulation of bicycles is prohibited, until a lake where the glacier tongue ends. Along the trail there are signs indicating the place where the glacier came from years ago, which makes you realize the enormous backwardness it has had in the last century. It is an amazing place and from time to time you hear the thunderous noise of ice blocks cracking. At the turn of the path a couple of French take us in their van to Olden undoing the road we have climbed the valley for 20 kms. You can also take a bus to Olden, but the last one that leaves at 18:00 we have lost it.
Back in Olden, we continued along the Nordfjord until we reached Loen, where we rented a 4-bed cabin in a campsite (400 NOK).
Back in Olden, we continued along the Nordfjord until we reached Loen, where we rented a 4-bed cabin in a campsite (400 NOK).
Waypoints
Waypoint
449 ft
Autostop Briksdal-Olden
Waypoint
1,149 ft
Glaciar Briksdalbreen
Waypoint
30 ft
Noche: Loen (camping)
Waypoint
566 ft
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