Naustafossen

This waterfall sits near Kårvatn (pronounced "KOHR-vaht-n") within the mountains of Trollheimen (The Home of the Trolls), and that the Surnadal municipality (especially around Kårvatn) is said to boast some of the cleanest air and water in Norway, which is really saying something given the country's mostly rural characteristic.

From the car park (see directions below), we walked towards the buildings at the end of the road. Beyond the road, we crossed a bridge, then veered right at the fork (there was a sign pointing the way). We then followed the tractor tracks for a few minutes along an open stretch where we got pretty full views of Naustafossen as we passed through Kårvatn's quiet pastures. Soon, we reached another signed fork where we left the tractor track and proceeded along a muddy footpath for the last 700m to the bridge nearby the falls.

It was quite misty on the bridge, and we felt the views wouldn't improve beyond it so we didn't go further even though the trail kept going.

Even though the falls could be seen on the approach to the hamlet some 3km away, it was well worth the closer look.

Directions: Naustafossen is near the hamlet of Kårvatn. We started from Sunndalsøra, then headed north on Rv70 for 19km as it junctioned with Rv670. We continue due north by veering right at the intersection and taking Rv670 for another 6km ending at a ferry stop at Rykkjem.

Then, we took the ferry from Rykkjem over Stangvikfjorden to Kvenna. Once at Kvenna, we took Rv670 east for 4km until it junctioned with Rv671. Turning right onto Rv671, we followed this road to the end of Todalsfjorden, where Rv671 narrowed and becames county road, which ultimately degenerated into an unpaved road.

At first the unpaved road followed the north side of Toåa River, but a bridge by a Todalshytta sign crossed over the river. On the other side of the river, we turned left as it then followed the south side of Toåa River. And we continued on this unpaved road for another 10km as it ended at Kårvatn, where there was a little car park area with a sign in Norwegian talking about the Trollheim area.

Surnadalsløra is a major town that's even closer than Sunndalsøra, but we didn't go that way so we can't really advise on specifics though I'm sure it can be figured out from a local map attained there.

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Some cascade we saw on the way

Turn right at this fork right after the bridge

The falls is easily visible throughout the walk even through this farm

Looking at the upper parts of the falls from the trail

Only 700m more of muddy fun before I'm there

The lower part of the falls starts to have its view obstructed by trees

Not much further before I get to the real wet part of the walk

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