Regarding the colorful pool fronting this waterfall, it turned out that it was a man-made reservoir that probably had to do with some hydroelectric development that was going on during our visit. We're not sure whether the existence of this waterfall is threatened or not, but this development certainly doesn't bode well for the falls as there has been a long list of other more prominent waterfalls throughout the country that have become extinct thanks to water diversion for hydroelectricity. Hopefully, the hydro and the Nature can coexist in this case, because it was be a shame to see this waterfall gone.

In order to get the photo you see at the top of this page, we followed a path leaving the county road going by some red building before following the Sanddal River (I suppose we could've also gone through the Fossheim Hotel to join this trail as well). Then, we crossed a bridge over the river and walked uphill on a gravel road past some buildings (I suspect to support the hydro developments) eventually reaching the shore of the manmade lake with Sanddalsfossen perched behind it towering above the trees. The round trip hiking probably takes about an hour round trip.

There was also an unpaved tractor trail we could've followed (instead of the road we walked past the hydroelectric developments) on the other side of the river. But we weren't sure where this was going beyond Sanddalsfossen (though the literature said the trail eventually goes to one of the arms of the Myklebust Glacier along with some structures at Sanddalsstøylen as well as an alpine lake called Svartebotnen). If it did go to the falls, it probably would've yielded a more naturesque experience, but since we didn't do it, it's all speculation.