Vettisfossen

The overall hike was about 5-6km taking us a little over 4 hours.

From the official car park for the public (residents can drive further; see directions below), we walked past a couple of bridges as well as past Avdalsfossen. Beyond that falls, we had to pass through a rockfall-prone area before crossing another bridge (that one's gated, but you can open and close it). A little over another kilometer further from the bridge, the trail started to ascend noticeably. It was along this stretch that we noticed a primitive path that said, "sti til Vetti" (Path to Vetti). We opted to stay on the main road eventually getting to the village after about 45 minutes or so of walking.

We took a pretty obvious path from Vetti village to the falls that hugged the Utla River eventually leading to the waterfall's base. I think we took around 60 minutes or so of walking from the village to the falls. But the only problem with the view from the bottom of Vettisfossen was that we couldn't get to see the entire falls thanks to protruding cliffs on the bottom. I was real tempted to get my feet drenched by crossing the rushing stream on the rocky streambed, but I decided against it (and therefore be content with the view you see at the top of this page).

While we were a little gassed from all the walking, we didn't consider (actually we had forgotten) an attractive alternative trail that led to the top of Vettisfossen. This trail left from Vetti but would climb steeply allowing for some top-down views of the falls. We didn't try this, but this might be something we might try next time...

Directions: Follow the directions given on our Hjellefossen page then continue another 400m along the county road beyond that waterfall. The road will end at a car park meant for public day use. Even though the road continues to descend towards the river, it's meant for residents and a manned barricade is there blocking you from driving further. So you'll have to hoof it the rest of the way on foot.

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Rockfall-prone section of track

Gated bridge

Lots of waterfalls along this trail as we headed to Vetti

Vetti up ahead

The trail continuing beyond Vetti

Julie walking awkwardly along the primitive trail beside the river

Finally, almost by Vettisfossen!

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• June 28, 2005

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