Fall Break – Dalsdalen

Last autumn, we stayed for a week along the Lusterfjorden in Vestland, Norway.

On our GPS map, we noted a river valley heading up into the mountains from the fjord town of Luster. We decided to explore the valley so we drove up Dalsdalen (the road), along the Dalsdalselvi (the river), to explore Dalsdalen (which actually translates to “the valley-valley”) itself.

We eventually stopped to take the dog for a walkabout and check out a bit of the valley on foot. What we found on our excursion were a number of tumbledown structures in a quiet, steep-sided valley with a few mountain farms.

Here are some images taken of some of the sights seen in the Norwegian valley of Dalsdalen last fall.

Looking down into Dalsdalen from a dirt road leading up to a mountain farm we took on our walkabout
The valley was quite steep and there were little rivulets of water making their way down into the valley
Looking through some trees towards a larger farm building
Had to love the moss growing on the slate roof of this structure
This structure has seen better days…
…note the neighbouring structures as well
Another little storage “shack” that is bald and leaning
This structure has a corrugated metal roof and a bit more integrity
Whoops, this slate roof has caved in
Looks like a part of this structure has been completely torn down
Lots of moss
On our drive back down towards the fjord, we drove by a farm with a fjord view
More “waterfalls” heading down the steep walls of the valley and some of the trees at the higher elevations were starting to turn
A look from up over the valley from another of the farms towards the fjord where we came from

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