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this extensive glacier-tract, recently explored by Mr. Slingsby, is
a good starting-point for crossing to the Aalfoten Fjord and
Øksendal and for other fine glacier-tours. It is reached from Florø viå
Eikefjord, part of the way by boat.
The steamer now traverses the often very rapid Skateslrøm, the
entrance of the Nordfjord, and the Vaagsfjord, and stops at the
station of Moldør (H. Friis’s Inn; telegraph-station), or the
opposite village of Sæternæs, 194 Kil. (124 Engl. M.) from Bergen and
50 Kil. (31 Engl. M.) from Florø.
The Nordfjord, extending to the E. of Moldø for about 55
Engl. M., is one of the finest fjords in Norway, the innermost
arms being especially picturesque. A steamer from Bergen plies
on this fjord twice weekly (comp. Communicationer, No. 252 B;
night-voyage not pleasant for ladies, as the steamers contain no
separate state-rooms). The scenery of the inner branches of the
fjord is described in the accounts of the land-routes (pp. 184-5
and R. 22).
The first station is Rugsund on the S. bank, the second is
Bryggen on the N. bank, from which a road crosses the lofty
Maur-stadeid (2060ft.) to (20 Kil.) Aahjem on the Vanelvsfjord (p. 170).
A little beyond Bryggen, on the S. bank, is Daviken, where Claus
Frimann, the poet (d. 1829), once lived. On the N. side, to the
E. of Daviken, diverges the Eidsfjord, running towards the E.,
with Nøstdal or Nausdal (good quarters at the Landhandler Friis’s)
on its N. bank, and Nordfjordeide (Inn; telegraph-station) at its
head, whence we may proceed viå the (7 Kil.) Eid to Vedvik or to
Nord on the Homindalsvand (see p. 184). — The S.E. arm of the
Nordfjord is called the Isfjord and farther up the GtfjordmA
Indvik-fjord; from it, to the S.4V., diverge the Aalfotenfjord and (farther
on) the Hyefjord and Gloppenfjord.
The steamer calls at Jelsnæs or Hjeltnæs, at the entrance to
the Aalfotenfjord, passes the fine *Waterfall of the 0ksendals-Elv
(descending on the right from the Gjegnulundsbræ, 5660 ft.), and
then crosses the Hyefjord, calling at Hestnæs. To the W. rises the
Skjæringen (4070 ft.), to the E. the imposing Eikesnæshest (4065 ft.).
— The Hyefjord is bounded on the W. by extensive snow-fields
and glaciers (see above), which may be visited by boat or by steamer
(once weekly; see Communicationer, No. 252). In returning we
leave the steamer, which goes on to Bergen, in Hestnæsøren
(quarters at the post-office). To the S.W. opens the fine Skjærdal,
through which the Gjegnalund (5630 ft.; splendid view) may be
ascended without much difficulty. Interesting glacier-tours (guide
and rope indispensable) may be made to Hope on the Hyefjord and
to Øksendal. The saeters, which lie at a comparatively low elevation,
afford fair accommodation; red deer, bears, and fish abound.
The steamer next traverses the Gloppenfjord to Sandene (Inns
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