Nyastølfossen Watefall, Hordaland, Norway

Nyastølfossen Watefall, Hordaland, Norway 

Nyastølfossen is a waterfall within Hordaland and is nearby to Rotabrekkona and Seljedalen. The nearest accomodations to Nyastølfossen are Dyranut Turisthytte in Hardangervidda, Hardangertun / Mikkelparken Ferietun in Kinsarvik and Eventyrv.23,gjøvik in Kinsarvik.

Husedalen Waterfalls were a series of four giant waterfalls on the Kinso River making a mad dash down from the Hardanger Plateau (Hardangervidda) to the South Fjord (Sørfjorden). The cumulative drop of the Kinso River was said to be 840m over a 4km stretch as it could be argued these falls could be one giant waterfall when viewed from afar or in the air, I’d imagine. Anyhow, in the order I saw them, these waterfalls were called Tveitafossen, Nyastølsfossen, Nykkjesøyfossen, and Søtefossen. I think each of these four waterfalls could’ve easily been superlative waterfalls in its own right, but the fact that they were all on this one mega waterfall excursion really says something about the magnitude of this waterfalling adventure.

That said, during my visit in June 2005, I found out that this hike wasn’t easy as I ended up spending nearly 5 hours on the trail (and that included some trail running) where some sections were difficult to follow. I believe this would typically be at least a six-hour hike at a more leisurely pace. Anyhow, it turned out that all the footbridges were either taken down or washed away due to the high flow of the Kinso River, and perhaps that was what made the hike harder than it should have been. After finding out about the difficulties of the hike the hard way, I then got this sense (of the hike being supposedly easy) when I was talking with a worker at the visitor center in Kinsarvik. Upon me telling him it was a difficult hike, he looked at me strangely as if I didn’t know what I was talking about.

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