About Svoufossen and Reppdalsfossen
Svoufossen (Svøufossen or Svøufallet) was the first of the three major waterfalls we saw converging on the community of Åmotan (apparently meaning “converging of the rivers”). Julie and I initially saw this waterfall from its top after making a wrong turn. But once we finally got to the right place at the Jenstad Farm, that was when I went on a well-signed short downhill walk around and through the Jenstad Farm until I finally got the clean view you see at the top of this page. It was said to have a 156m freefall with a cumulative drop of 313m if you count all the sloping cascades before and after the main drop. Given the volume of the Grødøla, which itself was sourced by numerous large lakes (Storvatnet, Koksvikvatnet, Svartsnytvatnet, Klokkavatnet, etc.) further upstream, Svøufossen flowed with impressive volume even as it twisted during its vertical plunge.
We stopped at the second of the handwritten signposted car park (toll required; see directions below), then I followed more handwritten signs pointing the way to Svøufossen. Immediately from the car park and in the early portions of the trail through a grassy pasture, I also got clean looks at the sloping and twisting cascade called Reppdalsfossen (or Reppfossen or Reppfallet). This 180m tall waterfall also had impressive volume on the river Grøvu (another one of the rivers converging on Åmotan). This was the second of the three major waterfalls I encountered (Julie saw it, too, from the car) during our brief stint in Åmotan. I wouldn’t get close to it, but the views I was able to get from the Svøufossen trail were good enough.
Anyhow, after passing through the pastures, the signs on the trail pointed me to continue onto a steeply descending section as it entered into a forest. The steep forested hill I was on didn’t last for long as it was only a couple of minutes before I got the clean look at Svoufossen that you see at the top of this page. That said, with all the descending to get down here, it was a bit of a sweaty and tiring climb back up to the car park given the somewhat steep nature of the terrain. After about 20 minutes away from the car, I rejoined Julie who was waiting at the car so that should give you an idea of how quick this short hike and scramble was to see both Svoufossen and Reppdalsfossen.
The adventure didn’t end there, however. Less than five minutes later, we then quickly drove to the other car park (also toll required), which was the trailhead for Linndalsfossen, which I made a separate write-up for since this one involved a bit of a longer hike.
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