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Siseljafossen

Dyrvedalen, Hordaland County, Norway

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Siseljafossen was a waterfall that tested my determination for visiting it.

What I remembered most about this excursion (besides heavy rain during my first visit in June 2005) was how obscure and tricky it was to even drive to the falls.

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Siseljafossen (or so I thought) as seen from our first visit back in June 2005

You see, during that visit, there were no signs and I had to drive through rough, narrow unpaved roads with a scary narrow log bridge to cross that went over a high flowing stream.

When I came back in June 2019, I didn’t have as much drama on the visit, but then I only realized after the fact that I didn’t really see Siseljafossen all this time.

I came to realize that when I finally got to correlate my GPS tracks and waypoints with the maps, which was something I wasn’t able to do reliably on that first visit 14 years prior.

I knew something had to have been wrong when we had been experiencing a rainy Summer during that 2019 trip, but the waterfall barely flowed!

How I Experienced What I Thought Was Siseljafossen

I’ll start this description from the unpaved private toll road that left the main looping road in Dyrvedalen (see directions below).

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Looking towards what I thought was Siseljafossen on the Fosselvi Stream during a drier visit in June 2019

I then pretty much followed the narrow unpaved road as it meandered through a well-forested area, which conspired to obstruct any grand views along the way.

At ab out 450m from the gate and self-help toll booth, I then kept left at a fork.

At around 800m from the fork, the road then crossed a bridge that was scary on the first visit in June 2005 (especially since it was raining and the stream seemed to be flooding) though it was sturdier and not too bad on the second visit 14 years later.

It wasn’t until another 1km further did I reach a clearing where I finally saw the waterfall that I thought was Siseljafossen (though it was really on the Fosselvi Stream.

I managed to take pictures from within the car on the rainy first visit, and I was able to get out of the car for a more intimate view on the second visit.

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The narrow but not-as-rough unpaved private road towards what I thought was Siseljafossen

After having my fill of the falls, I then had to drive another 300m before making a three-point turn at some driveway so I could go back in the other direction.

I believe this toll road was supposed to go further towards the head of the valley, which I didn’t do so I can’t say more about it.

Authorities

Siseljafossen resides in the Voss Municipality. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website or Facebook page.

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Tagged with: dyrvedalen, voss, vossevangen, vossestrand, hordaland, norway, waterfall, toll, 4wd



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