NATURE TRAIL 

Follow the trail to see how the Briksdal Glacier has formed the Olden Valley over numerous ice ages. See first-hand the smoothly ground mountainsides and luxuriant vegetation on the valley floor. You’ll be surprised at the wide variety of beautiful flowers growing there!  

KLEIVAFOSSEN WATERFALL

Kleivafossen waterfall has long sprayed tourists crossing the bridge on the way to the Briksdal Glacier. This waterfall is one of the most photographed subjects in all of Norway.

When the glacier melts, it swells many waterfalls so they thunder and cascade down the mountainsides in Briksdalen valley. Like white and silver ribbons, they plunge down the sheer smooth rock on their wild journey to sparkling blue-green lakes on the valley floor. It is as if the water is in a frenzy after being trapped as ice for hundreds of years. The spray from the waterfalls, Kleivafossen in particular, is part of the nature experience that Briksdalen has become synonymous with.

BOOKLET ON THE GLACIER AND FLORA

Handy to have: The informative booklet “Briksdal Natursti, ei vandring i geologien, glasiologien og botanikken” (Briksdal nature trail, a ramble in geology, glaciology and botany), on sale in the Souvenir Shop.

GEOLOGICAL DATA 

Also on sale in the Souvenir Shop is an interesting booklet on geology, authored by Professor (FH) Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stehpan Winkler.

A WALK ALONG THE PATHS IN BRIKSDAL IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE!

Experience more in Briksdal