Gausdal Vestfjell
As Gausdal Vestfjell the area between the will Valdres and Gudbrandsdalen in the Norwegian province Innlandet referred. It encompasses a varied fell landscape with birch and coniferous forests, moors and heathland and until 2011 housed Norway's smallest national park, Ormtjernkampen , which has merged into Langsua National Park .
Geographical location, landscape and nature
Vestfjell is bounded to the west and south by road Fv51, to the north by road Fv255 and to the east by road Fv204. It covers an area of around 58,900 hectares, of which 14,400 hectares are coniferous forest, 25,000 hectares of deciduous forest and 17,000 hectares of high fjell at an altitude between 600 m above sea level (Dokkfløyvatn) and 1554 m above sea level ( nordre Langsua ).
In Vestfjell rare plant and animal species as are waders , hen harrier , bearded bellflower and Torfsegge home.
Accommodation options
The Norwegian hiking association DNT operates the Liomseter hut in Gausdal Vestfjell . The hut has 40 beds and offers catering in the summer months and at Easter. The state forest and fell administration Gausdal Fjellstyre maintains a dense network of 14 open huts, which are available to everyone to stay and overnight free of charge, as well as seven closed huts that can be rented by the day or by the week.
Other names
Because of its location east of Jotunheimen , Gausdal Vestfjell is also known as the “Vorhof Jotunheimens” (Norw. Jotunheimens forgård ). The DNT calls the area "Huldreheimen".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ vestfjellet.com. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 11, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ gausdal-fjellstyre.org - Langsua. Retrieved September 11, 2013 .
- ↑ ut.no - Liomseter. Retrieved September 11, 2013 .
- ↑ gausdal-fjellstyre.org - Hytter. Retrieved September 11, 2013 .
- ↑ ut.no - Huldreheimen. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 9, 2013 ; Retrieved September 10, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
