Vettisfossen is one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, and the 284th tallest in the world. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range inside the Utladalen Landscape Protection Area in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The waterfall has a single drop of Template:Convert that is nearly vertical. The waterfall is about Template:Convert wide and has an average flow of Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Vettisfossen is the tallest free-falling waterfall in Europe and in Norway which consists of only one drop, that is entirely free-falling, is not regulated and flows with a considerable volume.
How to reachEdit
The waterfall can be accessed by a walking tour of two to three hours from the village of Øvre Årdal up the Utladalen valley; locally this is known as an easy walk. The name of the waterfall comes from the Vetti farm, which is located near the base of the waterfall. The mountain farm Vettismorki is also located nearby, just above the falls.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }}From Vetti gard the trail to Vettisfossen becomes much more rocky. The trail drops back down to the Template:Interlanguage link multi river and follows along the rocky bank for about Template:Convert to the outwash plain at the base of the Vettisfossen (the left side of the river Fosselvi). The trail basically ends there. But if one wants to see Vettisfossen waterfall, one can do it only from the opposite side of Fosselvi river, but under no circumstances should attempts be made to cross the river outside of the absolute lowest flow periods.
Media galleryEdit
- Vettisfossenvideo.webm
Video of Vettisfossen.
- VettiGardSystem.jpg
Block and tackle system to lift or pull heavy loads from Vettisfossen or Vettismorki
- Vettisfossen from above.jpg
- Vettisfossen Utladalen closeup.jpg
- Vettisfossen.jpg
- Vettisfossen Utladalen2.jpg
See alsoEdit
- List of waterfalls#Norway
- Fosselvi, the river that begins at Vettisfossen and flows towards the river Utla