Vettisfossen
Journey to the Utla
The Utla river lies in the Utla Valley (or Utladalen), located in the West end of Jotunheimen National Park. Jotunheimen is Norwegian for “home of the giants,” and got its name, due to the fact that the country’s tallest mountains can be found there.
Many of the waterways in Norway are no longer free-flowing rivers, as they use hydroelectric power as their main source of energy. However, within the Utladalen, lies the greatest concentration of tall and wild unregulated waterfalls in Norway, the tallest waterfall being Vettisfossen (about 900 feet).
As the Utla River twists and turns through the tallest mountains in Norway, averaging over 8,000 feet, we will be navigating our way down a river where few have explored. There is known to be a class V gorge lying deep inside the Utla River canyon walls. This gorge will be the crux of our expedition, as we need the perfect water flows to safely descend or we are faced with a heinous portage up the steep canyon, past the gorge and back into the river below.
Stay tuned for more, as our journey shapes and unfolds to be one of our greatest adventures . . .
To learn more about our expedition, please see my prior post, “River Angels.”
Heather Herbeck
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