The 'new' Strynefjellet road

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Google Maps™ – Skjæringsdalssetra, Stryn

On the 'new' Strynefjellet Road. It was opened in 1978 to replace the old road (previous page), it is 14 kilometers long and runs through three tunnels totaling close to 11 kilometers. The bus is approaching the southmost tunnel. In this short open space lies the summer farm Skjæringsdalssetra.
(2008-09-12)

Skjæringsdalssetra

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The summer farm Skjæringsdalssetra. There seems to have been cattle there this summer, but now only a few sheep are left. In the old days there was no road and the cattle was lead on a high route across mountains and glaciers where animals often fell into crevices and died. Then a path was blasted in the hillside; it's discernible to the left of the picture center, but the picture above has a closer view. Hikers may use the path, I did in the summer of 1960 and the site was deserted, but now cattle might be transported on trucks through the tunnel.
(2008-09-12)

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