Up to Briksdalsbreen glacier

Hiking trails & Routes

Norway

Sogn and Fjordane

Stryn

Up to Briksdalsbreen glacier

Easy

4.8

(1295)

8,698

hikers

Up to Briksdalsbreen glacier

01:52

6.05km

230m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 7, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Jostedalsbreen nasjonalpark

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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962 m

Kleivafossen

Highlight • Waterfall

From Fjellstove to Brikdsdalsbreen, you cross a bridge directly at Kleivafossen.
Breathtaking – you're standing right in the spray of the waterfall!

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1.20 km

Jettegryter Potholes

Highlight • Natural Monument

Here you can marvel at a pothole that has been formed by the water over the years.

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2.12 km

Briksdal Glacier Front in 1910

Highlight • Natural Monument

The point where the Briksdalsbreen glacier reached in 1910 is a striking reminder of its rapid retreat. Once extending far into the valley, this arm of the Jostedalsbreen has melted …

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2.70 km

View of Briksdalbreen Glacier and Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Amazing view on the glacier. Beautiful colour of the lake.

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6.05 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.13 km

834 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.05 km

1.38 km

1.35 km

930 m

345 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 1 November

1°C

-6°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

It’s going to be cold. Wrap up warm and watch out for ice.

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Comments

June 22, 2024,20240622 Jostedalbreen

Not too difficult a walk to the glacier.

Not too hard hike towards the glacier.

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June 20, 2023,Tour zum Brigsdalsbreen Gletscher

Suggestion to start the tour before 10am or after 7pm as the cruise buses will be there in the meantime. Very full!!!

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June 20, 2023,Nach Briksdalsbreen (Briksdal glacier)

Even if all the tourists from the ship, from somewhere else and we were there, it was relaxed. We hiked, you could also have a part of the route driven. But then you would have seen many things only fleetingly. The weather was kind to us again today. 🍀🍀🍀 A great trip with an international audience.😉🙋🏻‍♀️

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June 7, 2022,050 Briksdalbre🇧🇻, Wanderung zum Gletscher Briksdalbreen

As part of our change of location today🚙 we drove along the lake Oldevatnet until we finally reached Briksdalen. From Briksdalsbre we started today's glacier hike🧊🥾. Parking fee at Wander🅿️ for the whole day: 75 NOK. The hiking trail, which is very well signposted throughout, goes steadily uphill ↗️ along the Kleivafossen river until you reach the lake 🏞 of …

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