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![Potholes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/gra_31.jpg?itok=W2LZyIpN)
![Skjervet toward the east. Jørdre Farm up to the left.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/gra_32.jpg?itok=HGK8HMBs)
Skjervet- river theft
At the end of the last ice age the ice flowed out of Hardanger fjord in such a fury that it forced the meltwater from Voss to run back uphill toward Granvin. The glacier from Raundalen down the windy valley along the Vosso to Bolstadøyri went too slow to make the turn.
![Finds from the woman’s grave at Trå.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_364-4.jpg?itok=poBlgKBf)
![Fossen cliff](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_11.jpg?itok=VQQxhF23)
Fossen Bratte
The steep drop by Fossen cliff has been the biggest challenge for those who wished to make a road over Kvamskogen through the years. Leave the car by the monument on the old road and take a walk down to the bend by the waterfall that Bergen-folk call "The bridal veil". Why is there a waterfall just here?
![Frøland power station and lake Frøland.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_4.jpg?itok=7O9c4Igu)
Frøland
Much rain, a steep drop and nearness to Bergen meant that the power-making potential of the Samnanger water system was exploited early. Samnanger was thus one of the first power-producing municipalities in western Norway. With its subsequent expansion and new power stations, about 400 gigawatts of electricity per hour were produced on average each year. This is enough to meet the energy needs of 25,000 households.
![Gneiss.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_25.jpg?itok=1PhE0wUc)
![Soft shapes in the hard mountain.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/samnanger.jpg?itok=TBH6DVLU)
![The combination building at Nordvik.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_250-2.jpg?itok=CxcVlWaV)
![Bordalsgjelet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_33.jpg?itok=xPd4kUeG)
Bordalsgjelet
Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing stones, the water has carved into the bedrock for thousands of years - and is still doing so today.
![Byrkjehaugen, Voss](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_344-2.jpg?itok=aHQ6m2N7)
Byrkjehaugen
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was around 50m across and 5m high, but following the excavation in 1908 and chipping off by both railway and road construction, the cross-section has shrunk to 37m and the height to 4m. All the same, it is an impressive burial monument for the passing traveller to see.