Jutulholet, Aure
Jutulholet takes its name from “Jötunn”, a giant in traditional Norse mythology, and “hole”. The Jötunn had their home in Jötunheimr (giving name to the mountain area “Jotunheimen”), they had superhuman powers, and were often fighting the Gods (Æsir), as in the famous fight when Tor freed Frøya from the Jötunns. So “Jutulholet”, then, is a giant cave in the mountain, not deep but wide, dug out by Jötunns. It is a true testimony to the powers of these giant creatures (not to be mixed with Trolls, who where less warriors and more tricksters, albeit pretty dumb tricksters).
A more geological explanation of this hole would be to classify the cave as a “sea cave”. From Wikipedia we read:
“A sea cave, also known as a littoral cave, is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion. Sea caves are found throughout the world, actively forming along present coastlines and as relict sea caves on former coastlines. Some of the largest wave-cut caves in the world are found on the coast of Norway, but are now 100 feet or more above present sea level. These would still be classified as littoral caves. By contrast, in places like Thailand's Phang Nga Bay, solutionally formed caves in limestone have been flooded by the rising sea and are now subject to littoral erosion, representing a new phase of their enlargement." (Quoted form Wikipedia, "Sea Cave")
Pick the story you like!
Anyway, this is how you find the cache:
- Drive to Finnset, and park your car at North 8.51102, East 63.36547.
- There is a marked path, about 2,5 km, from Finnset to Jutulholet. It will take you through a moist forest, well marked with signs. Then there is a magnificent final climb up to the cave. But it is not a hard climb, and the cave is not dangerous. You may easily bring your kids, if they are not pulled off by some walking!
- The coordinates of the cache will take you to the entrance of the cave.
- The cache is inside the cave, but there are no GPS-signals underneath the cliff or inside the cave. You are hidden from the satellites.
- To find the cache, then, make a print out of the image above, or make sure it is downloaded to your hand held device.
- Look at the image and find the exact place from where it is taken.
- The cache, then, (be careful!) will be 30 cm behind you, and approximately 2 meter right down.
- Hidden under some stones.
Summer 2023: The cache is in order and at its right place in the cave. Summer 2022: Some stones fell from the roof. Some people thus feel it is not a safe place anymore. Who said it ever was? This after all is a cave of gods. You walk on your own risk at such a place, of course, but the cave is not closed by the municipal or state authorities.
Trqvtra fgrva, fgøirgr, yvgg uryyavat.