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2 Rock threshold and schist (200-250 m.a.s.l.)

A large rock threshold (riegel) guards the entrance to Steindalen and the path steepens. Rock thresholds like this are common in valleys shaped by glaciers. The river here runs through a deep gorge. The bedrock is a dark grey schist which, in places, contains dark red garnets and white lenses of feldspar. The picture shows lichen-covered boulders of schist at Kvilarsteinen (‘Resting stone’).

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