Along the fjord's sides there lie a number of now-abandoned farms. Some restoration has been made by theStorfjordens venner association. The most commonly visited among these areSkageflå,Knivsflå, andBlomberg. Skageflå may also be reached on foot from Geiranger, while the others require a boat excursion. The fjord is also host to several waterfalls such asSeven Sisters Falls.
Magdalene Thoresen,Henrik Ibsen's mother-in-law, said of the area:
This fjord is surrounded by some of the steepest mountains on the entire west coast. It is very narrow and has no habitable shore area, for the precipitous heights rise in sheer and rugged strata almost straight out of the water. Foaming waterfalls plunge into the fjord from jagged peaks. There are, however, a few mountain farms here, and of these one or two have such hazardous access, by paths that wind around steep precipices, and by bridges that are fixed to the mountain with iron bolts and rings, that they bear witness in a most striking way to the remarkable powers of invention which the challenges of nature have developed in man.[7]
The two most notable waterfalls along the fjord areSeven Sisters Falls and the Suitor (Nynorsk:Friaren). Both falls face one another across the fjord, and the Suitor is said to be trying to woo the sisters opposite.
The Bridal Veil is another waterfall in the fjord, so named because it falls delicately over one rocky edge, and when seen backlit by the sun it has the appearance of a thin veil over the rocks.
The fjord is under constant threat from the mountainÅkerneset which is about to erode into thefjord. A collapse would produce amegatsunami, hitting several nearby towns includingGeiranger andHellesylt in about ten minutes.[8][9][10]
^Maxtone-Graham, John (2000).Liners to the Sun. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House. p. 422.
^Saintot, A.; Henderson, I.H.C.; Derron, M.H. (2011). "Inheritance of Ductile and Brittle Structures in the Development of Large Rock Slope Instabilities: Examples from Western Norway". In Jaboyedoff, Michel (ed.).Slope Tectonics. London: The Geological Society of London. p. 62.
^Gutiérrez, Mateo (2005).Climatic Geomorphology. Translated by Benito, G. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 87.
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