Norway 
In numbers.
May–Jul
Sep
Best months
323m
Elevation
The water at Hyttfossen, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: February. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 31%Jan
- 24%Feb
- 28%Mar
- 59%Apr
- 100%May
- 93%Jun
- 71%Jul
- 59%Aug
- 55%Sep
- 46%Oct
- 38%Nov
- 36%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July and September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Hyttfossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Ålennearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 820 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Røros Airport (RRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at RRS airport (Røros)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to July and Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 44 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 73 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsEafossen utsiktspunkt
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmEggafossen
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmÅlen skisenter
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Ålen4.8 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -3 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | -2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -6 | -2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | -4 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 117 | 101 | 106 | 86 | 105 | 150 | 155 | 148 | 133 | 115 | 111 | 120 |
| Wet days | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 63 | 82 | 94 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 42 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (323 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 119% | 147% | 109% | 185% | 112% | 75% | 134% | 90% | 109% | 112% | 118% | 45% |
| 2021 | 42% | 53% | 147% | 184% | 76% | 113% | 68% | 145% | 138% | 176% | 126% | 105% |
| 2022 | 216% | 107% | 91% | 116% | 134% | 115% | 149% | 92% | 95% | 105% | 30% | 55% |
| 2023 | 105% | 129% | 119% | 99% | 109% | 72% | 122% | 178% | 112% | 131% | 54% | 62% |
| 2024 | 112% | 77% | 46% | 85% | 47% | 110% | 132% | 122% | 112% | 129% | 164% | 132% |
| 2025 | 86% | 73% | 174% | 129% | 165% | 149% | 106% | 115% | 60% | 143% | 130% | 121% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Hyttfossen
Norway
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–Jul, SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q34673605) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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