Sjodalen

Sjodalen is a wide, gently sloping valley in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The valley follows the river Sjoa as it drains the eastern parts of the Jotunheimen mountains. Sjodalen is generally accepted to start at the outlet from the deep mountain-lake Gjende. The valley is very narrow with high mountains on its sides. The valley heads north and ends as it opens up into the less-defined, much more open Heidal valley to the east of Randsverk. The two valleys are technically one large valley, but the narrow northbound valley is named Sjodalen in Vågå Municipality and once the valley opens up in Sel Municipality it is called Heidal.