Ristafallet

Ristafallet is on the Indalsalven where the river runs wide and drops about fourteen metres over a lip roughly sixty metres across, so it is broad rather than tall - a curtain rather than a chute. Forest comes down to both banks and a path runs along the northern side with viewpoints at the lip and below. The fall was used as a location in Tage Danielsson's film of Ronia, the Robber's Daughter. Flow is at its strongest in spring after the melt, and the river carries considerable water year round. There is a campsite by the fall and the E14 passes close, which makes it an easy stop between Ostersund and Are rather than a destination.

Highlights

• A broad curtain fall - fourteen metres over about sixty wide.
• Forest to both banks - with a path on the northern side.
• Strongest flow in spring - after the melt.
• An easy roadside stop - close to the E14.

When to go

June to September; spring for volume. An hour and a half.

Before you go

It is short and quickly seen. Rocks near the water are slippery. The campsite next door means traffic in summer. Tannforsen further west is the bigger fall.

Nearby

Are is west; Ostersund is east down the valley.

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