Falketind
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Falketind rises to 2,067 m. Storen stands 2,405 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Midtre Stølsnostinden, a peak 0.9 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 12 miles off.
The story
Falketind is a mountain in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range inside the Utladalen Landscape Protection Area. The mountain is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the old mountain farm, Vettismorki, and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) northwest of the lake Tyin. The 1820 ascent was the first known ascent on an alpine mountain in Norway. A climbing party which included Baltazar Mathias Keilhau and Christian Peder Bianco Boeck went via Snøggeken (Falkbreen) and the northern ridge. At that time the mountain was named Koldedalstinden, but Aasmund Olavsson Vinje renamed the mountain Falketind more than fifty years later. In retrospect, the expedition leading to the first ascent became known as the "discovery of Jotunheimen" (Jotunheimens oppdagelse).
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Wikidata Q851983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,067 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fantestein · 13 mi
- Sengaberget · 18 mi
- Leirdalen · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Midtre Stølsnostinden: 0.9 mi
- Hjelledalstinden: 1.1 mi
- Stølsnostinden: 1.2 mi
- Koldedalstinden: 1.5 mi
- Uranostinden S2: 3.1 mi
- Kyrkjesteigen: 4.6 mi
- Kyrkjestigen: 4.7 mi
- Vettisbergi: 6.7 mi
- Tungehaugane: 7.7 mi
- Hillerhø: 8.1 mi
- Midtmaradalsfossen: 4.6 mi
- Vettisfossen: 5.0 mi
- Stølsmaradalsfossen: 5.0 mi
- Hyljefossen: 6.2 mi
- Avdalsfossen: 7.3 mi
- Reinsbukken: 6.4 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 10.8 mi
- Milestone: 15.1 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 16.4 mi
- Sankthansbålet: 18.1 mi
- Stiftsstøtta: 15.5 mi
- Kvernhusa ved Leine: 21.4 mi
- Sagasøyla: 22.9 mi
- Vangsteinen: 24.0 mi
- øvre liastølen: 24.7 mi
- Lykkja naturreservat naturreservat: 9.1 mi
- Tøso naturreservat: 19.4 mi
- Bargarden naturreservat: 20.8 mi
- Uri naturreservat: 21.0 mi
- Loi naturreservat: 24.3 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 7.6 mi
- Margaretastova: 19.1 mi
- N.H.Lerums Saftfabrik: 20.1 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 21.9 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 8.0 mi
- Brusestølstrondi: 16.3 mi
- Kløvningadn: 20.8 mi
- Juklevasstrandi: 24.8 mi
- Gjendebu: 13.8 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 16.9 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 12.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Falketind. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storen | NW 306° | 2,405 m | 9.1 mi |
| Store Styggedalstinden Østtoppen | NW 311° | 2,387 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gjertvasstind | NW 312° | 2,351 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sentraltind | NW 308° | 2,348 m | 8.9 mi |
| Vetle Skagastølstind | NW 307° | 2,340 m | 9.2 mi |
| Midtre Skagastølstind | NW 308° | 2,284 m | 9.5 mi |
| Skagastølsnebbet | NW 308° | 2,222 m | 9.6 mi |
| Store Rauddalseggje | NE 51° | 2,168 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:44 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 03:47 | 21:45 | 23:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:34 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 09:45 | — | 15:08 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1802245515
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