Galdhøe
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Galdhøe rises to 2,283 m. Galdhøpiggen stands 2,469 m to the south-southwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Vesle Galdhøpiggen, a peak 0.7 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Galdhøe is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,282-metre (7,487 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of the village of Fossbergom and about 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Juvvasshøe and Lauvhøe to the northeast, Glittertinden to the east, Galdhøpiggen to the southwest, and Storhøe to the northwest.
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Wikidata Q4563894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,283 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
- 19.3 mi off the Valdresflye, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leirdalen · 5 mi
- Fantestein · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesle Galdhøpiggen: 0.7 mi
- Galdhøpiggen: 0.9 mi
- Keilhaus topp: 1.1 mi
- Svellnose: 1.3 mi
- Kjelhøe: 1.3 mi
- Storhåmåren: 3.1 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 3.1 mi
- Svarthåmåren: 3.3 mi
- Orrberget: 3.6 mi
- Høgbergje: 3.6 mi
- Dumfossen: 3.8 mi
- Høyfossen: 6.2 mi
- Hellerfossen: 12.1 mi
- Prestfossen: 15.3 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 16.2 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 14.7 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 16.0 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 16.3 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 20.5 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 21.5 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 2.3 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 15.1 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 15.3 mi
- Stavkyrkjesenteret i Lom: 15.4 mi
- Fossheim Steinsenter: 15.5 mi
- Sagasøyla: 3.9 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 16.2 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 16.2 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 22.8 mi
- Reinsbukken: 18.7 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 23.5 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 24.8 mi
- Gjendebu: 14.8 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 18.6 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Galdhøe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galdhøpiggen | SSW 192° | 2,469 m | 0.9 mi |
| Skardstinden | WSW 237° | 2,374 m | 2.1 mi |
| Vesle Galdhøpiggen | SSW 213° | 2,369 m | 0.7 mi |
| Keilhaus topp | SSE 166° | 2,355 m | 1.1 mi |
| Storjuvtinden | SSW 211° | 2,344 m | 1.6 mi |
| Midtre Hellstugutinden | SSE 153° | 2,339 m | 7.6 mi |
| Leirhøe | SE 130° | 2,330 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bukkehøe | SSW 209° | 2,314 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:42 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 03:42 | 21:46 | 23:16 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:32 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 09:47 | — | 15:04 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3222366714
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