Galdhøpiggen
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Galdhøpiggen rises to 2,469 m. Skardstinden stands 2,374 m to the west, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Vesle Galdhøpiggen, a peak 0.4 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 4.0 miles off.
Norway's highest peak
The story
Galdhøpiggen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɡɑ̀ɫhøːˌpɪɡːən]) is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The 2,469-metre-tall (8,100 ft) mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Keilhaus topp to the east; Store Styggehøe to the southeast; Svellnosbreahesten, Midtre Tverråtinden, and Store Tverråtinden to the south; Storjuvtinden and Skardstinden to the west; Veslpiggen, Storgrovtinden, and Storgrovhøe to the northwest; and Galdhøe and Juvvasshøe to the northeast.
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Wikidata Q203942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,469 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
- 19.0 mi off the Valdresflye, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leirdalen · 5 mi
- Fantestein · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesle Galdhøpiggen: 0.4 mi
- Keilhaus topp: 0.5 mi
- Storjuvtinden: 0.7 mi
- Svellnose: 0.9 mi
- Galdhøe: 0.9 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 3.4 mi
- Storhåmåren: 3.5 mi
- Svarthåmåren: 3.7 mi
- Orrberget: 4.2 mi
- Høgbergje: 4.2 mi
- Dumfossen: 3.7 mi
- Høyfossen: 6.3 mi
- Hellerfossen: 11.3 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 15.5 mi
- Prestfossen: 16.2 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 3.2 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 16.0 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 16.2 mi
- Stavkyrkjesenteret i Lom: 16.3 mi
- Fossheim Steinsenter: 16.4 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 15.2 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 16.8 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 17.2 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 20.5 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 21.4 mi
- Sagasøyla: 4.7 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 17.1 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 17.1 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 23.1 mi
- Reinsbukken: 17.8 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 23.0 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 24.2 mi
- Gjendebu: 14.0 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 24.7 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 17.7 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Galdhøpiggen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skardstinden | W 262° | 2,374 m | 1.5 mi |
| Vesle Galdhøpiggen | NW 324° | 2,369 m | 0.4 mi |
| Keilhaus topp | ESE 103° | 2,355 m | 0.5 mi |
| Storjuvtinden | SW 235° | 2,344 m | 0.7 mi |
| Midtre Hellstugutinden | SSE 148° | 2,339 m | 6.9 mi |
| Leirhøe | ESE 122° | 2,330 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bukkehøe | SW 214° | 2,314 m | 2.7 mi |
| Store Tverråtinden | SSW 194° | 2,308 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:43 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 03:42 | 21:46 | 23:16 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:33 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 09:47 | — | 15:04 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/26862903
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