Kvitskardtinden
Kvitskardtinden rises to 2,193 m. Surtningssue stands 2,368 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesmogtinden, a peak 0.8 miles away. Valdresflye passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Kvitskardtinden is a mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,193-metre (7,195 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Store Svartdalspiggen, Langedalstinden, and Mesmogtinden to the northwest; Knutsholstinden and Austre Leirungstinden to the north; Leirungskampen and Kalvehøgde to the east, and Torfinnstindene to the southeast.
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Wikidata Q3443447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2193 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Valdresflye, National
- 21.1 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Smørkollen · 12 mi
- Fantestein · 22 mi
- Leirdalen · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesmogtinden: 0.8 mi
- Langedalstinden: 1.1 mi
- Søre Svartdalspiggen: 1.5 mi
- Leirungskampen: 1.6 mi
- Vestre Torfinnstinden: 1.6 mi
- Oledalsbrynane: 12.3 mi
- Blåe berge: 12.4 mi
- Buskarhødnet: 12.9 mi
- Mugnebrynadn: 12.9 mi
- Danemarkhødnet: 13.1 mi
- Hellerfossen: 7.4 mi
- Givrisfossen: 15.4 mi
- Austreimsføssen: 15.8 mi
- Eltunsføssen: 16.7 mi
- Midtmaradalsfossen: 19.2 mi
- Sanddalstjedn naturreservat: 12.8 mi
- Tøso naturreservat: 16.0 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 16.4 mi
- Uri naturreservat: 16.4 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 17.4 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 7.2 mi
- Kløvningadn: 16.5 mi
- Pålssanden: 20.4 mi
- Søvelsteinsanden: 21.3 mi
- Sanden: 22.1 mi
- Kvernhusa ved Leine: 16.6 mi
- Vangsteinen: 18.7 mi
- Stiftsstøtta: 22.8 mi
- Sagasøyla: 23.0 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 8.4 mi
- Reinsbukken: 8.8 mi
- Milestone: 14.7 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 20.0 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 22.6 mi
- Marit Annys Vevstogo: 22.9 mi
- Gjendebu: 4.4 mi
- Hegge stavkyrkje: 22.7 mi
- Vasstrone: 18.5 mi
- Small spring: 20.9 mi
- Tussebo: 24.0 mi
- Furustrand Recreation Park: 24.6 mi
- Liastølen: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Kvitskardtinden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surtningssue | N 4° | 2,368 m | 9.5 mi |
| Knutsholstinden | N 8° | 2,342 m | 1.9 mi |
| Tjønnholstinden | NE 42° | 2,331 m | 4.5 mi |
| Sørtoppen | N 6° | 2,302 m | 9.1 mi |
| Austre Leirungstinden | NE 42° | 2,288 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mesmogtinden | NW 307° | 2,264 m | 0.8 mi |
| Besshøe | NNE 28° | 2,258 m | 9.5 mi |
| Vestre Leirungstinden | NE 34° | 2,250 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:42 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 03:45 | 21:44 | 23:12 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:32 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 09:43 | — | 15:06 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7334506157
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