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Leirvasshøi

Leirvasshøi, seen from above at true elevation

Leirvasshøi rises to 1,728 m. Tverrådalskyrkja stands 2,089 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blankberget, a cliff 2.5 miles away. Gamle Strynefjellsvegen passes 5.7 miles off.

The story

Leirvasshøi is a mountain in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 1,728-metre (5,669 ft) tall mountain is located in the Breheimen mountains and inside the Breheimen National Park, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of the village of Grotli and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the village of Oppstryn. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kvitlenova and Raudeggi to the north, Mårådalsfjellet and Skridulaupen to the northeast, Dyringshøi to the east, Søverhøi to the southeast, and Tverreggi to the south. The vast Jostedalsbreen glacier lies just to the southwest of this mountain.

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Wikidata Q3442786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1728 m

How to reach it

Coordinates61.88104, 7.44116

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 59
  • Setrefossen: 5.2 mi
  • Tverrelvfossen: 5.3 mi
  • Videfossen: 7.0 mi
  • Øvstebrufossen: 7.0 mi
  • Fossane: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 42
  • Blankberget: 2.5 mi
  • Puttberget: 10.7 mi
  • Sjurstølshammaren: 10.9 mi
  • Kloppabergi: 11.5 mi
  • Geitasva: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Knuten: 15.1 mi
  • Høgrenningsetra: 15.3 mi
  • Kjenndalsbreen: 16.3 mi
  • Homlungsætra: 18.8 mi
  • Loen Skylift: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Jostedalsrypa: 16.8 mi
  • Peer Gynt: 23.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Leirvasshøi. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TverrådalskyrkjaSE 140°2,089 m12.5 mi
LodalskåpaSW 231°2,083 m9.9 mi
Søre TverrådalskyrkjaSE 142°2,033 m12.6 mi
BrenibbaSW 225°2,017 m11.4 mi
SkridulaupenNE 50°1,962 m6.9 mi
RivenoskulenSSE 157°1,943 m11.0 mi
RaudeggiNNE 13°1,938 m4.7 mi
KvitlenovaNNW 335°1,898 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:4618:44
June solstice03:4221:5223:23
September equinox07:1418:3619:34
December solstice09:53—15:05

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9069269958

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