Loftet
Loftet rises to 2,170 m. Galdhøpiggen stands 2,469 m to the east, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Veslfjelltinden, a peak 1.0 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Loftet is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,170-metre (7,120 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains just outside the Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 33 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Galdhøpiggen to the east; Skagsnebb and Sauhøe to the southeast; Storbreahøe to the south; and Veslfjelltinden, Veslbreatinden, and Storbreatinden to the south.
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Wikidata Q3443732, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,170 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leirdalen · 4 mi
- Fantestein · 6 mi
- Sengaberget · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veslfjelltinden: 1.0 mi
- Skagsnebb: 1.4 mi
- Bakarste Skagsnebb: 1.5 mi
- Hurrbreatinden: 1.8 mi
- Veslbreatinden: 2.1 mi
- Vassendbergje: 3.4 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 4.3 mi
- Fiskebubergje: 4.8 mi
- Svarthåmåren: 4.9 mi
- Storhåmåren: 5.3 mi
- Dumfossen: 3.1 mi
- Høyfossen: 3.1 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 10.4 mi
- Spitarfossen: 11.7 mi
- Skautefossen: 11.9 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 8.7 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 20.5 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 20.6 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 20.7 mi
- Stavkyrkjesenteret i Lom: 20.7 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 20.9 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 21.3 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 21.4 mi
- Lykkja naturreservat naturreservat: 22.7 mi
- Bargarden naturreservat: 24.4 mi
- Sagasøyla: 7.6 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 18.5 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 18.6 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 18.8 mi
- Reinsbukken: 17.7 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 18.4 mi
- Sankthansbålet: 19.6 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 24.0 mi
- Gjendebu: 16.8 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 18.8 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 13.0 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Loftet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galdhøpiggen | E 81° | 2,469 m | 6.2 mi |
| Skardstinden | E 81° | 2,374 m | 4.6 mi |
| Vesle Galdhøpiggen | ENE 78° | 2,369 m | 6.0 mi |
| Keilhaus topp | E 83° | 2,355 m | 6.6 mi |
| Storjuvtinden | E 85° | 2,344 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bukkehøe | ESE 106° | 2,314 m | 4.8 mi |
| Store Tverråtinden | E 95° | 2,308 m | 5.8 mi |
| Ymmelstinden | E 86° | 2,305 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:43 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 03:43 | 21:47 | 23:17 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:33 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 09:47 | — | 15:05 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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