Sokse
Sokse rises to 2,189 m. Skardstinden stands 2,374 m to the northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sauen, a peak 0.4 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Sokse is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,189-metre (7,182 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 33 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain lies in the Smørstabbtindene mountains and it is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Rundhøe to the northeast; Stetinden and Stehøe to the southeast; Gravdalstinden, Storebjørn, and Veslebjørn to the south; Kalven to the southwest; and Kniven and Store Smørstabbtinden to the north. The first known ascent was in 1886 by Carl Hall and Mathias Soggemoen.
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Wikidata Q11236176, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2189 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fantestein · 4 mi
- Leirdalen · 7 mi
- Sengaberget · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sauen: 0.4 mi
- Veslebjørn: 0.5 mi
- Kniven: 0.5 mi
- Skeie: 0.7 mi
- Store Smørstabbtinden: 0.8 mi
- Hillerhø: 5.1 mi
- Tungehaugane: 5.9 mi
- Vassendbergje: 7.6 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 7.7 mi
- Gjertvasshaugen: 7.8 mi
- Dumfossen: 6.4 mi
- Høyfossen: 7.3 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 7.7 mi
- Skautefossen: 9.7 mi
- Hellerfossen: 10.8 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 10.9 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 16.9 mi
- N.H.Lerums Saftfabrik: 23.2 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 23.6 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 23.8 mi
- Reinsbukken: 13.7 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 16.9 mi
- Sankthansbålet: 18.3 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 20.4 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 24.8 mi
- Lykkja naturreservat naturreservat: 19.0 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 22.8 mi
- Bargarden naturreservat: 22.9 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 24.4 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 24.4 mi
- Sagasøyla: 11.0 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 22.0 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 22.6 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 22.6 mi
- Gjendebu: 14.0 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 17.3 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 11.2 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Sokse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skardstinden | NE 41° | 2,374 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bukkehøe | NE 56° | 2,314 m | 5.3 mi |
| Store Tverråtinden | NE 56° | 2,308 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ymmelstinden | NE 48° | 2,305 m | 6.8 mi |
| Midtre Tverråtinden | ENE 59° | 2,302 m | 7.0 mi |
| Visbreatinden | ESE 108° | 2,234 m | 7.0 mi |
| Storgrovtinden | NE 38° | 2,229 m | 7.0 mi |
| Storebjørn | S 172° | 2,222 m | 0.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:43 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 03:44 | 21:47 | 23:16 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:33 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 09:47 | — | 15:06 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1268047733
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