Store Bukkeholstinden
Store Bukkeholstinden rises to 2,213 m. Galdhøpiggen stands 2,469 m to the north, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Midtre Bukkeholstinden øst, a peak 0.3 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Store Bukkeholstinden is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,213-metre (7,260 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 32 kilometres (20 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 Bukkeholshøe to the east; Nørdre Hellstugutinden, Midtre Hellstugutinden, and Urdadalstindan to the southeast; Tverrbytthornet and Kyrkja to the south; the Tverrbottindene ridge to the southwest and west; Bukkehøe and Lindbergtinden to the northwest; and Store Styggehøe to the northeast. This mountain is the highest among the mountains called Bukkeholstindane, and lies on a ridge between the Bukkeholsbreen glacier in the north and the Tverrbytnede valley in the south.
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Wikidata Q4579480, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2213 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
- 17.5 mi off the Valdresflye, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leirdalen · 7 mi
- Fantestein · 10 mi
- Smørkollen · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Midtre Bukkeholstinden øst: 0.3 mi
- Søre Bukkeholstindan: 0.6 mi
- Midtre Bukkeholstinden vest: 0.6 mi
- Nørdre Bukkeholstindan: 1.0 mi
- Bukkeholstindan: 1.1 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 6.4 mi
- Svarthåmåren: 6.9 mi
- Storhåmåren: 7.0 mi
- Orrberget: 7.8 mi
- Høgbergje: 7.9 mi
- Dumfossen: 5.9 mi
- Hellerfossen: 7.7 mi
- Høyfossen: 8.4 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 13.4 mi
- Skautefossen: 15.4 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 17.2 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 20.0 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 20.4 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 21.1 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 21.1 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 6.8 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 19.6 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 19.8 mi
- Stavkyrkjesenteret i Lom: 19.8 mi
- Fossheim Steinsenter: 20.0 mi
- Reinsbukken: 13.9 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 20.5 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 22.7 mi
- Sankthansbålet: 24.2 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 24.8 mi
- Sagasøyla: 8.6 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 21.0 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 21.0 mi
- Gjendebu: 10.7 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 23.1 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 13.8 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Store Bukkeholstinden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galdhøpiggen | N 2° | 2,469 m | 4.0 mi |
| Skardstinden | NNW 340° | 2,374 m | 4.0 mi |
| Vesle Galdhøpiggen | N 359° | 2,369 m | 4.2 mi |
| Keilhaus topp | N 9° | 2,355 m | 3.9 mi |
| Store Hellstugutinden | ESE 121° | 2,347 m | 4.6 mi |
| Storjuvtinden | N 353° | 2,344 m | 3.6 mi |
| Midtre Hellstugutinden | ESE 116° | 2,339 m | 4.3 mi |
| Leirhøe | E 81° | 2,330 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:43 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 03:43 | 21:46 | 23:15 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:33 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 09:46 | — | 15:05 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7331414062
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