Vesle Galdhøpiggen
Vesle Galdhøpiggen rises to 2,369 m. Galdhøpiggen stands 2,469 m to the southeast, 0.4 miles off. Sognefjellet passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Vesle Galdhøpiggen or Veslpiggen is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is the sixth highest mountain in Norway. The 2,369-metre (7,772 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Galdhøpiggen (Norway's tallest mountain) and Keilhaus topp to the southeast; Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, and Store Tverråtinden to the south; Skardstinden to the southwest; Storgrovtinden to the west; and Storgrovhøe to the northwest.
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Wikidata Q3044956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2369 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
- 19.3 mi off the Valdresflye, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leirdalen · 4 mi
- Fantestein · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Galdhøpiggen: 0.4 mi
- Galdhøe: 0.7 mi
- Keilhaus topp: 0.8 mi
- Storjuvtinden: 0.8 mi
- Ymmelstinden: 1.1 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 3.0 mi
- Storhåmåren: 3.2 mi
- Svarthåmåren: 3.3 mi
- Orrberget: 3.8 mi
- Høgbergje: 3.9 mi
- Dumfossen: 3.4 mi
- Høyfossen: 6.0 mi
- Hellerfossen: 11.6 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 15.5 mi
- Prestfossen: 16.1 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 3.1 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 15.9 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 16.1 mi
- Stavkyrkjesenteret i Lom: 16.1 mi
- Fossheim Steinsenter: 16.3 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 15.3 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 16.7 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 17.0 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 20.8 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 21.7 mi
- Sagasøyla: 4.4 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 16.8 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 16.8 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 22.7 mi
- Reinsbukken: 18.1 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 23.3 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 24.2 mi
- Gjendebu: 14.4 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 24.6 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 18.0 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Vesle Galdhøpiggen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galdhøpiggen | SE 144° | 2,469 m | 0.4 mi |
| Skardstinden | WSW 249° | 2,374 m | 1.4 mi |
| Keilhaus topp | ESE 121° | 2,355 m | 0.8 mi |
| Storjuvtinden | SSW 209° | 2,344 m | 0.8 mi |
| Midtre Hellstugutinden | SSE 147° | 2,339 m | 7.3 mi |
| Leirhøe | ESE 123° | 2,330 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bukkehøe | SSW 208° | 2,314 m | 2.8 mi |
| Store Tverråtinden | S 185° | 2,308 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:43 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 03:42 | 21:46 | 23:16 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:33 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 09:47 | — | 15:04 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3222366716
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