Store Styggedalstind

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Store Styggedalstind
Gjertvassting and Styggedalstind (2004)

Gjertvassting and Styggedalstind (2004)

height 2387  moh.
location Vestland , Norway
Mountains Jotunheimen
Coordinates 61 ° 27 '52 "  N , 7 ° 54' 5"  E Coordinates: 61 ° 27 '52 "  N , 7 ° 54' 5"  E
Store Styggedalstind (Vestland)
Store Styggedalstind
rock Gabbro
First ascent 1883

The store Styggedalstind is a mountain in the mountain range Hurrungane , the southwestern part of the mountain range Jotunheimen . It is part of the Styggedals- og Skagastølsryggen mountain ridge and is located in the Norwegian municipality of Luster , Province ( Fylke ) Vestland . With 2387  moh. is the eastern end of the fourth highest elevation of Norway . The western tip reaches a height of 2380  moh. The mountain is made up of gabbro rock. In Luster municipality, however, Store Skagastølstind is an even higher mountain.

In 1883 the Styggedalstind store was first climbed by the Danish mountaineer Carl Hall and his Norwegian guide Mathias Soggemoen . The mountain can be climbed from both the east and west side.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Svein Askheim: Styggedalstindane . In: Store norske leksikon . February 6, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed March 29, 2020]).
  2. Høyeste fjell i Norge. Kartverket, June 28, 2018, accessed on March 29, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  3. Kommunefakta. Luster municipality, accessed March 29, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. Per Cave: Dansken som etterlot seg 46 toppvarder i våre tinder . In: Bergens Tidende . Bergen May 19, 1978, p. 16 (Norwegian, nb.no ).
  5. ^ Styggedalstind: Alternative Routes. In: scandinavianmountains.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .