Store Styggedalstinden

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Store Styggedalstinden
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Styggedalstind to the right. Jervvasstind on the left. Seen from Fannaråki.
Highest point
Elevation 2,387 m (7,831 ft)
Prominence 155 m (509 ft)
Listing 4 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Coordinates 61°27′52″N07°54′05″E / 61.46444°N 7.90139°E / 61.46444; 7.90139
Geography
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Store Styggedalstinden
Location of the mountain
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Store Styggedalstinden
Store Styggedalstinden (Norway)
Location Luster, Vestland, Norway
Parent range Jotunheimen
Topo map 1517 IV Hurrungane
Climbing
First ascent 6 August 1883 by Carl Christian Hall and Mathias Soggemoen
Easiest route Hiking and ice climbing

Store Styggedalstind, is the fourth-highest summit in Norway, located within the Hurrungane mountains, which are part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. This mountain is directly between the mountains Sentraltind and Jervvasstind. [1]

Contents

There are two summits on Store Styggedalstind:

Name

The first element of the name is the genitive form of the valley name Styggedalen and the last element is the finite form of tind which means "mountain peak'. The name of the valley is a compound of stygg which means "ugly" or "bad" and the finite form of dal which means "dale" or "valley".

Climbing

The ascent is relatively challenging. There are three possibilities, in increasing order of difficulty:

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References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Store Styggedalstind" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-09-11.