Store Styggedalstind, is the fourth-highest summit in Norway, located within the

Hurrungane Hurrungane (also written ''Hurrungene'', ''Hurrungadn'', ''Horungane'') is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster and Årdal in Vestland county, Norway. The area is southwest in the larger mountain range Jotunheimen and is also part of Jot ...

mountains, which are part of the

Jotunheimen Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, in ...

mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. This mountain is directly between the mountains

Sentraltind Sentraltind (also known as ''Sentraltinden'' or ''Vestre Styggedalstind'') is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland c ...

and

Jervvasstind Jervvasstind (also known as: ''Gjertvasstind'' and ''Østre Styggedalstind'') is Norway's ninth-highest mountain. The mountain lies in the Hurrungane mountains in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It l ...

. There are two summits on Store Styggedalstind: * The eastern summit is , with a primary factor of * The western summit is away from the eastern summit, and it is , with a primary factor of .

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 A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a ...

'. The name of the

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

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: * Climb via

(Norway's 12th-highest peak), originating in

Skogadalsbøen Skogadalsbøen is a cabin in Luster in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, in the western part of Jotunheimen, owned by the Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT). The cabin lies 834 metres above sea level, in the valley Utladalen Utladalen (or ''Utladal'' ...

* Traverse the Jervvassbreen glacier and climb from there * Climb all the peaks from

Store Skagastølstind Store Skagastølstind (also known as Storen) is the third highest peak in Norway. It is situated on the border between the municipality of Luster and Årdal in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain is part of the Hurrungane range. The mountai ...

(Norway's third highest peak at ) across to the summit—the so-called Styggedal traverse. It is a multi-day trek across

Vetle Skagastølstind Vetle Skagastølstinden (or ''Vesle Skagastølstind'') is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane mountain range and is List of mountains in Norway by height, among Norway's highest. The tall mounta ...

(18th-highest peak at ),

(13th-highest peak at ), the eastern and then western summits of Styggedalstind, and then descending from

(12th-highest peak at )—bagging 6 of Norway's 20 tallest peaks in one trip.

References

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Climbing

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