Gjertvasstind

Gjertvasstind or Jervvasstind is List of [mountains in Norway by height|Norway's ninth-highest mountain]. The mountain lies in the Hurrungane mountains in the eastern part of Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It lies on the eastern end of a mountain ridge including the mountains Store Skagastølstind-Vetle Skagastølstind-Sentraltind-Store Styggedalstind-Gjertvvasstind. The village of Skjolden is located to the west.

Name

Historically, the peak's name was spelled Jervvasstind. The first element is the genitive of the name of the lake Jervvatnet and the last element is which means "mountain peak". The first element in the lake name is jerv which means "wolverine" and the last element is the finite form of vatn which means "water" or "lake". Gjertvasstind has been the preferred spelling of the name since 2005.

First ascents

The first recorded ascent was by William Cecil Slingsby and Emanuel Mohn in 1876. The first winter ascent was by Arne Randers Heen and Ernst Bakke in 1953.