Lodalskåpa


Lodalskåpa is the highest nunatak on the Norwegian glacier Jostedalsbreen. It is located on the border between Stryn Municipality and Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway, within Jostedalsbreen National Park.
The tall Lodalskåpa is located north of Brenibba and northeast of Høgste Breakulen mountain. The lakes Austdalsvatnet and Styggevatnet lie about to the east.
The first ascent may have happened in 1820 by Gottfried Bohr. The easiest route to climb Lodalskåpa starts in the village of Bødalen in Stryn Municipality, then going up Brattebakken mountain to the Bohr glacier. Around the southern summit to the col, then scrambling to the main summit, approximately one rope length.

Name

The first element is the genitive case of the name of the valley Lodalen, the last element is the finite form of which means "coat". The name of the valley is a compound of which means "meadow" and the finite form of which means "dale" or "valley".