Styggedalstindane
Styggedalstindane is the fourth-highest summit in Norway. It is located within the Hurrungane mountains, which are part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. This mountain sits directly between the mountains Sentraltind and Gjertvasstind.
There are two summits on the mountain:
- 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 which means "mountain peak'. The name of the valley is a compound of which means "ugly" or "bad" and the finite form of which means "dale" or "valley".Climbing
The ascent is relatively challenging. There are three possibilities, in increasing order of difficulty:- Climb via Gjertvasstind, originating in Skogadalsbøen
- Traverse the Gjertvassbreen glacier and climb from there
- Climb all the peaks from Storen across to the summit—the so-called Styggedal traverse. It is a multi-day trek across Storen, Vetle Skagastølstindane, Sentraltind, the eastern and then western summits of Styggedalstindane, and then descending from Gjertvasstind —bagging 6 of Norway's 20 tallest peaks in one trip.