Store Styggedalstinden Explained

Store Styggedalstinden
Elevation M:	2387
Prominence M:	155
Listing:	4 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Location:	Luster, Vestland, Norway
Range:	Jotunheimen
Map:	Vestland#Norway
Label:	Store Styggedalstinden
Label Position:	bottom
Coordinates:	61.4644°N 7.9014°W
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]

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'. 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:

• Climb via Jervvasstind (Norway's 12th-highest peak), originating in Skogadalsbøen
• Traverse the Jervvassbreen glacier and climb from there
• Climb all the peaks from Store Skagastølstind (Norway's third highest peak at 2405m (7,890feet)) across to the summit—the so-called Styggedal traverse. It is a multi-day trek across Store Skagastølstind, Vetle Skagastølstind (18th-highest peak at 2340m (7,680feet)), Sentraltind (13th-highest peak at 2348m (7,703feet)), the eastern and then western summits of Styggedalstind, and then descending from Jervvasstind (12th-highest peak at 2351m (7,713feet))—bagging 6 of Norway's 20 tallest peaks in one trip.

See also

• List of mountains of Norway

Notes and References

1. Web site: Store Styggedalstind. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2010-09-11.