Store Venjetinden | |
Other Name: | Store Vengetinden |
Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Map Alt: | Map of the location |
Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 62.5075°N 7.8397°W[1] |
Location: | Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
Elevation M: | 1852 |
Prominence M: | 710 |
Range: | Romsdalsalpene |
First Ascent: | 18 August 1881, north-east ridge, William Cecil Slingsby and Johannes Vigdal |
Easiest Route: | Climbing |
Store Venjetinden (or sometimes Store Vengetinden) is a mountain in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the mountain Romsdalshornet, about east of the Rauma river and European Route E136, and about southeast of the town of Åndalsnes.[2] It is the highest summit in the Romsdalsalpane range.
The first ascent was via the northeast ridge in 1881 by William Cecil Slingsby and . The first ascent via the western ridge was in 1930 by Erik Heen and Karl Oshaug.[3]
In 2021, the men's world record for the vertical kilometer was set by Spanish mountain runner Kílian Jornet at Vengetind with a time of 28:48.[4]