Veslesmeden | |
Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Map Alt: | Map of the location |
Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 61.9166°N 9.757°W[1] |
Location: | Innlandet, Norway |
Elevation M: | 2015 |
Prominence M: | 215 |
Isolation Km: | 1.2 |
Elevation Ref: | [2] |
Prominence Ref: | [3] |
Range: | Rondane |
Parent Peak: | Storsmeden |
Veslesmeden is a mountain in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2015m (6,611feet) tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta and about southeast of the village of Dombås. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Digerronden and Høgronden to the northeast, Rondeslottet to the east, Storsmeden to the south, Sagtindan and Trolltinden to the west; Gråhøe and Vassberget to the northwest; and Stygghøin to the north.
The mountain is easily hiked from the cabin Rondvassbu (DNT). Experienced mountain hikers may scramble to Storsmeden from Veslesmeden.
The meaning of the name is "the little blacksmith".