Galdhøpiggen, Norway

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	61.636429, 8.312562 (Dec Deg) 61° 38' 11'' N, 8° 18' 45'' E (DMS) 463566 E, 6833871 N, Zone 32 (UTM)
Map Source	Norway - Statkart (1:10,000) - Main Source Caltopo - Statkart (1:50,000)
Country	Norway (Highest Point)
State/Province	Innlandet (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Galdhøpiggen":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Galdhøpiggen at SummitPost      Galdhopiggen at Mountain-Forecast.com      Galdhøpiggen at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      Galdhøppigen at Hikr.org Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Europe's High Points (McKeating, Crolla)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 230      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 212) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2023-08-13 Wilner, Joel TR-50 2023-07-27 van den Broek, Remco TR-469 strava.com 2023-07-15 Stoops, Garret 2022-08-08 Barlow, James TR-24 flickr.com 2022-07-30 Snyder, Wayne 2022-07-12 Barlow, James flickr.com 2022-03-19 Mrowiec, Kacper TR-37 connect.garmin.com 2021-09-04 Tobi, Allan TR-57 2019-07-13 Baradel, Luca 2018-08-13 Zulinski, Nikolaus TR-7 hikr.org 2018-07-15 Nuernberger, Josef TR-14 ramblr.com 2018-03-30 Svensson, Emma TR-29 49peaks.com 2016-08-19 Humphries, Lee TR-11 100countryhighpoints.com 2016-07-22 Aasmaa, Aulo TR-66 2015-07-11 Woodall, Rob TR-330 peakbagger.com 2015-07-04 Simmo, A (2014-07-07) Bretherton, Kyle TR-115 2013-08-14 Bartlett, Ken flaneuringkiwis.wordpress.com 2013-07-20 Svensson, Caj TR-124 2012-07-29 Colliander, Rickard TR-216 2012-07-18 Colbert, Jon TR-44 2012-07-10 Richardson, Martin TR-191 oakesave.blogspot.co.uk 2010-09-19 Down, Nick TR-126 2010-08-27 Alpine Club, El TR-380 2010-07-29 Gilbertson, Eric TR-10 countryhighpoints.com 2002-09-05 Schaefer, Norbert TR-26 flaggen.de 1999-08-01 Helman, Adam TR-8 cohp.org 1993-07-17 Slayden, Greg TR-390 1992-07-19 Bellarby, Peter TR-150 1961-08 Bjørstad, Petter ii.uib.no
Peak Lists that contain Galdhøpiggen      World Peaks with 1000 km of Isolation (Rank #47)      Europe High Points - Inclusive Grab Bag (Rank #25)      Europe UN Member High Points (Rank #22)      Core Europe Country High Points (Rank #19)      Europe High Points with Iberian Substitution (Rank #19)      Europe Country High Points (Rank #22)      Europe Country Most Prominent Peaks (Rank #9)      Most Isolated Peak of Europe Countries (Rank #4)      Europe Range3 High Points (Rank #21)      Europe Peaks with 200 km of Isolation (Rank #4)      Core Europe 50 Most Prominent Peaks (Rank #10)      UN Member State High Points (Rank #98)      World Peaks with 300 km of Isolation (Rank #47)      World Country High Points (Rank #105)      Core Europe Peaks with 1500 meters of Prominence (Rank #10)      Ultras of Core Europe (Rank #10)      Ultras of non-Alpine Western Europe (Rank #6)      Ultras of Europe (Rank #12)      Norway County High Points (Rank #1)      Norway Peaks with 600 m of Prominence (Rank #1) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Galdhøpiggen      Elevation Ladder from Galdhøpiggen      Prominence Ladder from Galdhøpiggen
Highest Peak in Scandinavia & Northern Europe

Galdopiggen is a fine rocky peak. View from the north approach (1993-07-17).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2379 m/7805 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 2379 m/7805 ft   Line Parent: Tomort Feng   Key Col: Kensky Portage North    90 m/295 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1568.3 km/974.5 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 49.163024, 20.000425 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Kriváň  (SSE)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Scandinavia-European Arctic (Highest Point) Range3: Scandinavian Mountains (Highest Point) Range4: South Norway Mountains (Highest Point) Range5: Jotunheimen (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Glåma Skagerrak North Sea Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Jotunheimen Nasjonalpark
First Ascent	July, 1850     Arnesen, Lars     Floten, Ingebrigt     Sulheim, Steinar
Route #1	Snow Climb Trailhead: 1845 m/6053 ft Vertical Gain: 624 m/2047 ft Distance (one way): 5.31 km/3.3 mi
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Galdhøpiggen   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Highest point in Norway (2016-08-19). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.

No summit photo but a "stamp". Photo by Norbert Schaefer.

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