Leirdal or Leirdalen is a

U-shaped valley U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation in particular. They have a characteristic U shape in cross-section, with steep, straight s ...

Lom Municipality Lom Municipality ( bg, Община Лом) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre � ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The n ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The long valley lies on the south side of the larger Bøverdalen valley. The Leirdalen valley begins at the mountain

Kyrkja Kyrkja is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of ...

, just north of the

Høgvagltindene Høgvagltindene is a mountain group on the border of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county and Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The group includes three main peaks: Vestre Høgvagltinden, Midtre Høgvagltinden, and Austre Høgvag ...

mountains and it then follows the river Leira to the northwest and then northeast to the village of

Elvesæter Elvesæter is a village in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the Bøverdalen and Leirdalen valleys, about southwest of the village of Fossbergom. The small village area lies in the Jotunhei ...

where the valley ends and the river joins the river Bøvra and it becomes part of the Bøverdalen valley heading to the northeast. The valley goes into the

Jotunheimen Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, i ...

mountains and it lies just west of

Galdhøpiggen Galdhøpiggen () is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The tall mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountai ...

, the tallest mountain in Norway. There are two tourist cabins located in the valley. The

Jotunheimen Fjellstue Jotunheimen Fjellstue is a tourist hut in the Norwegian province Oppland. The hut is located about 1000 meters above sea level in the high mountains Jotunheimen. It is located on Norwegian County Road 55, the Sognefjellsvegen, between Galde ...

is located about half-way into the valley and

Leirvassbu Leirvassbu is a staffed lodge with hut of the Norwegian Trekking Association (In Norwegian, Den Norske Turistforening – DNT) located in the Leirdal in the county Oppland in the middle of Norway. The hut is located about 1400 meters above sea ...

is located at the innermost part of the valley.

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