Romsdalshornet is a
mountain in the municipality of
Rauma in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...
county,
Norway. The mountain is located southeast of the town of
Ã…ndalsnes, along the
Rauma River in the
Romsdalen valley. The
Rauma railway line and the
European route E136 highway both pass by the mountain. The mountain
Store Venjetinden lies east of the mountain and to the west (across the valley) lies the mountain
Store Trolltind—part of the
Troll Wall/
Trollryggen ridge.
Romsdalshornet is a popular mountain for climbing, which is best done in late summer. Descent by
rappel
Abseiling ( ; ), also known as rappelling ( ; ), is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope. When abseiling the person descending controls their own movement down the rope, in contrast to low ...
is recommended.
History
The first "official" ascent was 1 September 1881 by the
Danish climber,
Carl Hall, together with Norwegians, Erik Norahagen and
Mathias Soggemoen. They arrived only to discover a
cairn
A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, cà rn (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...
set up by Christen Smed and Hans Bjermeland around 1828. Previously none believed Romsdalshornet had really summitted until Hall discovered their cairn.
made the first winter ascent of Romsdalshorn in 1930.
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway
References
External links
Romsdalshorn.com
Mountains of Møre og Romsdal
Rauma, Norway
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