Sikkilsdalen is a

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

Nord-Fron Nord-Fron is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vi ...

municipality in

Innlandet Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...

county,

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. The valley is located in the eastern part of 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, in ...

mountains, about to the southwest of the town of Otta. The valley is surrounded by several notable mountains including

Heimdalshøe Heimdalshøe is a mountain on the border of Nord-Fron Municipality and Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains and in the upper Sikkilsdalen valley. The mountain sits about sout ...

, Sikkilsdalshøa, Gravdalsknappen, and Ingulssjøhøi. The Sikkilsdalen valley is used as grazing land for

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s in the

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. The Royal Mountain Chalet, Prinsehytta, belonging to the

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is located in Sikkilsdalen.

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Jotunheimen Nord-Fron Valleys of Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub