Store Styggedalstind, is the fourth-highest summit in Norway, located within the Hurrungane mountains, which are 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 ...

mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. This mountain is directly between the mountains

Sentraltind Sentraltind (also known as ''Sentraltinden'' or ''Vestre Styggedalstind'') is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland ...

and

Jervvasstind Jervvasstind (also known as: ''Gjertvasstind'' and ''Østre Styggedalstind'') is Norway's ninth-highest mountain. The mountain lies in the Hurrungane mountains in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It ...

. There are two summits on Store Styggedalstind: * The eastern summit is , with a primary factor of * The western summit is away from the eastern summit, and it is , with a primary factor of .

Name

The first element of the name is the genitive form of the valley name ''Styggedalen'' and the last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means "

mountain peak A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used ...

'. The name of the

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 ...

is a compound of ''stygg'' which means "ugly" or "bad" and the finite form of ''dal'' which means "dale" or "valley".

Climbing

The ascent is relatively challenging. There are three possibilities, in increasing order of difficulty: * Climb via

(Norway's 12th-highest peak), originating in Skogadalsbøen * Traverse the Jervvassbreen glacier and climb from there * Climb all the peaks from Store Skagastølstind (Norway's third highest peak at ) across to the summit—the so-called Styggedal traverse. It is a multi-day trek across Store Skagastølstind,

Vetle Skagastølstind Vetle Skagastølstinden (or ''Vesle Skagastølstind'') is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane mountain range and is among Norway's highest. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of ...

(18th-highest peak at ),

(13th-highest peak at ), the eastern and then western summits of Styggedalstind, and then descending from

(12th-highest peak at )—bagging 6 of Norway's 20 tallest peaks in one trip.

References

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