Storsmeden is a
mountain
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on the border of
Dovre Municipality
Dovre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dovre. Other villages in Dovre include Dombås and Hjerkinn. The ...
and
Sel 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,
Norway
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. The tall mountain is located in the
Rondane
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, No ...
mountains and inside the
Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, No ...
, about northeast of the town of
Otta and about southeast of the village of
Dombås
is a village or small town in Dovre Municipality in northern Innlandet county, Norway. The village serves as the commercial centre for the upper Gudbrandsdalen valley. It lies at an important junction of roads with the European route E6 highway ...
. The mountain is part of a group of mountains called
Smiubelgen
Smiubelgin is a mountain range in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the western part of Rondane National Park, separated from the eastern part by the lake Rondvatnet. The Smiubelgen mountains have sharper ridges than the eastern part of ...
. It is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Digerronden,
Veslesmeden, and
Høgronden to the northeast,
Rondeslottet to the east,
Ljosåbelgen and
Bråkdalsbelgen to the south,
Sagtindan and
Trolltinden to the west;
Gråhøe and
Vassberget to the northwest; and
Stygghøin to the north.
The mountain is easiest to access on its western ridge. Experienced hikers may access it via
Veslesmeden by
scrambling
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the eastern ridge.
Name
The meaning of the name is "the big blacksmith".
See also
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List of mountains of Norway
There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than . The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ...
References
Dovre
Sel, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
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