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Galdhøpiggen

2,469 m8,100 ft

Easiest route: 6.0 km+1,402 m · about 4 h · T2
Prominence: 2,436 m7,992 ft
Tonight: -11°CFog · Wind 37 km/h S

Galdhøpiggen is a 2,469 m (8,100 ft) mountain in the Jotunheimen, Innlandet, Norway.

All facts

Elevation: 2,469 m · 8,100 ft
Range: Jotunheimen
Region: Innlandet, Norway
Protected area: Jotunheimen National Park
Coordinates: 61.6360° N, 8.3131° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Galdhøpiggen

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end near Spiterstulen

Distance: 6.0 kmone way
Climb: +1,402 m−42 m (4,600 ft up)
Time up: about 4 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Galdhøpiggen elevation profile

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Other routes 1

Road end, 5.1 km NE of Galdhøpiggen5.4 km · +637 m · about 2.5 h
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Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Galdhøpiggen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Galdhøpiggen terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Spiterstulen. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Galdhøpiggen weather

Tonight · Fog · -11°C (12°F) · Wind 37 km/h S

Galdhøpiggen forecast for the summit, about 2,469 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,842 m.

Tonight-11°–37 km/h SBase -6°
Today-10°-8°3.8 mm104 km/h SEBase -6 / -3°
Sun-11°-9°6.5 mm111 km/h SEBase -6 / -4°
Mon-9°-7°5.0 mm57 km/h SWBase -4 / -2°
Tue-7°-4°8.7 mm63 km/h SBase -2 / 2°
Wed-8°-6°9.2 mm62 km/h SWBase -3 / -1°
Thu-9°-6°–49 km/h WBase -4 / -1°
Fri-8°-5°–29 km/h SEBase -3 / 1°
Sat-9°-5°–29 km/h SEBase -4 / 1°
Sun-10°-8°–26 km/h WBase -5 / -3°
Mon-9°-9°–23 km/h SWBase -4 / -3°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 00:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Galdhøpiggen

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Galdhøpiggen, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Spiterstulen
4.8 km ESE · +2 more within 6.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
5.0 km ESE
+2 more within 6.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Spiterstulen turisthytte
5.0 km ESE · +1 more within 5.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
SpiterstulenCampsite	4.8 km ESE
Parking	5.0 km ESE
Spiterstulen turisthytteHut	5.0 km ESE
Parking	5.1 km NE
JuvasshyttaHut	5.1 km NE
SpiterstulenCampsite	5.1 km E
Parking	6.7 km NW
Campsite	6.7 km NW

Slope

How steep is the route to Galdhøpiggen?

The easiest mapped route, 6.0 km from 1,093 m to 2,469 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.

0 km · 1,093 m6.0 km · 2,469 m

0–15°3.0 km
15–30°3.0 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 24.3%Snow & ice 24.0%Moss & lichen 22.0%Grassland 18.1%Trees 11.0%Water 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.9 km, measured from the Galdhøpiggen summit.

Summit list 9

1Vesle Galdhøpiggen2,369 m 0.6 km NW
2Keilhaus topp2,355 m 0.7 km E
3Storjuvtinden2,344 m 1.2 km WSW
4Galdhøi2,283 m 1.6 km N
5Ymmelstinden2,305 m 1.6 km SW
6Midtre Tverråtinden2,302 m 2.4 km S
7Store Tverråtinden2,308 m 2.4 km SSW
8Skarstind2,374 m 2.5 km W
9Bukkehøe2,314 m 4.3 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.9 km; 111 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Glacier Crowfoot35
Moss Campion22
Tufted saxifrage13
Mountain Burnet8
Least Willow7
Caribou6

Where it sits

Where Galdhøpiggen sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Heidal61 km E

Downloads

Galdhøpiggen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGGaldhøpiggen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXGaldhøpiggen GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,459 m at the summit; the official height is 2,469 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,469 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,459 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,445 m	-24 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Galdhøpiggen

Easiest route: from Road end near Spiterstulen

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Data sources