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Hornelen

860 m2,822 ft

Easiest route: 6.0 km+973 m · about 3 h · T2
Prominence: 120 m393 ft
Isolation: 0.9 km
Tonight: -1°CFair · Wind 6 km/h NE

Hornelen is an 860 m (2,822 ft) mountain in the Scandinavian Mountains, Vestland, Norway.

All facts

Elevation: 860 m · 2,822 ft
Nearest higher peak: Haukåbøra (1,065 m)
Range: Scandinavian Mountains
Region: Vestland, Norway
Coordinates: 61.8557° N, 5.2475° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Hornelen

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 Klubben

Distance: 6.0 kmone way
Climb: +973 m−136 m (3,192 ft up)
Time up: about 3 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Hornelen elevation profile

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Other routes 1

Parking, 6.2 km WSW of Hornelen7.3 km · +879 m · about 3.5 h
T2GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Hornelen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hornelen terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Klubben. 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 250 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

Hornelen weather

Tonight · Fair · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 6 km/h NE

Hornelen forecast for the summit, about 860 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 10 m.

Tonight-1°–6 km/h NEBase 7°
Today0°6°–50 km/h EBase 7 / 13°
Sun3°6°0.1 mm32 km/h EBase 9 / 14°
Mon3°4°8.7 mm32 km/h SWBase 9 / 10°
Tue4°6°22.1 mm45 km/h SBase 10 / 11°
Wed4°4°25.3 mm44 km/h SWBase 10 / 10°
Thu4°5°–21 km/h SBase 10 / 10°
Fri4°6°–27 km/h SBase 10 / 11°
Sat4°5°7.2 mm22 km/h SBase 9 / 11°
Sun3°4°–17 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
Mon2°4°–17 km/h SWBase 9 / 9°

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 Hornelen

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

Nearest parking
1.8 km NW
+2 more within 6.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	1.8 km NW
Parking	3.4 km E
Parking	6.2 km N

Slope

How steep is the route to Hornelen?

The easiest mapped route, 6.0 km from 11 m to 860 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 11 m6.0 km · 860 m

0–15°4.2 km
15–30°1.8 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 42.7%Grassland 31.9%Trees 22.5%Bare rock / sparse 2.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Hornelen summit.

Summit list 3

1Vestre Hornelen889 m 1.3 km W
2Uraheia818 m 1.6 km WSW
3Svartevassegga833 m 2.2 km W

Where it sits

Where Hornelen sits

Ranked in 1

#13 Treks and hikes in Norway

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Valldalen124 km ENE

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

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Print & wall

JPGHornelen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXHornelen 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 853 m at the summit; the official height is 860 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	860 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	853 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	841 m	-19 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 2026 (scene 2026-08-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Hornelen

Easiest route: from Road end near Klubben

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Data sources