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Kjerag
- Mapped trail
- 6.3 km+249 m · about 2 h · T2Ends 100 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 34 m111 ft
- Isolation
- 0.5 km
- Tonight
- 0°CCloudy · Wind 62 km/h E
Kjerag is a 1,100 m (3,609 ft) mountain in the Scandinavian Mountains, Rogaland, Norway.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,100 m · 3,609 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Kjeragbolten (1,110 m)
- Range
- Scandinavian Mountains
- Region
- Rogaland, Norway
- Coordinates
- 59.0262° N, 6.5960° E
How to get to the top of Kjerag
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.9 km SE of Kjerag
- Distance
- 6.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +249 m−192 m (817 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
The mapped trail ends 100 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Other routes 1
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Kjerag 3D map
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Kjerag terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Kjerag weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 62 km/h E
Kjerag forecast for the summit, about 1,100 m.
- Tonight0°–62 km/h E
- Today-1°2°20.1 mm85 km/h NE
- Sun-1°1°37.6 mm60 km/h SW
- Mon1°1°20.4 mm53 km/h W
- Tue3°6°18.7 mm51 km/h SW
- Wed2°2°21.0 mm48 km/h SW
- Thu1°3°1.6 mm33 km/h NW
- Fri1°4°–28 km/h E
- Sat2°3°3.8 mm29 km/h SE
- Sun1°2°–26 km/h E
- Mon0°1°–22 km/h NW
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 near Kjerag
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kjerag, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.1 km ESE
Nearest hut
Langavatn
Nearest campsite
Kjerag Lysebotn Camping Resort
How steep is the route to Kjerag?
The easiest mapped route, 6.3 km from 969 m to 1,025 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°6.2 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 41 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine Catchfly6
- Wild Rosemary4
- Alpine azalea4
- Hairy Kidney-wort4
- Rock Ptarmigan3
- Bog bilberry3
Where Kjerag sits
- Range
- Scandinavian Mountains29
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
MøsvatnLake · 919 m↑127 km NE
GaustatoppenPeak · 1,882 m↑149 km NE
Måbødalen↑159 km NNE
LøvstakkenPeak · 477 m↑166 km NNW
UlrikenPeak · 643 m↑166 km NNW
More in the Scandinavian Mountains 6
Kjerag downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
28 m high This 3D map reads 1,128 m at the summit; the official height is 1,100 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,100 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,128 m | +28 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,125 m | +25 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- 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)