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Snøhetta
- Easiest route
- 5.5 km+805 m · about 2.5 h · T1
- Prominence
- 1,676 m5,497 ft
- Isolation
- 83 km
- Tonight
- -9°CFog · Wind 42 km/h S
Snøhetta is a 2,286 m (7,500 ft) mountain in the Scandinavian Mountains, Innlandet, Norway.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,286 m · 7,500 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Trollsteineggje (2,296 m)
- Range
- Scandinavian Mountains
- Region
- Innlandet, Norway
- Coordinates
- 62.3199° N, 9.2675° E
How to get to the top of Snøhetta
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 5.1 km SE of Snøhetta
- Distance
- 5.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +805 m(2,641 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Snøhetta 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.8 × 10.8 km
Snøhetta 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
Snøhetta weather
Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 42 km/h S
Snøhetta forecast for the summit, about 2,286 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,471 m.
- Tonight-9°–42 km/h SBase -3°
- Today-9°-7°4.5 mm85 km/h SEBase -3 / -2°
- Sun-10°-7°8.1 mm102 km/h SEBase -3 / -1°
- Mon-8°-5°2.2 mm46 km/h SWBase -3 / 0°
- Tue-7°-5°9.0 mm65 km/h SBase -3 / 0°
- Wed-6°-4°2.4 mm58 km/h SBase -1 / 1°
- Thu-6°-5°–49 km/h WBase -2 / 0°
- Fri-5°-4°–31 km/h WBase 0 / 1°
- Sat-7°-4°2.4 mm34 km/h WBase -2 / 1°
- Sun-9°-5°–27 km/h SWBase -3 / 0°
- Mon-8°-7°–32 km/h WBase -3 / -1°
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 Snøhetta
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Snøhetta, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Snøheim
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| SnøheimHut | 5.2 km ESE |
| ReinheimHut | 5.2 km ENE |
| ÅmotdalshyttaHut | 5.7 km NW |
How steep is the route to Snøhetta?
The easiest mapped route, 5.5 km from 1,471 m to 2,286 m. Steepest stretch: 21°.
- 0–15°4.7 km
- 15–30°0.8 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.4 km, measured from the Snøhetta summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Midttoppen2,278 m 0.7 km W
- 2Hettpiggen2,261 m 0.9 km WSW
- 3Vesttoppen2,253 m 1.1 km WSW
- 4Larstinden2,106 m 2.4 km W
- 5Store Langvasstinden2,085 m 3.4 km W
- 6Langvasstinden2,046 m 3.9 km W
- 7Bruri2,001 m 4.3 km SW
- 8Svånåtinden nord2,004 m 4.9 km WSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.4 km; 63 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Snow Bunting17
- Least Willow14
- Glacier Crowfoot13
- Muskox7
- Hairy Kidney-wort7
- Moss Campion6
Where Snøhetta sits
- Range
- Scandinavian Mountains29
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
InnerdalstårnetPeak · 1,452 m↑50 km NNW
Innerdalen↑53 km NNW
RondeslottetPeak · 2,179 m↑54 km SE
Heidal↑68 km S
RomsdalshornetPeak · 1,550 m↑79 km WNW
More in the Scandinavian Mountains 6
Snøhetta downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,282 m at the summit; the official height is 2,286 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,286 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,282 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,273 m | -13 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 2024 (scene 2024-09-19)
- 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, 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)