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Ulriken
- Easiest route
- 2.4 km+547 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 556 m1,824 ft
- Isolation
- 4.4 km
- Tonight
- 1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h NE
Ulriken is a 643 m (2,110 ft) mountain in the Scandinavian Mountains, Vestland, Norway.
All facts
- Elevation
- 643 m · 2,110 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Livarden (683 m)
- Range
- Scandinavian Mountains
- Region
- Vestland, Norway
- Coordinates
- 60.3774° N, 5.3875° E
How to get to the top of Ulriken
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Parking, 1.4 km WSW of Ulriken
- Distance
- 2.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +547 m−20 m (1,795 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ulriken 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.2 × 6.2 km
Ulriken terrain and contours
25 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
Ulriken weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 10 km/h NE
Ulriken forecast for the summit, about 643 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 107 m.
- Tonight1°–10 km/h NEBase 6°
- Today2°7°2.4 mm41 km/h EBase 7 / 13°
- Sun3°6°3.7 mm30 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Mon4°5°11.3 mm25 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Tue6°8°26.7 mm39 km/h SBase 10 / 13°
- Wed5°6°13.0 mm29 km/h SWBase 9 / 10°
- Thu5°7°–14 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Fri5°7°–21 km/h SBase 9 / 12°
- Sat4°6°9.3 mm16 km/h SEBase 9 / 11°
- Sun4°5°2.4 mm12 km/h SBase 8 / 11°
- Mon4°5°–10 km/h SBase 7 / 10°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Ulriken
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ulriken, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.1 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Grimen Motell & Camping A/S
Nearest caravan site
Midttun Motell & Camping
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.2 km SW |
| Parking | 1.3 km WSW |
| Grimen Motell & Camping A/SCampsite | 3.7 km SSE |
| Bratland CampingCampsite | 3.8 km SE |
| Lone CampingCampsite | 3.9 km E |
| Midttun Motell & CampingCaravan site | 6.4 km S |
How steep is the route to Ulriken?
The easiest mapped route, 2.5 km from 107 m to 643 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°1.6 km
- 15–30°0.8 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 3.1 km, measured from the Ulriken summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Hauggjelsvarden673 m 1.8 km E
- 2Landåsfjellet428 m 2.2 km S
- 3Søre Midtfjellet452 m 2.4 km NW
- 4Blåmanen551 m 3.0 km NNW
- 5Nordre Midtfjellet450 m 3.1 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 507 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common heather122
- Fireweed119
- Welsh Poppy116
- Common bilberry98
- Mallard65
- Deer fern62
Where Ulriken sits
- Range
- Scandinavian Mountains29
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
FløyenPeak · 399 m↑3.3 km NW
Lille LungegårdsvannetLake↑3.6 km WNW
LøvstakkenPeak · 477 m↑4.2 km WSW
LyderhornPeak · 396 m↑8.0 km W
Måbødalen↑100 km E
More 1
More in the Scandinavian Mountains 6
Ulriken downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 637 m at the summit; the official height is 643 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 643 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 637 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 630 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-26)
- 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)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia