Jotunheimen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjôːtʉnˌhæɪmn̩]; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi)...
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Jotunheimen National Park (Norwegian: Jotunheimen nasjonalpark, lit. "Home of the Giants") is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's...
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The Jotunheimen shoe is a leather shoe discovered in an ice patch in the Jotunheimen Mountains in eastern Norway. The shoe, discovered in August 2006,...
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Jotunheimen Fjellstue is a tourist hut in the Norwegian province Oppland. The hut is located about 1000 meters above sea level in the high mountains Jotunheimen...
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Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 25 kilometres (16 mi)...
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Storhøi (Lom) (redirect from Storhoi i Jotunheimen)
Storhøi is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 1,770-metre (5,810 ft) tall mountain is located in the Breheimen mountains within...
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Lustrafjorden and its surrounding valley with the Ottadalen valley in the Jotunheimen area. Sognefjellet is located in Luster Municipality (in Vestland county)...
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Besseggen (category Jotunheimen)
634-metre (5,361 ft) tall mountain ridge is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 46 kilometres (29 mi)...
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areas Rondane, Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen. The Galdhøpiggen mountain is located within the Innlandet part of Jotunheimen and at 2,469 m (8,100 ft) it is...
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Årdal (section Jotunheimen National Park)
Norway. Årdal is a good starting point to explore the wild nature of Jotunheimen National Park, and with summer and winter activities within its boundaries...
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a mountain in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway, in the Jotunheimen mountain range. It was first climbed in 1884 by Carl Hall and Mathias...
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Gudbrandsdalen runs between the major mountain ranges of Norway including Jotunheimen and Dovrefjell–Rondane. Together with the Glomma river and the Østerdalen...
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Luster. The road was opened on 16 July 1938. The road passes through the Jotunheimen, Hurrungane, and Breheimen mountains. The highest point is Fantesteinen...
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mountain regions with individual names, such as Dovrefjell, Hardangervidda, Jotunheimen, and Rondane. The mountain chain's highest summits are mostly concentrated...
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the Bøverdalen valley. The valley begins at the mountain Kyrkja in the Jotunheimen mountains, just south of the mountain Galdhøpiggen, the tallest mountain...
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Dovrefjell was the highest mountain in Norway, since the higher peaks in Jotunheimen were fairly unresearched. Dovrefjell is a residual massif, which is a...
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Oslo and Bergen. The valley is protected to the west and north by the Jotunheimen mountains and the Valdresflye plateau and to the south by the Gol mountain...
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the Alps in the 19th century were the mountains of Norway—particularly Jotunheimen—where British mountaineers such as William Cecil Slingsby, Harold Raeburn...
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Johnson in the leading role. A group of young friends take a trip into Jotunheimen National Park. They plan on hiking into the area where an abandoned hotel...
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A/S Jotunheimen og Valdresruten Bilselskap (JVB) is a transport company with headquarters in Fagernes, Nord-Aurdal in Innlandet county, Norway. In 2009...
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contributed greatly to popularizing mountaineering in Norway—particularly in Jotunheimen—among the international and especially British mountaineering community...
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Glittertind (category Jotunheimen)
second highest mountain in Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 22 kilometres (14 mi)...
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Visdalen, where he built an annex for providing lodging for visitors to Jotunheimen. Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Sulheim, Steinar". Norsk Fjelleksikon...
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panels, and a bark-string net, which pulled tight around the foot. The Jotunheimen shoe was discovered in August 2006: archaeologists estimate that this...
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in Norway. It was followed by Cold Prey 2: Resurrection in 2008. In Jotunheimen, a boy with a large birthmark covering one eye runs frantically through...
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Spiterstulen (category Jotunheimen)
Norway, Galdhøpiggen and Glittertind. It is the largest tourist cabin in Jotunheimen, with around 230 beds. It is reachable by car between March and October...
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peak on the mountain Kvitingskjølen located on the northern edge of Jotunheimen, in Lom municipality in Innlandet, Norway. It has a height of 2,064 meters...
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region of the United States. He spent time in 1997–1998 climbing in Jotunheimen in Norway with amongst others his friend Morten Skjellen-Larsen.[citation...
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tall mountain masses with steep sides. On the fjord's eastern side, the Jotunheimen mountains rise to over 2,200 meters above sea level. The fjord also features...
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Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range inside the Utladalen Landscape Protection Area. The mountain...
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