Vestre Hestlægerhøe

Vestre Hestlægerhøe or Vestre Hestlægerhø is a mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 1,758-metre (5,768 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the village of Vågåmo.[1][2][7][5]

Vestre Hestlægerhøe
Vestre Hestlægerhø
Vestre Hestlægerhøe
Location of the mountain
Vestre Hestlægerhøe
Vestre Hestlægerhøe (Norway)
Highest point
Elevation1,758 m (5,768 ft)[1]
Prominence53 m (174 ft)[2]
Coordinates61°35′35″N 8°39′27″E[3]
Geography
LocationInnlandet, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Climbing
Easiest routepath from Glitterheim[4][5][6] then up 70 vertical meters on mountain's mildest spur.

The peak of Vestre Hestlægerhøe rises to a height of 1,758 metres (5,768 ft) and has a topographic prominence of 53 metres (174 ft).[2] The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Styggehøi to the west, Glittertinden to the north, and Austre Hestlægerhøe and Nautgardsoksli to the east.[8] The mountain area drains via the river Veo to the north and the river Russa to the south, both tributaries of the river Sjoa.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Norgeskart". norgeskart.no (in Norwegian). Hønefoss: Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. "Vestre Hestlægerhøe – 1,758m". Peakbook (in Norwegian). Skrautvål: peakbook.org. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. "Vestre Hestlægerhøe, Lom" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. Bjerke, Synne Seiertun (8 July 2010). "Skåbu til Glittertind" [Skåbu to Glittertind] (in Norwegian). Namsos: Statskog. Retrieved 4 August 2018. Fra Russvassbu går du videre forbi Nautgardstind (2258 moh) og du har valget mellom å gå gjennom Tjørnholet, eller mellom Austre- og Vestre Hestlægerhø for å komme til Glitterheim. Det letteste å gå er mellom Austre- og Vestre Hestlægerhø. Sør for Vestre Hestlægerhø er det fine teltplasser, ellers kan man overnatte på Glitterheim.
  5. Pollmann, Bernhard (2017). Norwegen: Jotunheimen - Rondane. 52 Touren. Mit GPS-Tracks. Rother Wanderführer (in German). Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria: Bergverlag Rother. p. 75. ISBN 978-3-7633-4435-2. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books. Die T-Markierungen leiten rechts hinauf zum aussichtsreichen Pass zwischen den Hestlægerhøe-Kuppen und folgen dann mit Glittertinden-Panorama dem Bach Hestbekkenins Veodalen hinab. Nach Nach Überqueren des breiten Gletscherflusses auf der Ganzjahresbrücke ist der Heberger Glitterheim (7) erreicht.
  6. Hohle, Per (1968). Til fots i Jotunheimen og tilgrensende fjellområder. Gyldendals ferie- og fritidsbøker (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. Norwegian Trekking Association. p. 126. OCLC 14110871.
  7. "Faktaark" [Fact Sheet] (in Norwegian). Hønefoss: Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority.
  8. Fossnes, Arne Magnus (6 July 2016). "Over paller og Høer". Peakbook (in Norwegian). Skrautvål: peakbook.org. Retrieved 4 August 2018. Fulgte deretter steinrøysryggen østover, først over Styggehøe 1883, Vestre Hestlægerhø 1758, og opp på Austre Hestlægerhø 1950.
  9. Hesthagen, Trygve; Jonsson, Bror; Skurdal, Jostein (October 1989). "Survival, exploitation and movement of takeable size brown trout, Salmo trutta L., in a Norwegian river". Aquaculture Research. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. 20 (4): 475–484. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.1989.tb00374.x. ISSN 1355-557X. Two main tributaries drain into the River Sjoa, the River Russa and the River Veo.

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