Vestre Hestlægerhøe

Mountain in Innlandet, Norway

Vestre Hestlægerhøe

Vestre Hestlægerhø

Vestre Hestlægerhøe

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Vestre Hestlægerhøe

Vestre Hestlægerhøe (Norway)

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Highest point
Elevation| 1,758 m (5,768 ft)[2]
Prominence| 53 m (174 ft)[3]
Coordinates| 61°35′35″N 8°39′27″E﻿ / ﻿61.59306°N 8.65756°E﻿ / 61.59306; 8.65756[1]
Geography
Location| Innlandet, Norway
Parent range| Jotunheimen
Climbing
Easiest route| path from Glitterheim[4][5][6] then up 70 vertical meters on mountain's mildest spur.

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.[2][3][7][5]

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).[3] 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

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* List of mountains of Norway

## References

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1. ^ "Vestre Hestlægerhøe, Lom" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. ^ a b "Norgeskart". norgeskart.no (in Norwegian). Hønefoss: Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
3. ^ a b c "Vestre Hestlægerhøe – 1,758m". Peakbook (in Norwegian). Skrautvål: peakbook.org. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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. ^ a b 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. p. 126\. OCLC 14110871. `{{cite book}}`: Unknown parameter `|agency=` ignored (help)
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. 20 (4). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons: 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."

## External links

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* Images of the Vestre Hestlægerhøe at Fjellet i Bilder
* Weather at the Vestre Hestlægerhøe at YR