Gaustatoppen is several hundred meters higher than the surrounding mountains, and during the last ice age the peak rose above the ice sheet like a nunatak. Frost heaving over thousands of years has caused the mountain's surface to crack into blocks that now lie loose, forming a "block sea". But that's just on the outside. Just below the surface is solid rock, almost the hardest rock there is. That's why the peak is so high.

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1. View from Gaustatoppen – Gaustatoppen Summit loop from Longefonn

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840m

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2. Gaustatoppen Summit Cabin – View from the Gaustatoppen summit loop from Svineroe

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3. Gaustatoppen Summit Cabin – View from the Gaustatoppen summit loop from Longefonn

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1. View from Gaustatoppen – Gaustatoppen Summit loop from Longefonn

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3. Gaustatoppen Summit Cabin – View from the Gaustatoppen summit loop from Longefonn

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