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

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

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

04:21

7.79km

790m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 1.31 km for 1.24 km

After 3.88 km for 36 m

After 5.25 km for 1.24 km

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

1

2.19 km

View From Gaustatoppen Ridge

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Fantastic views from Gaustatoppen's broad mountain ridge – on clear days you can see about a sixth of all of Norway! Take a break here and enjoy the spectacular panorama before continuing towards the summit.

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2.47 km

Trail Junction to Gaustatoppen Summit

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From here, you can not only reach the summit, but also the more easily accessible, broad ridge of Gaustatoppen. The view from here also rewards the climb through the scree.

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3

3.19 km

View of Gaustatoppen Summit

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4

3.61 km

View from Gaustatoppen

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At 1,883 meters, Gaustatoppen is the highest mountain in the Telemark province. On a clear day, the summit offers impressive panoramic views of up to one-sixth of Norway.
You can …

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5

3.73 km

Gaustatoppen Summit Cabin

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Summit hut with spectacular views and delicious waffles

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6

3.80 km

View from the Gaustatoppen summit

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At 1,883 meters, Gaustatoppen is the highest mountain in the Telemark province. On a clear day, the summit offers impressive panoramic views of up to one-sixth of Norway.
You can …

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7

4.35 km

Gaustatoppen Ripple Marks Information Board

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Information board along the way about the ripple marks on the stones.

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8

4.79 km

Gaustatoppen Geological History Information Board

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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 …

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7.79 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.14 km

2.46 km

158 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.01 km

1.63 km

158 m

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Comments

August 27, 2024,Gaustatoppen

In the fog the view was about 15m. Had the advantage that I was the only one on the summit! 😁

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