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

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Norway
Telemark
Tinn

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

Hard

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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: July 17, 2026

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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

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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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3.19 km

View of Gaustatoppen Summit

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3

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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3.73 km

Gaustatoppen Summit Cabin

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Up above, almost at the summit, there's a hut. Those who want to spend the night and descend early the next morning must make a reservation. To enjoy one of …

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3.75 km

Hike to Gaustatoppen

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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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4.35 km

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

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4.79 km

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

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.06 km

2.53 km

141 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.13 km

1.49 km

141 m

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Thursday 16 July

21°C

11°C

70 %

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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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