Store Knutsholstinden

Store Knutsholstinden is a mountain in Vågå in Innlandet county, Norway.

Store Knutsholstinden
Seen from the north, from Raudhamran by Surtningssue
Highest point
Elevation2,341 m (7,680 ft) [1]
Prominence969 m (3,179 ft)
Listing14 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Coordinates61°25′46″N 8°34′13″E 
Geography
LocationVågå, Innlandet, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Topo map1617 IV Gjende
Climbing
First ascent13 July 1875 (Johannes Thomassen Heftye, Knut Lykken, Gullik Gulliksen Lid)

The name

The first element is the genitive of the name of the large gorge Knutsholet, the last element is the finite form of tind m 'mountain peak'. The name of the gorge is a compound of the male name Knut and hol n 'hole (hollow), gorge'. The reason for the name, and who the person Knut was, is unknown.

The word store means 'the big' or 'the great'.

Disputes

Johannes Heftye did the first ascent of Store Knutsholstinden in 1875.

William Cecil Slingsby did the first ascent of the taller Store Skagastølstind in 1876 which was hailed as a major achievement, and Heftye soon felt it eclipsed his own first ascent of Store Knutsholstinden the year before. He set out to ascend Store Skagastølstind in 1880 and successfully used the popular route that is now named after him to reach the summit. His main claim was that Store Knutsholstind was at least as difficult as Storen, thus, must be regarded a first grade mountain. While Heftye's route on Store Knutsholstind may have been slightly more difficult than Slingsby's route on Storen, Heftye was at the time unaware that there were an easier route on Store Knutsholstind. Slingsby was approached by Marie Sønstenes, a woman who lived on farm near Store Knutsholstind, who claimed that she knew a straightforward route. Together, they ascended the mountain by this route. Heftye, who was very outspoken against female mountaineers, was humiliated and deeply offended.[2]

References
  1. norgeskart.no (in Norwegian)
  2. Johnsen, Ben (1991). Jotunheimens stortopper: folk og fjell gjennom tidene. NTK. pp. 99–101. ISBN 978-82-992317-0-1.
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