Vestre Hestlægerhøe

Vestre Hestlægerhøe, also written as Vestre Hestlægerhø, is a mountain in southern Norway.[1][2][6] It is located on the municipal boundary of Lom and Vågå, both in the county of Innlandet.[2] Vestre Hestlægerhøe is part of the Jotunheimen mountain range and is located within the Jotunheimen National Park.[4]

Vestre Hestlægerhøe
Vestre Hestlægerhø
Vestre Hestlægerhøe
Vestre Hestlægerhøe
Vestre Hestlægerhøe (Norway)
Highest point
Elevation1,758 m (5,768 ft) [1]
Prominence53 m (174 ft) [2]
Coordinates61°35′35″N 8°39′27″E 
Geography
LocationLom and Vågå, Innlandet, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Climbing
Easiest routepath from Glitterheim[3][4][5] then up ±70 vertical meters on mountain's mildest spur.

The peak of Vestre Hestlægerhøe rises to a height of 1758 meters and has a topographic prominence of 53 meters.[2] Adjacent mountains are Styggehøe (1883 m) to the west and Austre Hestlægerhøe (1950 m) to the east.[7] All three mountains are drained by the Veo to the north and the Russa to the south, both tributaries of the Sjoa.[8]

References
  1. "Norgeskart". norgeskart.no (in Norwegian). Hønefoss: Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. "Vestre Hestlægerhøe – 1,758m". Peakbook (in Norwegian). Skrautvål: peakbook.org. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Hohle, Per (1968). Til fots i Jotunheimen og tilgrensende fjellområder. Gyldendals ferie- og fritidsbøker (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. Norwegian Trekking Association. p. 126. OCLC 14110871.
  6. "Faktaark" [Fact Sheet] (in Norwegian). Hønefoss: Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority.
  7. 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.
  8. 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. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. 20 (4): 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.
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