page_title: Galdhøpiggen
section_title: Summit
hierarchical_section_title: Galdhøpiggen / Summit
caption_attribution_description: English: Knut Voles hytte - mountain hut on Galdhøpiggen, Norway Camera location61°&#160;38′&#160;12.5″&#160;N, 8°&#160;18′&#160;43.8″&#160;E&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Galdhøpiggen is the tallest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia and Northern Europe, at 2,469 m above sea level. It is in the municipality of Lom in Innlandet county and in the Jotunheimen mountain area.
context_section_description: Galdhøpiggen had earlier been challenged for the title as the highest mountain in Norway by Glittertind, as some measurements showed Glittertind was slightly higher including the glacier at its peak. 
  This glacier has, however, shrunk in recent years, and Glittertind is now only 2464 m even including the glacier. Hence, the dispute has been settled in Galdhøpiggen's favour.
  At the summit a small cabin has been built. In the summer soft drinks, chocolate bars, postcards and other items are sold here. Earlier the Norwegian Postal Authority had a small post office here—being the highest in Northern Europe.
  Galdhøpiggen is not only the highest summit in Northern Europe, it also contains two probably unbreakable horticultural records in Northern Europe, being the upper limit for Ranunculus glacialis (2370 m) and Saxifraga oppositifolia (2350 m). Since the summer might not occur at all, some years, it tells something about these flowers' adaptation to the extremely harsh climate.
  On sunny days in the later part of July and August, the summit is visited by hundreds of people.
caption: The cabin on top of Galdhøpiggen
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