Hurrungane

Hurrungane
Hurrungane
Hurrungene, Hurrungadn, Horungane
	Hurrungane seen looking towards the west. Store Skagastølstind is the highest peak visible.
Highest point
Peak	Store Skagastølstind, Luster/Årdal, Norway
Elevation	2,405 m (7,890 ft)
Coordinates	61°27′41″N 07°52′17″E / 61.46139°N 7.87139°E
Geography
Location	Vestland, Norway
Range coordinates	61°26′58″N 7°50′36″E / 61.4495°N 7.8434°E
Parent range	Jotunheimen

Hurrungane (also written Hurrungene, Hurrungadn, Horungane) is a mountain range in Luster Municipality and Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The area is southwest in the larger mountain range Jotunheimen and is also part of Jotunheimen National Park.^[2]

The range has some of the most alpine peaks in Norway, and has 23 peaks over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) (counting peaks with larger prominence than 30 metres or 98 feet). Several of the peaks are only accessible through climbing or glacier crossings. The starting point for hiking is the village of Turtagrø along the national tourist road, Sognefjellsvegen (RV55).

The highest peaks in the area are

Store Skagastølstinden (Storen): 2,405 m or 7,890 ft
Store Styggedalstinden: 2,387 m or 7,831 ft
Jervvasstind (Gjertvasstind): 2,351 m or 7,713 ft
Sentraltind: 2,348 m or 7,703 ft
Vetle Skagastølstind: 2,340 m or 7,680 ft
Midtre Skagastølstind: 2,284 m or 7,493 ft
Skagastølsnebbet: 2,222 m or 7,290 ft
Store Austanbotntind: 2,202 m or 7,224 ft

Name

Hurrungane is the finite plural of a word hurrung. Hurrungen, the finite singular of the same word, is the names of two mountains in Rauma Municipality and Skjåk Municipality. The first element is the verb hurra which means "hurry, move fast (with noise and roar)". The last element is the suffix -ung, referring to an active thing/person. The actual mountains are steep, and there are frequent rockslides and avalanches from the hillsides. The meaning of the name is then "the noisemakers".^[3]

References

^ "Hurrungane, Luster (Vestland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2020-01-07.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Askheim, Svein, ed. (2024-11-25). "Hurrungane". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
^ Baxter, James (2005). Scandinavian Mountains and Peaks Over 2000 Metres in the Hurrungane. ISBN 978-0-9550497-0-5.