Snøhetta
- Snøhetta
- 1506 m
- Primary factor 996 m
- Location: South of Setermoen, Troms. More precisely,
the peak has Sørdalen to the east,
Salangsdalen/Stordalen to the west, and Sweden to the south.
- Location: North 68°41'21", East 18°19'34" UTM:(34, 391638 +7622096)
- Closest higher mountain: Kjeleelvtinden 1569 m
- Saddle: The saddle is Bjørnfjellet at 510 meter.
The pass across to Sweden on the south-east side is the upper
end of the Valley Sørdalen. This saddle across to Sweden
is near border cairn 272 with an estimated elevation of 412 m. (See the
discussion under Njunis for more details. An alternative to going east
is to consider paths into the higher mountains near Storsteinfjellet west
and south. There are two "candidate" saddles, the first is at the upper
end of Stordalen (that is south to the border). The location is between
border cairn 268 and cairn 268B. This crossing is with certainty higher than
540 meters. There are no higher peaks between this area and the Hwy. E-10
crossing, so we may consider this place near border cairn 266B.
The area here called Bjørnfjellet is flat and fairly confusing.
It is clear from the 20 meter contour map that the saddle is in Norway
and that it is between 500 and 520 meter. The finer contour map has
10 meter ekvidistanse, however it is hard to read. There are four lakes
in the area, furthest north is a lake at 514.7 that drains to Norway,
the Hansen Lake at 507.3 drains to Sweden, while Telegrafvannet at 512.3 and
Flatvatnet at 509.7 seems to drain nowhere. The conclusion is still
that the saddle can be set at 510 meters
What also must be checked out is a
low path in Sweden connecting the two border saddles.
- Saddle location: N68:42:30, E18:13:00, UTM:(34 379531 +7594568)
- 1000 meter prominence cell: Storsteinfjellet.
- More info: (access, route, pictures)
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