Hurrungane is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster

Luster, Norway

Luster is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre is Gaupne. Other villages include Skjolden, Hafslo, Jostedal, and Veitastrond....

 and Årdal

Årdal

Årdal is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is the administrative center of the municipality. Årdal was separated from Lærdal in 1860....

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The area is southwest in the larger mountain range Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km² in Southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdhøpiggen...

 and is also part of Jotunheimen National Park.

The range has some of the most alpine peaks in Norway, and has 24 peaks over 2000 metres (6,561.7 ft) (counting peaks with larger prominence than 30 metres (98.4 ft)). Several of the peaks are only accessible through climbing

Rock climbing

Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...

 or glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 crossings. The starting point for hiking is the village of Turtagrø

Turtagrø

Turtagrø is a hotel in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway, near Hurrungane in Jotunheimen. The hotel has been a central meeting place for mountaineers from the late 1800s.-Location:...

 along the national tourist road, Sognefjellsvegen

Sognefjellsvegen

The Sognefjellsvegen or Sognefjellsveien is the highest mountain pass road in Northern Europe. It is located in Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane counties in Norway. It is a national tourist road and starts in the village of Lom in the municipality of Lom, it then travels over the Sognefjell mountain...

 (RV55).

The highest peaks in the area are

• Store Skagastølstinden (Storen): 2405 metres (7,890.4 ft)
• Store Styggedalstinden
  Store Styggedalstinden
  Store Styggedalstind, is the fourth highest summit in Norway, located within the Hurrungane mountains, which are part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...
  
  : 2387 metres (7,831.4 ft)
• Jervvasstind
  Jervvasstind
  Jervvasstind is Norway's ninth highest mountain. The tall mountain lies in the Hurrungane mountains in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...
  
   (Gjertvasstind): 2351 metres (7,713.3 ft)
• Sentraltind
  Sentraltind
  Sentraltind is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is the 10th highest summit in Norway...
  
  : 2348 metres (7,703.4 ft)
• Vetle Skagastølstind
  Vetle Skagastølstind
  Vetle Skagastølstinden is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane in the Hurrungane mountain range, and is among Norway's highest. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...
  
  : 2340 metres (7,677.2 ft)
• Midtre Skagastølstind
  Midtre Skagastølstind
  Midtre Skagastølstind is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane in the Hurrungane mountain range. The tall mountain lies in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The mountain lies in between Nordre Skagastølstind, Vetle Skagastølstind, and...
  
  : 2284 metres (7,493.4 ft)
• Skagastølsnebbet: 2222 metres (7,290 ft)
• Store Austanbotntind
  Store Austanbotntind
  Store Austanbotntind is a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Luster and Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is the highest peak in the western part of the Hurrungane mountain range. The mountain is located in Jotunheimen National Park, about southeast of the village of...
  
  : 2202 metres (7,224.4 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

Rauma, Norway

Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Åndalsnes. Other villages include Vågstranda, Voll, Innfjorden, Veblungsnes, Verma, Isfjorden, Eidsbygda, Rødven, Åfarnes, and Mittet...

 and Skjåk

Skjåk

Skjåk is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo...

. The first element is the verb hurra which means "hurry, move fast (with noise and roar)". The last element is the suffix

Suffix

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 -ung, referring to an active thing/person. The actual mountains are steep, and there are frequent rockslides and avalanche

Avalanche

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s from the hillsides. The meaning of the name is then "the noisemakers".