Storskrymten is a tall mountain in Norway. The top of the mountain is a tripoint for three counties and three municipalities: Oppdal Municipality (Trøndelag county), Sunndal Municipality (Møre og Romsdal county), and Lesja Municipality (Innlandet county). The nearest urban areas are the village of Sunndalsøra which is located about to the northwest, DombÃÂ¥s which is located about to the south, and Oppdal which is about to the northeast.
It is the highest mountain in Trøndelag county as well as the highest mountain in Sunndal municipality. Less than east of Storskrymten is the mountain Litlskrymten which means "the little Skrymt". It is located in the Dovrefjell mountains and it is inside the DovrefjellâÂÂSunndalsfjella National Park. The mountain Salhøa lies about to the southwest, along the Sunndal-Lesja municipal border. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including Salhøa and Grøvudalstinden to the west, Skuleggen to the southeast, and Svartdalskollen to the northeast.
The first element is which means "big" and the last element is the finite form of skrymt which means "uncanny thing", "fright", or "scare" (the hillsides of the mountain are extremely steep).