Editing Ål (section)

== Geography ==
80% of Ål municipality is at least {{convert|900|m|sp=us}} above sea level. The highest point is Raudbergnuten at {{convert|1819|m|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kultur- og helsekommunen Ål |work=Ål Turistinformasjon |language=no |url=http://www.al.no/no/html/om_aal/ |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512060516/http://www.al.no/no/html/om_aal/ |archive-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Reineskarvet]], the significant mountain of Ål has a summit of {{convert|1791|m|sp=us}}. In the winter, Ål has over {{convert|400|km|sp=us}} of maintained cross country ski trails.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cross-country |work=Ål Turistinformasjon |url=http://www.al.no/en/html/aktiviteter/vinter/crosscountry/ |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084359/http://www.al.no/en/html/aktiviteter/vinter/crosscountry/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Ål borders the municipalities of [[Hol, Norway|Hol]], [[Gol, Norway|Gol]], [[Hemsedal]], [[Nes, Buskerud|Nes]], [[Nore og Uvdal]], and [[Lærdal]].

The [[Bergen Line]], the rail line between Oslo and Bergen runs through Ål. [[Ål Station]] has an elevation of {{convert|436|m|sp=us}} and is the halfway station on the Bergen Line.

[[Hallingdalselva]] runs in the bottom of the main valley, forming Strandafjorden, a long, narrow lake for several kilometers. Ål has several hydroelectric dams.  Hallingdalselva runs partly in a tunnel from here to Nes municipality, where it drives a large turbine power plant.

=== Mountains ===
*[[Djupeskardnosi]]
*[[Fossebreen]]
*[[Haldalshøgdi]]
*[[Haldalsnuten]]
*[[Langebottfjellet]]
*[[Lysebottnuten]]
*[[Mellomnuten]]