Skeikampen is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
located in
Gausdal Municipality
Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forset ...
in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The tall mountain is located about to the northwest of the village of
Svingvoll
Svingvoll is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gausa, about southeast of the Skeikampen alpine skiing centre and about to the northwest of the village of Segalstad bru and abou ...
. The area is heavily dependent on recreation which is dominated by the Skeikampen Alpine Centre plus hundreds of
holiday cottages.
Attractions
The Skeikampen Alpine Centre is located on the montain and it offers both
ski lift
A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald.
Types
* Aerial ...
s and
piste
A ''piste'' () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.
This European term is French s. The first cross-country tourists arrived in 1895 and the first ski lift was built in 1959. The centre is now one of Norway's largest skiing facilities. The area also has an 18-hole
golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". ...
. Tourists travel to
Lillehammer, the regional transportation hub, before taking local transportation to Skeikampen. Local buses offer several daily bus departures to Skeikampen.
Etymology
The first element of the name is the
Old Norse
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word meaning "race course" suggesting that there may have been such a race track here in
medieval times
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. The last element is the finite form of ''kamp'' which means "mountain".
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway by height
There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ...
References
External links
Skeikampen websiteThon Skeikampen Resort website
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Gausdal
Mountains of Innlandet
Ski areas and resorts in Norway