Skåla (Sogn og Fjordane)

Skåla
The tower at the summit
Highest point
Elevation 1,848 m (6,063 ft)
Prominence 330 m (1,080 ft)
Coordinates 61°51′10″N 6°57′59″E / 61.85278°N 6.96639°E / 61.85278; 6.96639Coordinates: 61°51′10″N 6°57′59″E / 61.85278°N 6.96639°E / 61.85278; 6.96639 
Geography
Skåla
Norway
Location Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Parent range Breheimen
Topo map 1318 I Stryn (west) and
1418 IV Lodalskåpa (east)

Skåla is a mountain in the municipality of Stryn in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The mountain is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the village of Loen and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the lake Oppstrynsvatn. There are two summits to the mountain, one at 1,843 metres (6,047 ft) and one at 1,848 metres (6,063 ft) above sea level. The latter one is sometimes called Stryneskåla. Every year there is a race from the village of Loen up the mountain.[1]

Skålatårnet/Kloumantårnet

The tower at the top of the 1843 m. summit is built from rocks. It is called Skålatårnet ("Skåla tower") or Kloumantårnet ("Klouman tower"). The construction of the tower was initiated by Doctor Hans Henrik Gerhard Klouman from the nearby village of Innvik. According to what seems to be a wide spread legend, the tower was built as a means to cure tuberculosis, which was widespread in the late 19th century. However this myth has been falsified by local historian Ove Eide. [2] According to Ove Eide, no references to tuberculosis exist in any written records before 1991, i.e. one hundred years after the tower was completed. Furthermore, it would have been very difficult to use the tower for such use since no houses for doctors or nurses exist, and the transport of sick people to the top would have been extremely challenging. Other sanatoriums for tuberculosis had huge verandas with beds for curing patients outdoors. [3] The written sources show that the tower was built for mountain tourists.

The walls in the tower are 50 centimetres (20 in) wide, and there are two floors. Today, the tower is accessible to the public, with 22 beds. It is administered by Bergen Turlag, a subsidiary of the Norwegian Trekking Association.[4]

Name

The name of the mountain is the finite form of skål which means "scale" or "bowl". In the hillside that faces the lake Strynsvatnet has a large depression in it which is shaped like a bowl.

Skiing

Skåla is one of the best backcountry skiing mountains in Norway. The trail up is also possible to reach during the winter. It takes about five hours to reach the top and gives you a downhill experience to remember.

References

  1. ↑ "La Sportiva Skaala 1848 m Uphill".
  2. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/sognogfjordane/gar-til-atak-pa-skala-historia-1.10849703
  3. ↑ https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grefsen_Folkesanatorium#/media/File:3167_Oslo_Sanitetsforeningens_folkesanatorium._Grefsen_-_no-nb_digifoto_20150907_00022_bldsa_PK02974.jpg
  4. ↑ "Skålatårnet (1843 moh.)" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.


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