Lordehytta (Lord Hut) is a stone mountain hut on Folarskardet in Hallingskarvet in Norway. It is the only cabin on the mountain and was built around 1880 by the younger Lord Garvagh.
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The cabin is located at 1,620 meters above sea level.[1][2][3] It is only accessible on foot, and is about 3 hours' journey from Haugastøl or Raggsteindalen.[4] The cabin is a larger version of a herder's summer shelter in the mountains[4] and consists of two rooms: an outer storeroom for firewood, food, and equipment and an inner room with a fireplace. It is used both as a destination and as an emergency shelter. The cabin was completely renovated in 1990.[2]
History
editThe cabin was built around 1880 by Lord Garvagh, who wrote a book about the Norwegian mountains; his father had previously hunted reindeer in the area.[1][2][3][5] It was probably the first vacation cabin.[6] Father and son are credited with building about nine other "lord huts", of which the one on Flatnosi is also still usable.[7] The hut on Folarskardet was built with the help of Lars Lein of Hovet in Sudndalen, a skilled hunter whom he had met on his first hunting trip in the area.[2][4] Lord Garvagh had some unusual ideas; among others, that all wood should be carried up to the hut and not chopped or split there.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Hol: Lordehytta, Visit Norway.com, February 3, 2009, retrieved November 27, 2011 (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b c d e Lordehytta i Folarskardet Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Hol Fjellstyre, retrieved November 27, 2011 (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b Lordehytta, Visitgeilo.com, retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c Eli L. Grimsgård Kleven, Lordehytta Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Hol kommune, December 3, 2010, retrieved November 27, 2011 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Charles John Spencer George Canning Garvagh, [3rd] Baron, The Pilgrim of Scandinavia, London: S. Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875, OCLC 5899073.
- ^ Gabriele M. Knoll, Kulturgeschichte des Reisens: von der Pilgerfahrt zum Badeurlaub, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006, ISBN 978-3-534-17676-2, p. 87 (in German)
- ^ Eli L. Grimsgård Kleven, Lordene og Lordehytta Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Hol kommune, April 11, 2011, retrieved November 27, 2011 (in Norwegian)