Leirskallen Skisenter
A volunteer-run ski hill inside Oslo that gave up in December 2021 after about 45 years, its snowmaking priced out by electricity costs and its grooming machine broken.
- Region
- Oslo
- Country
- Norway
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- 1970s
- Year closed
- 2021
- Reason for closure
- Money. The volunteer-run centre had no funds to continue, rising electricity prices had pushed the cost of making snow towards 200,000 kroner, and its grooming machine no longer worked. The lift had already stood idle for two years before the board announced closure in December 2021.
History
Leirskallen Skisenter sat at Nordstrand in the south-east of Oslo, a small hill inside the capital that ran for roughly 45 years from the 1970s on volunteer labour and very little public support. Its ending was announced by the board in December 2021, by which point the lift had already been standing still for two years. The reasons were entirely mundane and entirely typical of small Norwegian hills: no money to continue, electricity prices that had pushed the cost of making snow towards 200,000 kroner, and a snow groomer that had stopped working. As board member Rolf A. Nyhuus put it, they simply lacked the funds. The ski lift and the snow cannons were to be sold off. Its exact opening year, the lift specification and any slope names are not documented in accessible sources; the coordinates mark Leirskallen at Nordstrand.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The centre ski lift, idle for two years before the closure decision and then put up for sale along with the snow cannons |
Sources and further reading
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Location
59.8603, 10.8263