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SterThe Norwegian ster or seter (from old Norse or Icelandic) is a common mountain pasture used in the summer. In the summer (usually late-June) the livestock is moved to the mountain farm, often quite distant from the home farm, preserving the meadows in the valleys for use as hay. As fall approaches, once the grazing is no longer adequate, the livestock is returned to the home farm. The Gudbrandsdal area include lateral valleys such as Gausdal, Heidal, Vinstradal, and Ottadal. The area comprises lowland parishes 200 m above sea-level and mountain parishes 800 m above sea-level, fertile soil in the main valley and barren summits in Rondane and Dovrefjell. Forests surround the farms, but higher up the woods give way to a treeless mountain plateau. This is the seterfjell, or summer farm region, once of vital importance both as summer pastureland and for haymaking. There are still some summer farms left, but many old seters have become chalet villages. Source: Adventure Roads in Norway by Erling Welle-Strand, Nortrabooks, 1996.
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