- Kolsås
Kolsås is a wooded mountain ridge in the municipality of
Bærum ,Norway . Geologically Kolsås belongs to theOslo Graben area. Its two peaks consist of hard rhomb porphyriclava covering softer rocks, forming steep cliffs to the east, south and west.Protected landscape area
The area from Kolsås to
Dælivannet is a protected landscape area from 1978 (five square kilometers), with fournature reserve s: "Skotta", "Dalbo", "Kolsåsstupene" and "Kolsåstoppen nature reserve".no icon [http://www.baerum.kommune.no/article.php/article/NATURVERNOMR%C5DER%20I%20B%C6RUM/?articleID=7833&categoryID=10322 "Naturvernområder i Bærum"] – "Bærum kommune" (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)] no icon [http://www.naturvern.no/cgi-bin/naturvern/imaker?id=96276 "Snelle-askeskog i Dalbo naturreservat"] (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)]Climbing
Kolsås has been a training area for climbers since beginning of the 20th century. Today it is the largest
rock climbing area in the Oslo region. The wall "Øvre Sydstup" on the southern wall has more than 200 climbing routes.no icon [http://www.baerum.kommune.no/files/1004.pdf?CorepublishSession=c5f0d470b94fd6b9be4f35bbdffe1134 "Klatring på Kolsås i hundre år"] (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)] no icon [http://www.kolsaas.no/?45672 "Kolsås klatreklubb: Klatrefører for Oslo og omegn"] (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)]Winter sports
The northern hillside of Kolsås has alpine skiing facilities.
Kolsåsbanen
Kolsåsbanen is part of the subway rail systemOslo T-bane , running from downtown Oslo to Kolsås station, via Gjettum station and Hauger station.NATO base
The military base "Kolsås leir", partly located inside the mountain, was home of NATO's
Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH) until 1994. [http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Gov/NATO-HB/part.07 "NATO handbook07 uploaded March 25, 1993"] (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)]Culture
The area has occurances of old
petroglyph s, tumuli andlimestone quarries.The French painter
Claude Monet painted "Mont Kolsaas" in 1895. [http://www.artofmonet.com/Image_pages/1407_Mount_Kolsaas.htm "Claude Monet: Mont Kolsaas (1895)"] (Retrieved on March 30, 2008)]The name
The last element in the name is "ås" m 'mountain ridge'. The first element is probably the genitive case of the old male name "Kolr". (An old farm lying beneath the mountain has the name "Kolsberg", and this farm is probably named after the same person.)
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