Christian and Helene then moved to Ulsaker in Vest-Torpa. Click anywhere on the map at the right for a more detailed view. It is located almost due North of Dokka, and about 15 miles West-Southwest from the Olympic city of Lillehammer, or at approx. It lies high up in the hillside, at about 1500 feet above sea level, and has a panoramic view of the vast forests and high mountains surrounding all of Torpa. The climate is cool in the summer and quite cold in the winter, with temperatures now and then dropping to -40 .
Many farmers are also dependent upon some other income besides what they can make on the farm.
The Torpa farms are well kept, and the houses painted, usually white dwelling houses and red barns. The ornament over the door is from the original house that Arne H. Goplen lived in. The barn on Goplen. There are actually two farms in Nord-Torpa carrying the name of Goplen. Often when a farm was divided the name was retained and an adjective was added.