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Stein Gunleiksrud reports this information, as his father told him:
In the old days when they cut the timber up on the hills and mountains, they pulled the timber back to the valley by horse and sledge. These trails down the hills were called SLEA-LOM, meaning the trail after the slea (sledge). So when the young boys went skiing, the bravest ones followed the slea-lom down the hills back to the farm. These slea-loms would normally be covered with hard snow and it was a challenge. Over time to go down the slea-lom, became to slalom. Words change over time as you know.
