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So we're staying over new year at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Trysil. Is anyone able to describe the situation with how to dry boots and ski gear overnight in the hotel.
I believe there is a large locker room downstairs.
- Do these lockers contain heated boot dryers ?
- Can ski gear (jacket/trousers) also be dried in these ? If not, where can these be dried ?
- Is everyone allocated their own locker on arrival or is one locker per room? Do you use the same locker all week or do you just find an empty locker at the end of each day ?
- Is it first come first served ? Do they ever run out of lockers ?
Thanks in advance for any info.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Are you expecting rain??
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Long while back, but pretty sure you had your own allocated boot locker. certainly don't recall any scramble.
Assuming you have a bedroom, your jacket and ski pants will be fine in there, they have hooks and hangers and the like....
Its also very unlikely to rain. its cold and a very dry cold. take plenty of layers.
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Hopefully not. But my only experience of skiing so far was Morzine 2 years ago and it was above zero the full week so lots of moisture and damp boots/clothes which needed drying overnight
So if it's the case that temp remains well below zero, which I assume will be the case in Trysil over new year, does that mean there is no need to be drying boots or clothes ? Won't clothes/jackets get damp from sweat that need drying out ?
Apologies that my lack of skiing experience has led to what is possible a silly question.
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take plenty of layers.
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We were planning base layer bottom and top, mid layer top, a jacket, and gloves with liners.
Would that be enough or do you recommend more ?
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@gavman99,
You'll be fine, no need to stress 
The rest of this post is not intended to take the mick more to reassure.
To reassure you quick check of the hotel website https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-resort-trysil shows:
+A radiator under the window (Gallery image 19)
+The bathrooms have a towel rail (Gallery image 29)
These would be enough to get most gear pretty dry even if you are skiing in +10 degree rain, which seems unlikely given it's Norway at the end of December.
I'd expect there to be a boot room with boot drying facilities (because they generally don't want folk taking their boots into the rooms due to the wear and tear they cause to the fabric of the hotel). In the very unlikely event that there is no boot room a space next to the radiator will almost certainly do do.
Rooms also come with a hairdryer which would work as an additional backup.
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We were allocated a locker for the duration, size appropriate to the number of guests. It could take skis, I seem to recall boot racks and a shelf for helmets and gloves. I recall it operated off warm air blown into each locker.
There was also heated boot racks out in the foyer area not in lockers.
All up I don’t recall any issues with getting kit dried off in the locker or jackets etc in the room on the hooks in there . It was all fine, its Norway, they know whats they are doing with snow and if they didn’t I imagine they would struggle getting local custom.
But it didnt rain 
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Mon 18-11-24 22:54; edited 1 time in total
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All of the above is correct, one locker per room for the duration of your trip. Locker is heated with warm air and is better than the usual electric boot dryers.
On the temperature front Norwegian weather can be fickle. We went from -20C one day to a warm front coming through during the night with 6C and rain failing on freshly pisted corduroy. Back to -5C the next morning with pistes of rock solid corduroy, the vibrations up the legs were quite something! This was early January so rain can happen.
Big fan of Trysil, it's not the French/Austrian or Swiss alps, but during the week it is deserted. I remember doing laps on the black (which are really red) Hogegga runs and seeing no one.
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| NoMapNoCompass wrote: |
| I remember doing laps on the black (which are really red) Hogegga runs and seeing no one. |
Run 75 isn’t bad when its open.
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That's true, but I would still call it a reddish black as it is very wide so it's easy to manage the steepness once you drop in.
The other thing to mention about Trysil is that you'll be a T-bar/button champ after a week there. 
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@NoMapNoCompass, good for the legs! But you can get around mostly on chairs if you’re so inclined.
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We were planning base layer bottom and top, mid layer top, a jacket, and gloves with liners.
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Depend whether you are a warm body or a cold body! Assuming that your jacket is a padded warm one, not a shell, I'd probably still make provision for another layer. 2 thinnish base layers, a mid layer and jacket. I wear three layers, including a quilted jacket, under my outer shell jacket on a chilly day sailing on the south coast of England!
If it's likely to be cold I'd add a balaclava to wear under helmet, and a fleece necker. You don't mention outerwear for your bottom half but you will presumably wear padded trousers over your base layer bottom?
It's easy enough to ditch a layer if necessary.
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| gavman99 wrote: |
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take plenty of layers.
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We were planning base layer bottom and top, mid layer top, a jacket, and gloves with liners.
Would that be enough or do you recommend more ? |
The answer is .....it depends...on the weather, you and what your layers are. As a beginner you're generally working harder so that does keep you warmer.
Norway is not like the western alps. yes it can rain, but its usually colder and a dry cold. It can also be windy, and it can be sunny, still and lovely. We had a mix, including a -21*C day that was a tad breezy.
I assume you take more than 1 base layer for a weeks skiing so you can always double up if cold and equally wear a jumper / sweatshirt etc from you "evening clothes". I'd err on the side of caution though and pack extra base / mid layers. If your body is warm your hands and feet stay warm.
Defo take 2 snoods / neck buff thingies, we had a day when you couldn't bear to have exposed skin, so it was buff over face tucked under goggles and another round the neck.
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You know it makes sense.
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If you find you forget or need anything, there is a decent (but not cheap, but what is there?) ski clothing shop right in the hotel lobby.
Also the town is not far, assuming you have a car, they’ll be gear shops there too or even hypermarket type places.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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The town isn't that far on foot either, although it is a hill as you might expect. There is an off-licence in town if you feel so inclined and forget to stock up in the airport duty free enroute.
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Poster: A snowHead
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How quickly it turns from boot drying to alcohol!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The only thing I would add is that if you are keen on the boot dryer, you probably want to head in a bit before the lift closes!
As others have mentioned, you get your own locker and there is plenty of space for skis/boards, but the boot dryers do get full!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I just would lug them back to the room, pop out the liners and they’d be fine the next day. Hopefully the room didn’t end up smelling of old boot, but a quick spray with deodorant would sort that.
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For many years my elderly hands have been nowhere strong enough to just "pop out" the liners (or put them back). But a night on those boot driers is normally sufficient. And jackets will dry fine on a hanger in your room overnight. Some apartments and hotel rooms, though, are sadly deficient in hooks to hang things on!
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[...Some apartments and hotel rooms, though, are sadly deficient in hooks to hang things on![/quote]
Some? I got the impression it's part of the building regs' in ski resorts the hotel rooms shouldn't have enough hooks for coats/helmets for the number of occupants or any way of using the provided coat hangers for hanging stuff to dry. Goes along with, all restaurant toilets shall be down concrete/marble winding staircases.
Edit... forgot one: All curtain rails and shower curtains shall de mounted so as to fall on any occupant attempting to hang ski kit on them.
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| adithorp wrote: |
Goes along with, all restaurant toilets shall be down concrete/marble winding staircases.
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Separates the chaff from the wheat as who is properly in control.
And thats not to say I have never had a staircase or wet floored toilet spill in boots!
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After my single trip experience to Trysil my only advice is -
1 - If you like a bevvy stock up at the Airport Duty Free prior to resort transfer . . . you WILL have a shock when you buy your first round in the bar
2 - The cold. . . . .we had full sunshine days at -15 that were deceiving; the air burnt your nasal lining like a good dose of illegal powder in the 90s. Def bring a solid snood / face mask (can recommend Air-Hole) and decent mid-layer at the very least and pack another if you have a backpack. Peeps were skiing in full expedition type down filled puffa jackets rather than layers/shells . .
3 - Enjoy - the skiing and people are rather excellent!
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| Belch wrote: |
| the …people are rather excellent! |
Undisputedly correct.
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