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Got a great deal on a short 'lads' trip in early Feb - always wanted to visit Trysil as we are a mixed group and only bit the bullet based on all the warm weather in the alps etc.
Other than exorbitant alcohol pricing anything else we need to be aware of - any advice on being able to ski the whole mountain and mitigate any T bars for example???!!
Cheers Belch
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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any advice on being able to ski the whole mountain and mitigate any T bars for example???!!
Cheers Belch |
Good luck with that. It can be done but you’ll see how many lifts you’re restricting yourself to:
7 chairs vs 25 t bars/buttons (assume you are averse to buttons too?)
Booze is an issue. Buy loads in DF and take it with you.
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If you don't like T-bars and buttons don't go to Norway or Scandinavia in general!
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I'm fine with T bars (albeit at the end of the day when my thighs are on fire) - we have a mixed group and a couple who've never used them so just trying to save their embarrassment - !!
Have skied Saas Fee several times - some of the long T's are a mare and have almost nodded off on them . . .anyone who enjoys them is a liar!
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When we went to Salen there were only a few chairs there and this is due to regular high winds if I have understood correctly. Suspect same for Trysil. We bought some wine at the duty free in Heathrow on way out to have while there and we self catered.
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@Belch, as @ster says, you can ski most of Trysil only using chairs, but it will make life difficult. There are a few runs, including the black "Experten" (75) that are only accessible from drag lifts. Also, the most challenging part of the mountain, Høggega, only has 1 chair(sand a couple of t bars) and the queue for the chair is always bigger than the drags.
Aside from the t bars in Høgegga, which are quite steep in places, the others are pretty simple. F12 is long and tedious, and the pistes it serves not very interesting. So I'd look at it as an opportunity to get rid of the irrational fear of t bars, and open up possibilities elsewhere  .
Taking a packed lunch will save you money - there are plenty of warm huts on the mountain where you can get out of the cold.
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@HilbertSpace, looks a good bottle idea but is that wine any good?
@Belch, still time to build up those leg muscles a bit more. And tell your couple that there’s a first time for everything, they are not bad as long as one isn’t short and the other tall and everyone has fallen off them before ( if anyone says they haven’t they’re a liar) .
At least there is snow and more forecast on the way!
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Skiing Norway this week and it's rather good, especially Norefjell. But yes, time to get used to those T-bars...
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Limp sandwiches in huts isn't appealing! Are lunch prices silly or can you get a bowl of zuppen and a hunk of bread for relative sane money? Also how cold is it usually - assume we talking USA cold / wind chill and therefore plenty of insulated mid layers unlike a standard alps trip . . .
Do have one key question - if taking your own kit can you stash this at the main lift station on the Turistsenteret side?
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Been a couple of times and it was just normal Alps type temps and clothing. What does the forecast say?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=159718&highlight=
info on this thread^^
Not sure where your accomodation is but as I recall from a few years back, all the accom is very close to the lifts anyway, we stayed in Radisson blu, but all the lodges stuff was equally close.
temperature - we had -21^C one day! dry cold though so just wrap up well, have a snood or something for your face, you dont want much skin on show if it drops that cold.
T / drag lifts there for a reason - they can still run when the wind gets up a bit.
I cant remember lunch food prices, we had 3 kids in tow, so they stuffed their pockets with an extra croissant / pastry for mid morning snack when we stopped for coffee/ hot choc, and made a ham/cheese sandwich at breakfast to take for lunch. It wasn't super daft but made sense to make the most of the free breakfast buffet.
that Banrock wine is not bad at all! there is also duty free on arrival shop, but taking from home will be cheaper than that. Cans of beer you can get from resort supermarket, but nothing stronger than beer, without going to special shop in town.
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@Belch, I think in Scandinavia they heat food up or even cook it in these things called “warming huts”. I am not sure how they are denoted on the Trysil piste map but someone mentioned them as “varmestue” / (lounge on piste map) - not sure as we didn’t use them last time - we were ski in so just went back to the flat for lunch
https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=130604&highlight=oslo+trysil
I recall waffles and fries not being extortionate so fed kids on those if they needed something hot on slope.
Watch out as they serve sour cream with their waffles as my son found out to his shock and horror as he lathered his waffle with it before taking a big bite expecting whipped cream.
You can check out meal pricing as most of the restaurants there have an on-line presence and the ones at the bottom, although not slope side are easy to get to and usually not far from an uplift to get you back skiing.
Having said that many who go get some meals as part of a package to keep a lid on costs.
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Fri 6-01-23 13:08; edited 2 times in total
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You know it makes sense.
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In Trysil there is a hut at the bottom of Høgegga which has a microwave and other facilities for heating food. I believe it is also the one that opens early for breakfast some mornings.
The restaurants in Trysil are excellent though, far superior to the usual on slope food in the Alps.
We were in Trysil Jan '22 and honestly didn't find it anymore expensive than France or Austria. Obvious exception being drink but we picked up wine in the airport duty free on the way there. There is also an off licence in Trysil town centre (about 2km down the hill from the resort).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Trysil is nice - ideally stay at a hotel with a buffet breakfast. They have bags for you to use to make sandwiches for lunch - usually they will be located by the toasters or if there is a station for coffee cups by there. We discovered this when in Vestlia hotel in Geilo and it was the same at the Radisson Mountainside in Trysil.
If you’re driving and happy to cook then there are a couple of supermarkets within easy driving distance (down the mountain and 10 mins) and Trysil isn’t that far from Oslo.
As I stayed at Radisson I am biased towards that side of the Mountain but Ski school there is awesome and the instructors brilliant. I would recommend you look at a taxi or car sprint to the meeting point in the morning though as the t bars for getting up will be much slower than you think.
Also be aware people will ski in between people on the tbar. You are relatively static in position so they zip in between everyone.
Wind can be a problem as no real trees to break it up. Great ski shop at the top as well.
Big hotels have spas and great pools. You can pay to use them if you are not a guest. One of the hotels has a big leisure centre which has a flow rider - great fun on a Xmas day. Hope you have a lot of fun - happy to chat further if you want.
My friend still lives in Norway - about an hour from Oslo - and he just had to shovel 45cm of snow off his path and drive yesterday!
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@Belch, not a perfect answer for you, but in Voss (2018) we had 1 pizza, 1 bowl of pasta + 1 childs portion of pasta, 1 beer, 1 glass of wine and 1 apple juice and that was approx £80.
We're 4 years on and I suspect (just guessing) Trysil prices may be more than Voss (not sure), so hopefully that provides a rough guide (the alcohol was approx £18 of that bill I think FYI).
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Mods - for some reason this thread has duplicated - please can you retain this one!
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