 Poster: A snowHead
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thinking of a trip to Norway, skiing 3days in Kvitfjell and 3 in Hafjell. Any tips and suggestions or other ideas for a Norway trip with a couple of areas. Any good places to stay? Any area passes. All help welcome!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I expect you'll have to drive through it anyway, but stop off at Lillehammer. I have a great photo from about 25 yrs ago of about 20 of us sitting on a wall having a picnic on a mountainside overlooking the lake at Lillehammer. Keep going north-west, and you'll eventually get to the coast at Ålesund and I think there are some other ski areas in that direction. Certainly, you would pass Bjorli, though it is very small. There is plenty of scope for cross-country skiing, if you fancy a change.
https://www.skistar.com/en/ has all the bigger areas.
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@hobbiteater, we went back in 2019 - trip report here. We stayed in Hafjell, in a stuga halfway up the mountain. The location wasn't ideal - we could ski out along the transport tracks, but getting back again involved quite a lot of skating, IIRC. Nice ski areas, some variety, plus Lillehammer itself is close by.
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Done Hafjell and Trysil x2. Beginner/intermediate level. Hafjell was quieter and in the immediate area not a lot to do. Lifts all worked well and hardly any queues. Runs were nice. Would go back. Agree worth going to Lillehammer.
Trysil very beginner and kid friendly, loads more to do around the village.
Be aware though it’s expensive. If you’re drinking worth getting from supermarkets.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Went to Hafjell in 2019 and stayed at the Hafjell Hotel. It’s five mins on the ski bus (stops right outside) and reasonably budget friendly, if a bit dated in parts. The food was excellent, we stayed full board and got vouchers to eat on the hill. I’d stay there again.
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We went to Kvitfjell in Jan & stayed at the Gudbrandsgard Hotel. I would highly recommend it - although the local child racers & parents do descend on a weekend. Had full board & was very happy with the offerings. Truly ski to door & just a quick ski down to the Kvitfjell lift to get you across to the other two sides of the resort. There’s a surprising well stocked shop within a 2 minute walk & a couple of bars but that’s it, apart from the hotel. Nice pool & small spa too which was a bonus.
We found it was cheaper to buy our lift pass online then collect from the collection point using the supplied QR code than buying in the office.
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Did you manage to get in a trip to Norway this season, @hobbiteater?
I'm toying with the idea of flying out to Oslo next Wednesday 10th with Ryanair from Manchester, boarding at Winterpark on Thursday, then travelling to Lillehammer on Friday, staying there for 4 nights, boarding at the two small areas of Skeikampen and Hafjell on Saturday and Sunday, Kvitfjell on Monday, then flying home very late on Tuesday.
Could stay another night and get early flight back instead if Kvitfjell is worth a couple of days, but don't think I can make a trip to Trysil worthwhile and I don't think I can squeeze Hemsedal in either.
Not too concerned about none of the areas being particularly big, and more about squeezing in another slide in what's been a short season and (very briefly) visiting another new country.
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