Find the right place in Norway for you.
It sais that the Norwegians are born with skiis on their leggs. So they should probably have a couple of good places.
Foto from Stranda.
TrysilIt sais that the Norwegians are born with skiis on their leggs. So they should probably have a couple of good places.
Foto from Stranda.
Here are some of the favourites:
Trysil is the most popular senter for skiiing in Norway, and the biggest if you count the amount of pists and lifts. They have a big focus on security and the balance between all kinds of slopes.
Trysil has 32 lifts and 65 pists.
Oppdal
Oppdal is close to E6(the highway through Norway), and is about 190 miles south of Trondheim.
This is a place for you if you want to ride in the slopes, offpiste or just want to walk on skiis.
All the lifts are over 4 different mountaintopps. Many of the slopes are faced to the south - prefect for you if you'll like a tan in the early summer. Oppdal has 17 lifts and 39 pists.
Hemsedal
There are other places with more lifts and longer slopes, but Hemsedal is more compelte when it comes to other offers aswell, like afterskii, entertainments and resturants. This makes Hemsedal to the most complete skiplace in Norway. Hemsedal has 22 lifts and 39 pists.
Stranda
National Geographic said that the norwegian fjords are one of the best places to travell to in the world. Close to the most popular "Geiranger fjorden" is one of the most majestic mountains for downhill skiing in Norway. Are you one of those who likes offpist is Stranda the best place north of the Alphs. Here the mountains are very steep, it is alot of snow and the view over the fjords are magical. But if you are one of those who likes it best in the slopes or is gonna travell with your family, there would probably be better alternatives in Norway than Stranda. Stranda has 5 lifts and about 10 pists.
Hafjell and Kvitfjell
Hafjell and Kvitfjell is about 30 miles north of Lillehammer, and about 3 hours with a car from Oslo. Since OL in Lillehammer in 1994 have these two places grown alot. In Hafjell and Kvitfjell there is slopes for the whole family and for all skill levels. There are 5 places around Lillehammer which all uses the "Ski Resorts Ski Pass" This is a liftpass that allowes you to travell freely between all those 5 places. This will get you a total access to 43 lifts and 66 slopes.
