Hemsedal

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Hemsedal's idyllic mountain location amidst the Hallingdal Valley has established this resort as Norway's premiere ski and snowboard destination. The ski area boasts one of the highest and consistent snowfall levels in Europe offering Snow Sure conditions from early November until early May. Hemsedal Village posses an alpine charm all its own with an unhurried, relaxed atmosphere within a natural unspoilt setting. With average lift queue times of 2-3 minutes you will be skiing or boarding your way down wide open expanses of snow covered mountain.

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Location North West of Oslo, Norway

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Ski Guide

Beginners

Excellent: Hemsedal features an excellent beginners area enabling new starters to master skiing or snowboarding in complete comfort and safety. All instructors from the ski school are English speaking and provide first class instruction.

Intermediate

Excellent: Skiers and snowboarders at this level will be thrilled at the choice and challenge the slopes have to offer. You can enjoy the breathtaking views before breaking away down the many exciting fast and smooth red slopes or long and wide blue's.

Advanced

Excellent: The unrivalled off piste areas Hemsedal offers will exceed the expectations of even the most experienced skiers and snowboarders, couple with this the challenging black and red slopes and you are set for some extreme action.

Snowboard Guide

Excellent: Hemsedal offers some of the best fun parks in Scandinavia. The resort has 5 Fun Parks and offers big hits, fun boxes, quarter pipes, rails, half pipes and much more. Parts of the funparks are open at night skiing so you can practise your jumps and turns in the floodlight. Excellent instruction is also available. The slopes are renowned for International snowboarding and big air events which are regularly staged in Hemsedal.

Cross Country Guide

Good: A good choice for cross country skiers of all abilities with linked terrain set within 3 locations in and around Hemsedal.

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Resort Facts

Resort Prices

Transfer Times:

3 hours 30 mins from Oslo Gardemoen Airport
4 hours from Bergen Airport

Total Piste (km): 42 - Longest run: 6

Green: 12
Blue: 15
Red: 8
Black: 7

Resort Height: 625m - Top Station: 1,497m

Number of Lifts: 19

Cross Country Trails (km): 220

Mountain Restaurants: 4

Resort Activities:

Dog Sledding
Snowmobile Safari
Ice Climbing
Paragliding
Night Skiing/Snowboarding
Mountain Top Touring
Horse Sleigh Riding
Winter Via Ferrata
Tobogganing
10-Pin Bowling

Aprés Ski: Lively during the weekend at several bars with a chilled out atmosphere during the week.

Eating Out: A comprehensive choice of places to eat are available with a la carte, fine dining, café, sports bar with family menu

Other Facilities: Ski Rental, Ski School, Free Children's Activities, Crèche (at ski centre), Post Office, 4 Supermarkets, Bank, Cash Points, Fully Catered Private Cabins - prices on request

skiNorway representatives are based in our central hub resort of Hemsedal and are contactable via our 24 hour duty office.

Lift Pass 6 Days:

£202 Adult 16+ yrs
£164 Youth 7-15 yrs
£Free Child 0-6 yrs
Free Night Skiing: December - March

Group Ski School:

£107 for 4 days 90min each day
£249 for 5 days 180min each day - funSki Academy

For children 3-4 yrs:

£76 for 4 days 60 min each day

Private Ski School:

£120 for 120min 1 to 1 instruction
£29 for each additional person

Ski Rental:

£107 full equipment for 6 days adult 16+
£70 full equipment for 6 days youth 7- 15 years
£58 full equipment for 6 days child 3-6 years
Free Helmet Rental

Snowboard Rental:

£109 full equipment for 6 days adult 16+
£98 full equipment for 6 days youth 7- 15 years
£70 full equipment for 6 days child 3-6 years
Free Helmet Rental

Cross Country Rental:

£51 full equipment for 6 days

Creche:

Foxnest daycare (indoors) - For Children from 6 months and up, 6 days 09:00 - 15:30 - parents must take children out of the creche for lunch. Must be prebooked.