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Best Trip to Hardangervidda
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Ann, Ebbe, Elin, Frederik, John Eivind, Randi and Knut Olav had very good trips, with marvellous skiing on Hardangervidda.
We are very fond of this kind of active holidays, giving us the best of mountain nature and lots of fresh air and exercise.
The best way of beeing in close contact with the mountains and the fantastic nature.
We want as many as possible to know about it.
Please look at the pictures from our holidays in the following... The pictures should speak for themselves
Ann and Frederik outside the
skiing track in very nice weather
Starting out from Fagerheim
Fagerheim Mountain Lodge
Winter and summer seasons:
march - april and june - september...
Look into their Web site here:
Mail address: post@fagerheimfjellstugu.no
Address:
Hardangervidda Villmarksaktiviteter
Fagerheim Fjellstugu
Postboks 61
N-3581 Geilo
Fagerheim was built in 1936 and during world-war II the germans used Fagerheim as base and camp for prisoners and soldiers with the task to keep the mountain road to Bergen open during winter time. Some new buildings was constructed.
Today there are approx. 55 beds and you can sleep well in one of the old style rooms.
Because the electricity is operated by a diesel-generator, the nights are without electric light and you have to visit the toilet with pocket torch, or candle-light.
Under normal conditions you can drive directly to Fagerheim and the parking area is huge and ready for your car.
That's one of the reasons Fagerheim is the perfect starting place on
(y)our mountain trips to Hardangervidda National Park...
Krekkja Mountain Lodge
Krekkja is owned by DNT Oslo og Omegn, was 125 years in 2004 and there are 85 beds.
The seasons are:
15. march to 18. may and 1. july to 15. september.
The hosts are:
Elin Wiborg and Kjell Slåtten, 3576 Hol.
How to get there:
Train, or car to Haugastøl, follow the marked 12 km route to Krekkja.
Car to Fagerheim and 4 km route to Krekkja.
You can also be picked up at Haugastøl, after appoinment with the hosts at Krekkja.
Resting time
Happy Hour in the sun at Fagerheim
One of our grouse friends
One of our dog friends
On one of the mountain tops
On this time of the year it can be hot in the sun
The best is a nice rest
The doorstep at Tuva
Tuva Mountain Lodge
Tuva had 90 years jubilee in 2005!
(1915 - 2005)
Seasons:
12. march to 25. april and 25. june 12. september.
Hosts: Aileen and Peter, Skurdalen, 3580 Geilo.
Tuva is famous for their cake-making "vaffler" and the good kitchen.
The lodge is around 8 km from Ustaoset, (train station) and is a good starting point for your skiing trip.
20 beds and room for 20 persons.
Rest at Hein
Hein Mountain Lodge
Seasons:15. march to 25. april and 1. july to 15. september.
Hosts:
Bjørg Hjalland and Knut Harald Brekke, 3632 Uvdal.
There are routes to Hein from Tuva, Fagerheim and Rauhelleren.
Normally we use to eat lunch at Hein, but last year we arrived late from Rauhelleren, did eat dinner and stayed for the night.
Good food and nice rooms. We highly recommend it.
10 Dogs
A marvellous evening at Rauhelleren
Rauhelleren Mountain Lodge
There are beautiful views from the building and we allways love to arrive at Rauhelleren.After 27 km skiing you are a bit tired and normally we get a nap after arrival.
You get marvellous meals and we highly recommend the place.
Hosts:
Hans Olav Lægreid and Mona Helle, 5783 Eidfjord.
Seasons:
12. march to 18. april and 1. july to 12. september.
Beds. 58
There are some very interesting projects with wind and solar energy going on at Rauhelleren and DNT is planning to get an environment certification for the place.
Rauhelleren South
Stigstuv ahead
Stigstuv Mountain Lodge
The first time we stayed overnight we arrived after a very hard tour with wet snow and hard front wind, so we felt lucky when we came indoor.We slept in the living room because many guests had searched shelter!
The food was excellent!
Hosts: Ingebjørg and Fritjof Myklatun, 5783 Eidfjord.
Seasons: At Easter and 1. july to 20. august.
Dyranut ahead
Dyranut Mountain Lodge
Dyranut Turist Lodge
It is the lodge on top of the road over Hardangervidda (approx. 1250 meters).We decided to stay in this lodge to test the area and the skiing tracks.
Host: Leif Olav Litlatun, 5784 Øvre Eidfjord.
There are marked routes to Stigstuv, Rauhelleren, to Bjoreidalen, Sandhaug, to Kjeldebu, Krekkja, and Finse.
The lodge is under modernizing, but most of the guest rooms are still with ovens. You have to be prepaired to fire up the oven early in the morning. Good food and nice people. We enjoyed our stay there and it was a very good starting-point for day trips along the different routes.
The kite-skiers are obviously fond of the area, because we met a lot of them around Dyranut for many days.
The doorstep at Dyranut Turist Lodge
The host and his crew
Dinner at Dyranut Turist Lodge
The beautiful Foxy
A good teabreak
Kite-skiers enjoying the snow
Skiers from Rauhelleren and Dyranut meeting at Stigstuv
Teabreak before Kjeldebu
The Famous Grouse, mountainbird
The home trip on deck of Crown of Scandinavia in very nice weather
Hardangervidda National Park
The Hardangervidda National Park is from 1981 and Norway's greatest. The 3422 square kilometres are of international importance. With the addition of Saupsjøen-Hardangerjøkulen and Møsvatn-Austfjell national parks the total area is: 4267 square kilometres.The beautiful area has fantastic nature, wild reindeers, moose, wolverine, fox, hare, stoat, (ermine) marmot, (mountain mouse) and lots of smaller animals and birds: Imperial eagle, grouse, snowy owl, loom, many types of water birds and ducks.....
Routing system:
DNT-routes on Hardangervidda are around 1500 kilometres with lots of ski-ing tracks marked with twigs for safe ski-ing between the mountain lodges. There are around 40 mountain lodges with different standard and prices.
Take care and use the norwegian mountain rules...
Nine good rules for the mountains
- Do not set out unless you are in good shape
- Leave a message saying where you are going
- Respect the weather and the forecast
- Be equipped for bad weather and cold, even on short trips. Always take a rucksack and equipment required for a mountain trip
- Listen to the voice of experience
- Use a map and compass
- Do not go out alone
- Turn back in time. There is no shame in turning back
- Save your energy and dig a snow shelter if necessary
During winter time the weather conditions can change very rapidly, so you have to be prepared with extra equipment and warm clothes...
Fjell og Vidde FEB-07, www.turistforeningen.no M. Kolbjørnsrud, C. Helgeland
We want the arctic fox
back in the mountains
Hardangervidda marked routes
| Hallingdalsløypa Sør: Ustaoset-Hakkesetstølen-Fagerhøy-Haglebu-Tempelseter-Norefjellstua og alle løypene til Høgevarde | 18.02-17.04 |
| Gaustablikk-Tuddal Høyfjellshotell | ca.01.02-17.04 |
| Finse-Krækkja-Haugastøl og Klemsburunden | 10.03-17.05 |
| Finse-Kjeldebu-Krossdalen/Maurset, Dyranut-Kjeldebu og Krækkja-Kjeldebu | 10.03-01.05 |
| Krækkja-Bjoreidalen og Krækkja-Tuva-Ustaoset | 10.03-23.04 |
| Dyranut-Stigstuv | 07.03-21.04 |
| Bjoreidalen-Stigstuv-Rauhelleren-Sandhaug, Hein-Åan (merket til skoggrensa i Seterdalen), Kalhovd-Mårbu-Lågaros, Krækkja-Fagerheim-Hein, Våkavadet-Bjoreidalen-Sandhaug-Lågaros-Mårbu, Tuva-Hein-Rauhelleren-Solheimstulen-Mårbu og Rauhelleren-Mårbu | 17.03-23.04 |
| Fagerheim-Stigstuv og Halne-Stigstuv-Sandhaug | 24.03-17.04 |
Numbers between the Lodges are approx. kilometers
Please find the Hardangervidda map and follow our route from:
Ustaoset – Tuva – Heinseter – Rauhelleren – Stigstuv – Dyranut – Fagerheim – Haugastøl – Ustaoset
Daily distances between: 20 and 27 kilometers.
Total for the trip: 120 - 125 km.
Recommended litterature about Hardangervidda National Park...
"Hardangervidda" by Jens Justesen
http://www.gads-forlag.dk
E-mail:sekr@gads-forlag.dk
How to Get There
By plane to Oslo, or Bergen airport.From Oslo, or Bergen you take the train to Haugastøl, or Ustaoset.
You can also drive directly to Fagerheim, or Dyranut...They have good car parking areas.
Tour Planning
The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT)and
DNT Oslo og Omegn
Planned 8 days skiing trips to Hardangervidda:
Departure: normally, three week-ends in march -
(- -03- -, - -03- - and - -03- -)
Sunday:Train Oslo S, kl. 10,37 to Ustaoset.
To Tuva 8 km.
Monday: To Krekkja, 20 km.
Tuesday: To Heinseter, 16 km.
Wednesday: To Rauhelleren, 13 km.
Thursday: Skiing around Rauhelleren.
Friday: To Mårbu, 20 km.
Saturday: To Kalhovd, 20 km.
Sunday: To Steinsbøle, 17 km. Extra bus kl. 14,15 to Mæl, and from Mæl to Oslo kl. 18,30.
Tour proposals for skiers with some experience:
6 days tour:
Departure: normally, two week-ends in march, april.
(- -03- -, - -04- -)
Train from Oslo S, kl. 10,33 to Haugastøl.
4 days tour (training)
Departure: normally, two week-ends in march.
(- -03- - and - -03- -)
Train from Oslo S, kl. 08,11 to Ustaoset.
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