Magic of Norway – Peer Gynt Trail 2027

SUMMARY

Dates: Friday February 5th to Friday February 12th 2027

Guide: Wenche B Lofsgaard

Walking Grade: 4 Goats as we have long days on the snow as you cross country ski from hotel to hotel through stunning landscape. You will be skiing approx 64km/40 miles. The longest day is 26km/17.4 miles.

Base: We base ourselves at different traditional Norwegian hotels throughout our journey :

Dalseter Fjellhotel – 2 nights

Fefor Hoifjellshotell – 2 nights

Gala Hogfjellshotell – 2 nights

Thom Hotel Skeikampen – 1 night

ARRIVALS PICK UP : We will book a 14.30 approx train directly from Oslo Gardamoen Airport to Vinstra – approx 2.5 hours to arrive around 17.00. WE WILL PICK YOU UP IN VINSTRA.

You will be met at Vinstra train station and taken to Dalseter for your welcome briefing and evening meal together. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ARRIVED IN OSLO BY 13.30.

DEPARTURES: 9.00am from your final hotel in Skeikampen to Lillehammer. The transfer takes up to 1 hour. We will book train tickets for you around 10.30am to Oslo Gardermoen.

Some guests have travelled overland and this is an adventurous option. We can advise on travel and can recommend hotels if you would like a stop over in Oslo.

Price: £3,200 person for this very special holiday in a solo occupancy room. If you share a room the price is £2,900 per person.

Included:

• en-suite  room
• all buffet breakfasts,
• all Packed lunches which are self made from breakfast
• all evening meals
• ski hire and expert local guiding as we journey from place to place.
• Free use of the pool and sauna at hotels where they have them.
• Airport transfers – Oslo Airport Gardermoen to Vinstra by train and taxi Vinstra to Dalseter. Retrun Thon Hotel Skeikampen to Lillehammer and train on to Oslo Gardermoen.
• Luggage transfers

Not included are flights to Oslo and any drinks from the bar.

DETAILS

You will make  your way through a landscape of distant horizons, birch tree woodland, Norwegian farmsteads, and frozen lakes. The Peer Gynt Trail, named after a local Norwegian hero, characterized into fiction by author Henrik Ibsen.
The Peer Gynt trail is a groomed 64km ski trail between Espedalen and Skeikampen, in what is known as ‘Peer Gynt Country’. experience. The trail offers groomed and well-marked cross-country tracks.
In clear weather, you will be able to enjoy a continuous view of the breathtaking peaks of the national parks Jotunheimen, Rondane and Dovrefjell along the trip, providing a beautiful and dramatic backdrop to this “friendly” mountain region. If this is your first cross-country ski trip in Norway – be prepared to be blown away.

You stay in good hotels during the tour. You are extremely well looked after with back up provided and all luggage transfer.

The trail runs about 700 – 1500 meters above sea level. The daily stages are relatively short and we meander, we wander and we stop to have cuppas and admire the views.

ITINERARY

Day by Day Peer Gynt Trail with luggage transfer

This is the expected route but subject to change,or at the discretion of the guide, if weather changes.

Day 1 Friday Arrival At Dalseter 

18.00 Briefing and Welcome dinner

Day 2 Skiing in the local area 
Find your ski legs and ski some of the trail right from your hotel door. You have great views towards the National Parks Rondane and Jotunheimen.

Relax in the pool and sauna.

Dinner at your hotel, Dalseter

Day 3  Dalseter – Fefor, 18 – 22 km
Average day trip along the Peer Gynt Road between Espedalen and Fefor.
In nice weather, it’s possible to do a longer trip across mount Ruten (1517 m.a.s.l.) – 22 km.
Dinner and accommodation at Fefor Høifjellshotell, surrounded by Mountains, and views towards the massive Jotunheimen in the north, this hotel is found by the shores of the Fefor lake in Vinstra.
With its mirrored walls and fresco ceiling, Fefor Høifjellshotell’s restaurant creates a feeling of old-world charm.

Evening Meal and night at Fefor Høifjellshotell

Day 4 – Tuesday Fefor Skiing in the area 
Easy day exploring in the tracks around Fefor.

Dinner together at Ferfor and 2nd night at the hotel.

Day 5  Fefor to Gala – 14km 
Gålå is located in the heart of ‘Per Gynt Country’, near Jotunheimen National Park. The combination of excellent facilities for alpinists and cross-country skiers makes Gålå a perfect destination for skiers with different wishes and skills. We stay at the Gala Hogfjellshotell.

Dinner and accommodation at our Hotel Gala Hogfjellshotell situated in a pleasant area at Gålå, with a great view towards lake Gålå and Jotunheimen.

Day 6 –  Gålå – Kvitfjell, 25 km
Average day trip. Today’s ski trip runs through a kind of “Troll Forest” – easy and cosy terrain.
Dinner and accommodation at Kvitfjell Hotel, located with fantastic views across Gudbrandsdalen and the alpine slopes in Kvitfjell. You will live right next to the slopes.

Dinner and accommodation at our Hotel Gala Hogfjellshotell

Day 7 – Friday Kvitfjell – Skei, 22 km
Average day trip. Today the trip starts with some uphill from Kvitfjell.
The track continues in light, and hilly terrain before going downhill towards Skeikampen.
Tonight’s accommodation is beautifully situated at Skeikampen mountain

Evening Meal and final night at Thon Hotel Skeikampen Hotellvegen

Day 8 – Saturday Departure after breakfast at 9am to Lillehammer and by train to Oslo Gard