Mountain Adventure Holidays
A best-selling cross country ski trip - The Peer Gynt Trail! This was our first long-distance ski trip in Norway, and it remains one of our most popular. A stunning introduction to Nordic ski touring with views to some of Norway's most famous mountain ranges, excellent hotel accommodation with spas, and your luggage transferred each day. The Peer Gynt Løype, loipe or trail is named after a local Norwegian hero, who was characterised into fiction by author Henrik Ibsen.
Our 120 km tour, which begins northwest of the Winter Olympic town of Lillehammer, skis the entire route in what is known as 'Peer Gynt Country'. We love it and you’ll see why from the video taken at the Skardbua pass.
A fantastic morning’s climb of about 630 metres brings us to the Skardbua pass. We would mostly expect to be the only skiers in sight on the Peer Gynt Trail much of the time. However, our sun-drenched video was taken on Easter weekend.
It’s a big cultural festival for the Norwegians. An estimated 75% of the population of Oslo head into the mountains to celebrate the arrival of spring, longer sun-filled days and fantastic ski conditions.
It’s wonderful to witness so many people Nordic skiing. There were adults and children of all ages. People were skiing with their dogs and parents towing smaller children in traditional pulkas.
The kiosk at the pass was busy selling hot drinks and our Tracks and Trails guests got to enjoy a well-deserved hot chocolate sitting in the Easter sunshine.
