Looking for Norway info

Here is a list of resorts I have been to

- Hafjell (pretty good parks here)
- Trysil (Biggest resort in Norway I think ((the place wallnuts and dudemont made their collab edit). Also close to the swedish border)
- Hemsedal ( 3 parks and pretty sweet bc)
- Kvitfjell (a couple of great parks)
- Hovden (one of my favourite resorts) pretty great park and bc opportunities. The people that work here are super friendly.

Geilo (Never been here but heard they had a pretty good park, but not much else)

I don't really know about work, but these mountains are quite big so I don't imagine that it would be terribly hard to find something to do.

As far as nightlife goes Norway is a bit weird I feel. It's all about the skiing, but obviously there will be places to party and go for drinks. (Norway is pretty expensive)

Hovdens got a sweet park, good park shapers that have good ideas, plus it's own dedicated lift. It's not a massive hill, but its large enough to keep you exploring for a few days, there's a lot of tree runs.
Unless you have a car, best way in is by bus which takes around 5 hours from Oslo or 4 hours from Stavanger, costs about 500kr.
Nightlife wise, there is XO in the town centre (small town), Offpiste on the slopes, and The Lodge on the slopes, so not much but they get packed in the holidays. Costs about 70kr for a CB beer.
No.1 tip for Norway, buy as much alcohol as you can before you go there, it's expensive as fuck!

Oh, you need to speak Norwegian to be a lifty, for safety reasons. But Hovden are still hiring. http://hovdenalpinsenter.no/en/ledigestillinger/

brett_f-Fan-ClubOh, you need to speak Norwegian to be a lifty, for safety reasons. But Hovden are still hiring. http://hovdenalpinsenter.no/en/ledigestillinger/

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But there are other jobs, you could prob get work as a cleaner, nightwatch etc, prob a bit hard to get a job that involves direct contact with customers, as everyone will expect you to speak Norwegian. Maybe bartender though. Also working in the terrain parks might be an option. My list for Norway goes as follows:

Hemsedal, not the best parks, but best terrain and the parks are more than decent, although tend to open very late. Pretty good party scene.

Hafjell, one of the best parks, but not much freeride terrain. Close to Lillehammer, with decent night life.

Trysil, also a very good park, with night skiing. Decent freeride terrain and a pretty good party scene as well.

Geilo, very good park, especially for jibs, dunno about freeride or partying.

JibberinoThis.

But there are other jobs, you could prob get work as a cleaner, nightwatch etc, prob a bit hard to get a job that involves direct contact with customers, as everyone will expect you to speak Norwegian. Maybe bartender though. Also working in the terrain parks might be an option. My list for Norway goes as follows:

Hemsedal, not the best parks, but best terrain and the parks are more than decent, although tend to open very late. Pretty good party scene.

Hafjell, one of the best parks, but not much freeride terrain. Close to Lillehammer, with decent night life.

Trysil, also a very good park, with night skiing. Decent freeride terrain and a pretty good party scene as well.

Geilo, very good park, especially for jibs, dunno about freeride or partying.

Cheers, thanks guys. Good point about speaking Norse, I knew most of them spoke English but makes sense you would need it for some jobs. Sounds like the park scene is going strong over there so lots of options!

brett_f-Fan-ClubHovdens got a sweet park, good park shapers that have good ideas, plus it's own dedicated lift. It's not a massive hill, but its large enough to keep you exploring for a few days, there's a lot of tree runs.
Unless you have a car, best way in is by bus which takes around 5 hours from Oslo or 4 hours from Stavanger, costs about 500kr.
Nightlife wise, there is XO in the town centre (small town), Offpiste on the slopes, and The Lodge on the slopes, so not much but they get packed in the holidays. Costs about 70kr for a CB beer.
No.1 tip for Norway, buy as much alcohol as you can before you go there, it's expensive as fuck!

In all honesty, Hovden's park is just not up to par with most other big norwegian parks. It's not horrible, but I could easily mention 10 places that have much better parks.

How you going to dedicate an entire season skiing abroad to park skiing? Pick a resort that offers some incredible skiing as well as a decent park.

KravtZHow you going to dedicate an entire season skiing abroad to park skiing? Pick a resort that offers some incredible skiing as well as a decent park.

Good point, and I'm definitely looking for a bit of everything. But I'm also planning on travelling around a bit and skiing a few different resorts in Norway as well as Sweden.

Kvitfjell is 30 minutes away from Hafjell. I've skied at Kvitfjell last season and it has a great park and great freeriding as well. As far as night life goes, its expensive.

I moved last year from America to Norway.I went to a ski school about 10-15 minutes away from there and it was great. DM me if you want some more info!

Norway is great, my only advice: find a girl, marry her, move to Oslo.

.Asain-SkiierKvitfjell is 30 minutes away from Hafjell. I've skied at Kvitfjell last season and it has a great park and great freeriding as well. As far as night life goes, its expensive.

I moved last year from America to Norway.I went to a ski school about 10-15 minutes away from there and it was great. DM me if you want some more info!

Kvitfjell is awesome, but it is mostly for racers. The park is good, and the easily reachable "backcountry" is fun on powder days.

If you want park, freeriding and to party hard, go to Hemsedal. Hands down best combination of all. And I've been all over.

ElgKvitfjell is awesome, but it is mostly for racers. The park is good, and the easily reachable "backcountry" is fun on powder days.

If you want park, freeriding and to party hard, go to Hemsedal. Hands down best combination of all. And I've been all over.

And if you get a seasons pass you can use it in Trysil and some other big resorts in Sweden. Most bang for buck you can get.

You could also move to Oslo and ski Oslo Vinterpark. The park is on point, but there isn't that much all mountain terrain to explore. However getting a job/nightlife won't be a problem but living there is expensive.

ElgAnd if you get a seasons pass you can use it in Trysil and some other big resorts in Sweden. Most bang for buck you can get.

What? No.
If you have a season-pass from a Skistar resort you get one day for free in another of their resorts. You can claim that free day more than once if you're lucky but I wouldn't say that u can "use" it like a regular pass.

Maybe you're talking about the Skistar All season-passes.
They will work on all Skistar-resorts but they are kinda hefty priced, especially if you're gonna work at the resorts then you'll usually get a nice discount on the regular season-pass.


I would highly recommend Hemsedal.
So much opportunities as far as skiing goes, the park is alright. But Hemsedal has so much to offer in everything else. Great inbound skiing and amazing touring abilities. If you compare it to lets say Trysil that only contain of one mountain and nothing else then Hemsedal is heaven on earth. Great people, great nightlife and great mountains.

You have several nightclubs and restaurants that are always looking for staff, so it's really not that hard to find a job either. If you're looking to work as a lifty then you're kinda screwed tho, Skistar has some policies that everyone need to be able to speak norwegian and as far as Hemsedal goes all the lifties are old people that have probably worked their since the lift started running.

HogisWhat? No.
If you have a season-pass from a Skistar resort you get one day for free in another of their resorts. You can claim that free day more than once if you're lucky but I wouldn't say that u can "use" it like a regular pass.

Maybe you're talking about the Skistar All season-passes.
They will work on all Skistar-resorts but they are kinda hefty priced, especially if you're gonna work at the resorts then you'll usually get a nice discount on the regular season-pass.


I would highly recommend Hemsedal.
So much opportunities as far as skiing goes, the park is alright. But Hemsedal has so much to offer in everything else. Great inbound skiing and amazing touring abilities. If you compare it to lets say Trysil that only contain of one mountain and nothing else then Hemsedal is heaven on earth. Great people, great nightlife and great mountains.

You have several nightclubs and restaurants that are always looking for staff, so it's really not that hard to find a job either. If you're looking to work as a lifty then you're kinda screwed tho, Skistar has some policies that everyone need to be able to speak norwegian and as far as Hemsedal goes all the lifties are old people that have probably worked their since the lift started running.

I did not know about the Skistar All season-pass, i thought the regular season passes worked like they do with the Lillehammer Ski resorts passes.

Thanks for all the help! Sounds like Hemsedal is a cool scene and it seems like it's pretty manageable to travel around and ski a bunch of places around the country.

andy_gThanks for all the help! Sounds like Hemsedal is a cool scene and it seems like it's pretty manageable to travel around and ski a bunch of places around the country.

It's not a big country, and whatever kind of skiing you're looking for is within driving/bus/train range anywhere in the lower half of the country. There are some great places to ski up north also, but mostly big mountain stuff.