Hemsedal or Oppdal?
These two are close on 6 of 9 measures. That is the honest answer: the numbers will not choose for you, so the difference below that matters to you is the one to decide on.
Norway
Hemsedal
The Scandinavian Alps, as the marketing has it — 830 m of vertical, steep terrain by Nordic standards, and a strong freeride scene. Expensive once you are there, as all of Norway is.
Worth knowing. Expensive once you are there, as all of Norway is.
Choose it if
Budget and après
About £1,190 a week from London
Norway
Oppdal
Four separate mountains on one pass, 665 m of vertical, and off-piste terrain that gets almost no attention outside Norway. Reachable by train from Trondheim and Oslo, which few Norwegian resorts are.
Worth knowing. Four separate mountains with a bus ride between them.
Choose it if
Off-piste
About £1,043 a week from London
Side by side
| Hemsedal | Oppdal | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 62/100 | 65/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 44 km | 50 km |
| Top lift | 1450 m | 1210 m |
| Cost before travel | €1070 | €925 |
| Families with young kids | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Snowboarders | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 4/10 | 5/10 |
| Budget and après | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Off-piste | 7/10 | 8/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.