About 35 km west of the little town of Vinstra, Dalseter Høyfjellshotel sits on the watershed between two valleys, Espedalen and Vinstradalen. It is at the northwest end of the Peer Gynt Ski Region, a vast network of over 600 km of interconnected cross-country ski tracks. In practice, you have access to maybe 200 km of these tracks. Some are prepared by the usual large machines; others by snowscooter. Some keep to the shelter of the forest; others wind over the high fells that march westward to the high summits of the Jotunheim.

The great variety of terrain allows us to offer most levels of skiing for groups. Beginners will enjoy the relatively easy tracks to the north of the hotel, and also along the shore of Espedalsvatn lake. More experienced track skiers can make a circuit of Ruten, at 1516m the highest peak in the area, or cross Ruten’s flank on a memorable track that leads over the mountains and down finally to Strand Fjellstue. Or they can sample the loipe on the south side of the valley, which in places climb to 1300m.