Fefor

• Pronunciation guide:  Fay-for or Fef-for
  (you can choose!)

About 15km west of the town of Vinstra, Fefor Hoyfjellshotel has a superb location overlooking the frozen lake Feforvatn. Beyond the lake, to the south, the ground rises in stages and climbs eventually to a high rolling upland at about 1400m. It is a fine area in which to go skiing, and the hotel makes an excellent base.

Dating from 1891 the hotel was originally a sanatorium and its first guests were city dwellers who came for the mountain air. Then in 1903 the owners hit on the idea of promoting winter tourism. The idea - we know - caught on. And at Fefor it caught on quickly, with some celebrated people signing the early registers. The Norwegian royal family were regular guests, as was the Queen of the Netherlands. The explorer Fridtjof Nansen was another frequent visitor, and Britain`s R.F. Scott stayed here in 1910 when preparing for his second expedition to the South Pole. On the lounge wall there are photographs of Scott testing his snow tractors.

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Altitude:  930m

XC tracks:  About 200km
There are no floodlit tracks at Fefor. Ten kilometres away, at Gala, there is a 5km loop.
No skating tracks are prepared on a regular basis.

Downhill pistes
At Fefor there is a little piste, but it opens only at weekends. At Gala there are several pistes

Pausing
We can eat our packed lunches, if we buy a drink, in the hotels at Gala and Wadahl, which are about 10km from Fefor. There is also a little mountain hut  on the flank of Ruten, but it is usually unheated.

Local transport
A ski bus links Fefor and Gala.