Beitostolen

Friendly, safe and fun for beginners and families would best describe Beitostølen. It offers gentle, uncrowded slopes, a virtually queue-free lift system and excellent snow record from November through to May. More challenging slopes and some off-piste tree skiing can be found at the nearby 'Alpine Centre' ski area served by a daily ski bus service.

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At a glance

Good For:

Short Transfer

Beginner Resort

Family Resort

Ski Leading

Pre-bookable Activities

Beginners Skiing Excellent
Intermediate Skiing Very Good
Advanced Skiing Fair
Off-Piste Good
Non Skiers Very Good
Families Excellent
Nightlife Fair
Skiing Altitude 1107m High
900m Low
Resort Altitude 900m
Glacier No
Pistes 20km
Number of Pistes 21
Number of Lifts 9
Terrain Parks Yes
Mountain Restaurants 2
Snow Making 25%
Linked Resorts No  
Disabled Skiing No
Leisure Centre Yes
Non-ski Childcare No
Ski Kindergarten Yes
Snowman Club No
Snowbusters Club No
Baby Care No
Departure Airports Gatwick
 
Departure day Sunday
Transfer time 45mins

W10/11 - Special Offers

Pre-book 1 Lift Pass & Get 1 FREE
Available for arrivals on 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd January, 27th February, 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th March 2011. Holiday must be booked and lift pass added before 31st October 2010.

Free Equipment Hire for children under 3-6yrs - valid all season

Free Ski Race every Thursday for all ski school participants

 6 day access to the Swimming Pool at the Radisson SAS Resort for 100NOK (adults) and 50NOK (children under 16 yrs)


Situated at the edge of the Jotunheimen National Park, Beitostølen enjoys a stunning setting, surrounded by untouched forested slopes and pristine snowy landscapes.

You can find a surprising number of restaurants, bars and shops in the attractive village centre, and with everything you need for your ski holiday within a few minutes walk from the ski base, getting around is easy.

Off the slopes, there is a good choice of winter activities, a number of which are available to pre-book with Neilson, ensuring even the smallest of visitors have a real winter experience - whether it’s mini-snowmobiling, dog sledding or a bombing down the slope on an inflatable raft!

Fun for beginners and improvers of all ages both on and off the slopes epitomises what Beitostølen’s all about.


PRE-BOOKABLE ACTIVITIES: New in Beitostølen

Husky Dog Mini Safari ● Snowmobile Course ● Fun with Santa ● Snowrafting

Plus much more available in resort!

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StarStarStarStarStar by jax
Just returned (January 2010) from beitostolen. We stayed in the Beitostolen Apartments. The apartment was very well equiped, modern,warm and comfortable. Situated about a 10 minute walk from ski school. We are non skiers who normally go to Finland (Levi) which has it all. Beitostolen was much quieter, which suited us this time although there were activities such as; horse sleigh ride, which was lovely, snow mobile, dinner in a tippee and huskies. We got the bus to Fargerness which is slightly bigger and had amazing views we hadnt seen on arrival as it had been dark. The resort area was extremely beautiful but the week we were there a bit of a ghost town! until the weekend when it came alive with norwegians. The rep, Tina, was brilliant and knowledgable and very friendly. We would definately go back again. I believe, from talking to skiiers and snow boarders that it was a benefit to have the slopes so quiet and that the place sereves beginners and intermediates best. I would say if you dont ski you will prefer Levi where there is more free fun to be had a now a much more developed resort, for instance they have made a proper place by the slopes where you can just take your plastic sledge and have fun for free. they also let you hire skis or snowboard and haveave ago at kids land without having to buy a skipass if you want to see if you like it and have not skiied before. Beitostolen is a great ski resort with great scenary. Levi is a fun resort for all with skiing too. Expensive to eat out in both resorts and in fact to do anything. For instance: Pepes Pizza in Beto: we had a large Pizza between us, one glass of wine, a beer and 2 deserts and the worked out at £65! Overall a great (but expensive) holiday even though neilsons offer was great for flights and accomodation we still spent over £650 in resort in a week with trips, food etc.
StarStarStarStarStar by Lorraine
This is the perfect place for families, beginners and intermediates. Getting there is a doddle with an excellent and short flight on new planes with Hamburg International from Gatwick to Farganes. Farganes is a lovely little airport and the transfer is only 45 minutes. The snow is perfect powder to dry and crunchy and there is loads of it. The resort is compact and ultra convenient - who wants a ski bus stop when you can walk or ski shuffle for 50 yards! The ski hire shop is friendly and efficient and next door to the ski school which is next door to the ski lift office which is next door to the main ski lifts. There's a ski shop right by but, with the exception of thermal underwear, prices for ski clothes are higher than the UK. The ski school is great - excellent instructers with perfect English and small groups. Our children turned into confident skiers in just a few days. Private lessons at 50 kroner for 50 minutes (about £57?) were well worth it as an optional top up. Norway seems expensive ( and it really is for alcohol so take your tipple with you) but you get real value for money. Excursions are an example of this - we thought the snowrafting was expensive when we booked it but didn't realise that it lasted for an hour and a half - brilliant fun and well worth it. We stayed at the Radisson SAS Hotel and liked it a lot. Nice touches like good coffee machine available free most of the day. Excellent food, lovely lounge area, very nice swimming pool and saunas, comfortable rooms, friendly staff. Note though that the standard sofa bed arrangement for children is very cramped being just a couple of feet away from the main bed. We upgraded to a mini suite and that worked fine. Not many Brits at Beitostolen but not a language problem as so many people will instantly switch to English when they realise you are not Norwegian. Tina the Neilson rep is friendly and helpful and helps everything go smoothly. Lovely place and will go back.
StarStarStarStarStar by Matt
The perfect place to learn, the ski school, and Jonas in particular were great, and had two complete beginners skiing in knee deep powder by day 5.
Jacek the rep did a brilliant job making sure the holiday ran smoothly, from sorting out the ski fitting to booking us on a husky sled trip!
While on the expensive side when in resort, eating and drinking out, its not too expensive in the supermarket, and when you do venture out Peppes Pizza is possibly the best in Europe! The large really is large, and more then enough for two people, including lunch the next day!
So if your looking to go somewhere to learn you can do alot worse than Beitostolen! Thanks Neilson for a great first ski holiday, I doubt it will be our last.

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