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DATA: Trysil, Norway
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DATA: Trysil, Norway

City: Trysil, Norway
Prices: Dollars (Norwegian Krona is local currency. $1=6.3NK)
City Overview: Small town in the north or Norway. It is a logging town at heart, but as one of the first places of downhill skiing in the world there is no mistake that it is a tourist ski town.

The town itself is along the river south of the mill. There are the main shops, some restaurants and liquor store down there. It is pretty quiet from what I could tell.

Trysil is about 2.5 hours north of Oslo.
In the town itself there are busses that run between the two main bases of the mountain. As the après ski (afterski) happens between two of these bases and the night skiing does not allow a person to ski to the other side of the mountain after dark.


Girls: For a small town the women are above average. Among the tourists there was a significant lack of talent. Mostly people there with lovers or families. The place is very high end and expensive as hell so it attracts a crowd that can afford it. There are fat middle aged Russian men with hot girlfriends, rich Danish and Swedish families, British couples. Forget them. Focus on the staff of the resort and the hotels. The girls working my hotel were all good looking, and some of the Polish cleaning girls looked prime for swooping.

Sight seeing: North of Norway. Expanse of northern Taiga, snow capped peaks to the west as far as the eyes can see. Cold. Snowy.Perfect.

Lodging: Stay at one of the Radisson hotels. The Blue is more central, modern and has some great lounges but strangely attracts more families. You are closer to the afterski locations and the ICA (market).

I stayed at the Trysil Mountain Resort which is up the mountain a way. It’s a ski in/ ski out hotel and is a Park Inn Hotel by Radisson which is their top of the line range. The hotel is like something out of a James Bond film. For $350 a night, it had better be (although it included lift tickets and an amazing breakfast). The pub there is also pretty good.

There are a couple cheaper “lodge” type places but they looked kind of dark and not so welcoming. Don’t go to Norway to cheap out.

Day game spots: On the mountain. There is no reason to be anywhere but on the mountain during the day.

Nightlife spots: It’s a ski town, so the night begins at Apres Ski. Laaven is the place to go most days, but there are a few others around there as well. Just see where the people are and go there. Although prices at Laaven are best.

Radisson Blue Champagne bar on the sixth floor is cool. Can be quiet though, but the lounge in the lobby is always busy so just head there.

Ease of approaching: Very easy. It’s a ski town. Being Canadian (from BC) was huge there. As usual, I play up my accent in Scandinavia. It works especially well here (no Americans at all). Everyone here wants to ski Whistler so the conversation goes on immediate auto pilot.

Language barriers: Zero.

Guy/girl ratios: 70% men, 30% women.

Gringo ratio: Very few

Prices and other stuff: Lift tickets were included, but I think they were around $50.

Beer .4L (afterski) $12
Beer (Lounge) $15
Cocktail (lounge) $20-30
Shot (afterski) $7.50
Shot (lounge) $10
Meal (lunch on mountain) $15-$30
Meal (lunch at Laaven) $10
Dinner $60-$100

Logistics: Chances are you will sleep, eat, drink and party in the same area. Catching the ski bus just seems a hassle.

Overall pros and cons: I timed the weather perfect. For the three weeks prior to my arrival it had snowed every day and stayed cold (around -5 to -20 celc) so the snow did not compact too much. Its also windy so the snow would blow and windload into leaside spines and couloirs. I was able to poach these lines right up until the end of my stay. It became a little tracked out, but considering the mountains of BC where I come from where everything is tracked out by noon, this was a welcome surprise.
Cons: Prices, mountain pitch can be very shallow, alpine can be confusing, wind exposes rocks (but snow loads as well)

Personal experience: I was here to ski. I am a lifelong skier and love the sport and have a huge passion for it. For this reason I am able to overlook certain things such as expense, lack of women and all that. I ski hard and with intensity and I like to have my focus and wits, so for the most part I am in bed before 11. This forum is mostly about women, but at the same time its also about passion and exploration and becoming a better man.

I ended up skiing quite a lot with a Swedish girl and a guy there. Out of everyone that I met, they were drawn into me and my excitement to get out and rip. We were among the first people on the mountain, eating my buffalo jerky, drinking water and jagermeister for fuel and just skiing hard until we could not ski any longer. Hiking, side country, scoping lines, studying images before dropping in….. all these things were new to them. They mentioned that they skied harder before 11am then they would most days skiing until 4.

I love the sport, the Norwegian and Swedish people are really great, and the area is incredibly beautiful. I might not come again unless I lived in Norway or north Sweden, but the experience was amazing.
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Nice report Laner!

Man how much did that weekend cost you?

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I love skiing back in Norway because it's so easy to get up fast in the hill. Never been to Trysil though .
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Man how much did that weekend cost you?

A lot. If I include airfare and the cost to bring my skis from Canada almost 5g's for 8 days. Did not pinch too many krona while I was there though. It could be done for far less.
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Lol. Nice to see a datasheet on town 90 min from my home [Image: smile.gif]

Local girls hot in trysil? Hardly think so...

Also about the "attracts a certain crowd? " maybe from abroad. But all Norwegian can afford skiing.

Next trip go mountain skiing from cabin to cabin in jotunheimen.

Cheap, more outgoing people, I was there with my father. To bad he cockblocked me the entire trip
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I didnt meet any "local" Trysil people at all. When I said local, I meant people that actually lived there and worked for the resort or hotels. Judging by accents, they were mostly Swedes.

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Next trip go mountain skiing from cabin to cabin in jotunheimen.

That will be the plan for next time I ever ski Norway! The hut system looks great there.
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