Norefjell

Norefjell Ski Resort is an amazing place to go skiing! The slopes are very well prepared, the views are beautiful, and the whole area feels well organized. I really enjoyed my time here, there are runs for different skill levels and the atmosphere is great. Everything was clean and easy to access, and the lifts worked smoothly. I had a fantastic experience and would definitely recommend Norefjell to anyone who loves skiing!

Fabulous ski and spa resort, excellent snow and skiing conditions, , great for families, beginners and those who just want relaxed skiing and wonderful spa to chill out after.

Always a fun place to go skiing.The ski lift is normally very quick. Technology like the card readers reduces the que.

Reasonable prices, very warm service across the lifts, restaurant, ski shop and Norefjellstua apartments). Great time to go in the second week of January as it was very quiet! Mostly sunny skies the four days we were there, and only got windy on the final day. Gentle slopes though getting from one lift to another took some planning. Our doggo loved the apartment too!

I went snowboarding in Norefjell on February 8th. It was a day trip, so I drove up in the morning and headed home in the afternoon. Ticket prices are reasonable. I don’t have any opinion on grocery stores, as I didn’t visit any. I did however get a black coffee at alpinstua before driving home, and it was just the way i like it. The ticket-ordering website is very easy to navigate and, refreshingly, not complicated. Conditions were excellent. The mountain itself is fun to explore, though not overwhelmingly big (you could run all slopes in about 5 hours) and the groomers were soft rather than icy, which I assume most boarders prefer. The run from top to bottom is long and gets your blood pumping. There was basically no lift lines (on a sunday, this is rare!). Most of the chairlifts are fast. There is, however, one two-seater chairlift in the middle of the mountain (F) that is extremely slow. The T-bars could also be a notch quicker, but they’re fairly average overall. The T-bar going to the top (H) is way too long, and I’d love to see this lift moved to the top of the main chairlift (G). Day-specific I spent most of the day at the top of the mountain, which was sunny all day. There’s plenty of space along the sides of the groomers, with ungroomed powder and fun side hits to play around with. The valleys surrounding the mountain create an “above the clouds” effect, with clouds sitting below the summit in nearly every direction. This delivers breathtaking scenery at the very top. The park The park got its own T-bar. Going back to the cloud “belt” mentioned above: unfortunately, the park sits right in the middle of it, so visibility can be an issue on cloudy days. That said, the park was excellent on the day I was there. The kickers, lips, and rails were well maintained, and the park’s size felt appropriate given the overall size of the mountain. Rails: If I recall correctly, there were three rails—no boxes and no tubes. The rails were placed individually rather than side by side. Two of them were in sequence in front of the small jump line, while the third was over by the medium jump line. You could hit up to two pieces of steel in a single run-through. Jumps: medium line: two medium jumps (around 30 feet / 9 meters) and small line: three smaller jumps (around 15 feet / 4.5 meters). There was also a small, kicky hip/spine jump, which was great for BS 270s or smooth methods. I don’t see this type of feature often in Norwegian parks, so that’s a big plus. I’ll be coming back, so expect updates.

Great place for wintersport especially with kids. Lots of blue slopes but also for more experienced skiing/snowboarding. No waiting lines at the lifts.

Great skiing second week of January, we basically have the slopes for ourselves, got very lucky with sunny weather, there is not a crazy amount of slopes to do but they are quite good! Although there are very few chairlifts and a fun Austria-like atmosphere of the whole ski resort is non existent

Rather disliked this resort, feels weak in comparison to other in the area (Gausta, Kvitfjell etc). Lifts are painfully slow, lots of T-bars, takes forever to get from bottom to the top. On a chill afternoon of blues and reds, logged 2.5h of lifts for 1h of riding. Lots of icy patches due to wind, snowmaking is not enough and when it calls for the snow cannons, they don't use them, yet in higher winds with natural snow they do, so the result was snow anywhere except on the slopes (just why?). Staff is super friendly, but also lack oversight of slopes, so people that would get their passes revoked elsewhere ride here without any consequences. At times feels like that some are just clueless about their job, but in fairness I had great conversations with most, so it's organisatsional issue rather than people one (so please, more training and guidance). First night ski of the season was very weak, with massive queues and ungroomed slopes, though there was time for that, some sections weren't even lit up, which caused minor accidents, at least ones that I saw. Passes themselves are rather among expensive ones, but I don't think you get the value here for the money. I want to like this resort, slopes/routes are decent, variety is genuinely good, friendly folks and beautiful views, but organisation is a real mess and technical side is super weak, which leads to lots of frustration among fellow visitors. As such, it's just not worth it - unless you live in the area, I guess. There are plenty of better (organisationally) resorts in the vicinity, where I'd suggest diverting to have a better experience.