Hemsedal- April 2012

Thanks for the costings Bedrock Barney

The overall price looks very similar to what we paid for self-catering in Meribel over New Year, although on breakdown you paid more for flights and transfers than we did for the Eurostar and bus, but less on ski hire and lift passes.

And, you definitely made it from landing to front door much quicker than me! I usually have a 5 hour train journey to London, both ways.

I would say what you paid was okay for an Easter ski holiday. They always cost a lot more during school holidays

Term "alpine" commonly used to mean high-altitude, above tree line

andymol2 wrote:How do you define Alpine other than "in the Alps" which applies to all ski resorts outside of the Alps (Pyrenees, USA, Canada.....).

It's got snow, mountains & trees although the price of booze is grim & the natives more polite.

Just for you .... I hope it helps

The term alpine refers to the Alps, a European mountain range.

They do say that Hemsedal is the "Scandinavian Alps"

I can't comprehend how cold it would be at say 3,250m in Norway.....

bedrock barney wrote:They do say that Hemsedal is the "Scandinavian Alps"

I can't comprehend how cold it would be at say 3,250m in Norway.....

I guess my point is it looks a lot more like Scotland than the Alps

Ian Wickham wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:They do say that Hemsedal is the "Scandinavian Alps"

I can't comprehend how cold it would be at say 3,250m in Norway.....

I guess my point is it looks a lot more like Scotland than the Alps

It did look good, Ian, but I cannot agree with your view.

Glenshee:


Cairngorm:

Dave Mac wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:They do say that Hemsedal is the "Scandinavian Alps"

I can't comprehend how cold it would be at say 3,250m in Norway.....

I guess my point is it looks a lot more like Scotland than the Alps

It did look good, Ian, but I cannot agree with your view.

Glenshee:


Cairngorm:

It is not a Negative Dave, it is just different from the "Alpine Range"

I think Hemsedal is pretty spectacular if you go off piste:



Even some ice climbing if you are bored in the evening!