Trysil Customer Reviews

We had another fantastic week in Trysil. Snow conditions were excellent, champagne snow almost daily and no ice. Temperatures not too low and we were able to ski every day, although we did experience slightly hairy white outs on a couple of mornings at the top. Night skiing one evening a little lumpy but fun! Two blue-sky days at the end of the week made for super "warm" days on the top of the hill. All our party are intermediate skiers and there is plenty here to keep us all amused. Last year we were able to visit Trysil in the school term and reported how quiet the slopes were; we noticed (and expected) quite a difference this time in half-term holidays; lifts (particularly the chairs) were very much busier but with the pass system, lines moved quite quickly and so this didn't affect our enjoyment. The ski hire shop was busy but as they are so efficient and quick here, once again we had excellent service and staff responded very positively to our individual requests. The grooming everyday was as impressive as ever.

I enjoyed the skiing at Trysil, which had lots of wide and fairly quiet tree-lined runs. The snow conditions were excellent. Although the queues for the lifts could be quite lengthy, the slopes were generally fairly quiet, especially those towards Hoggega and Trysil Høyfellsenter. It was a good place for children to learn to ski; the group sizes were a bit larger than I would have liked, but my son really got the hang of it by the end of the week and we were able to ski some of the blue runs together. The adult lessons that I did were excellent. We also went on a husky sledding trip and horse-sledging trip nearby, which were great fun.

The mountain was excellent well laid out pistes well sign posted and easy to learn your way around, a bit restricted if there is thick cloud above the tree line. Very family friendly but some of the longer T bars could do with replacing with chairs. The main downside was lack of evening entertainment/ choice of restaurant unless you like pizzas and burgers. Even the main town (centrum) has very little and not very convenient to get to anyway. On the plus side I did improve my bowling a little bit not hard as I haven't played for about 20 years.

I have skied for thirty years, however I am not the most confident and for my family and I it was perfect. Trysil was a wonderful resort, easy to navigate, quiet slopes (despite it being half term in UK and Norway), short lift queues, helpful staff and lots of fresh snow each day. Whilst food and drink is expensive (it is Norway after all) the lift passes were much cheaper than other resorts I have skied. Fantastic holiday experience. Enjoyed so much we have decided to go back next year.

Trysil is a great resort but we probably need a larger one, as we'd skied the entire resort by day 4! It was very busy the week of Feb half-term, as the Danes were also on holiday and Trysil is one of their nearest big resorts. I would say that the resort is good for beginners and those moving on to the intermediate stage but was less good for those at the more advanced end of the spectrum. The magic carpet only worked one morning and for lessons you had to use it from the Radisson Blu Resort, so that was a bit annoying.