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Avalanche & Ski touring course - 6 days - Hemsedal

Basic course focusing on the skills needed to get started with ski touring

Learn how to recognize avalanche terrain
Learn avalanche rescue
Learn about snow, terrain, weather
Learn how to plan and conduct alpine ski tours
Learn good group management routines when doing ski tours

Description

This is a course aiming to develop skills needed in order to enjoy ski touring. Main themes throughout the course is:​

  • Recognition/understanding of "Avalanche terrain"

  • Planning/doing alpine ski tours

  • Group management during offpiste skiing and ski tours

  • Avalanche rescue

  • Understanding snow, terrain, weather and avalanche bulletin

  • Introduction to decision making in Avalanche terrain

The course starts with arriving in Hemsedal on day 1 during the afternoon/evening. After arriving all participants will be lodged in a cosy mountain cabin/apartment, where you will be sharing your room with 2-3 other persons.

After being lodged, you can shop food in nearby grocery store.

Day 2-4 is spent on avalanche rescue, recognizing avalanche terrain, understading terrain, snow and weather.

 

Day 5-7 are ski touring days. The goal here is to make all of the themes with have worked with so far come together during these days. Participants has to plan and carry through ski tours on some of the classic ski mountains in Hemsedal, and start to focus on how to make decisions in avalanche terrain, and implementing good group management routines.

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Leaving back home during the morning on day 8, participants are leaving with the train/buss after breakfast.

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Who is this course for

This is a basic course for those who are new to ski touring/avalanche awareness, but wants to have a solid foundation for developing themselves further.

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In order to sign up for the course, you need to have some basic skiing experience from before. Being able to ski down blue/red runs in a resort with speed control, and having done a few backcountry ski trips should do it.

Again, it is a basic course, for those who are new to skitouring/Randonee.

If in doubt about whether this is the right course for you, please contact me and let's discuss further.

 

The goal is to create a systematic approach to developing avalanche skills, aswell as general ski touring skills, making it all come together in the end.

The emphasis is on making sure that all participants are getting the basics right from the start.

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It is mandatory to ski with an approved ski helmet during this course.

 

We will aim to build our skills in a gradual step-by-step way, making sure that we are never exceeding out capabilities as a group, for therein lies one of most important aspects of doing ski tours in wild mountain regions!
 

Dates & Price

Course price: 9000 DKK 

Dates 2026: 22/3 - 29/3

Arriving at "Gol station" or Hemsedal on the 22/3 during the afternoon.

Leaving in the morning on the 29/3.

If you are  having any further questions  contact me:

Mail: thuleexpeditions@gmail.com

+45 52648187

If interested in booking the course, follow link below:

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Location & Transport

 

Hemsedal is located in the heart of mountain Norway. Winter starts early here and last for a long time. Here is long history of skiing in some of the finest terrain Norway has to offer.

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Hemsedal can be accessed by train via the trainline that runs between Oslo and Bergen.

If arriving by train you should purchase a ticket to "Gol station". Here you can be picked up by car, but this has to be coordinated with the guide as soon as possible, so that as many as possible to can join pr. drive, and then driven the last bit up to Hemsedal. Or you just simply take the buss from Gol to Hemsedal. Alternatively you can take the buss all the way from either Oslo or Bergen.

See link below to get a complete overview of the public transport in Norway.

Norwegian public transport

It is thus possible to arrive in either Bergen or Oslo by plane and then take the train or buss from there to "Gol Station" or "Hemsedal".

Alternatively you can also drive all the way to Hemsedal by car.

What is included 

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  • Services of a qualified Arctic Nature Guide / Ski guide student at Nortind

  • 7 night accomodation in shared apartment/cabin in Hemsedal (2-3 persons pr. room)

  • All transport during the course, including pickup on arrival day in Gol if necessary

  • Satellite beacon in case of emergency



 

What is not included 

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  • ​​Transport to/from "Gol station" or "Hemsedal" in Norway

  • Randonee ski touring equipment: skis ( 90 - 100 mm in middle), ski boots, poles, skins, helmet/googles
  • Backpack (made for ski touring)
  • Avalanche beacon, probe, shovel (only metal blade/shaft) (can be rented in Hemsedal)
  • Personal clothing (must be able to cope with minus 20 celsius for multiple days
  • Food/snacks (grocery store located close to accomodation)
  • Personal Travel insurance 
  • Any extra expenses due to unforeseen events and changes (delayed flights, extra logistics and accomodation)
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