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Skagahøgdi skisenter, Norway

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About Skagahøgdi skisenter

Village 440 m. Facts: verified.

A ski resort with its village at 440 m and its top at 873 m. It has 10 km of runs and 2 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 434 m, from 873 m to 439 m. For beginners and families: 77% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 0 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a public pool and childcare. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in February, about 0.9 m at the top (873 m). For skiers the best months are usually February and March, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Gol.

The ski area

Runs from 439 m to 873 m: 434 m of vertical. 10 km of runs and 2 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Skagahøgdi skisenter.

Runs
Beginner (green)3.0 km
Easy (blue)4.7 km
Intermediate (red)1.3 km
Advanced (black)0.1 km
Not graded0.9 km
Lifts
Drag lifts2

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area data © OpenSkiMap.org and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

For families

77% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a public pool: Tropicana Badeland, 2 km
  • childcare: no name given, 1.9 km

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From Chicago: about 20 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL), changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 9 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → OSL · Skyscanner from about £400 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 3 h 25 from the airport to Skagahøgdi skisenter.

  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire, lessons and lift passes.

Everything else for the trip

Where it is

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Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

Forecast

The score, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Forecast and score for each day at Skagahøgdi skisenter
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 18Oct0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 4 knots
Mon 19Oct0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 3 knots
Tue 20Oct0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 4 knots
Wed 21Oct0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 6 knots
Thu 22Oct0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m4°Cwind, 15 knots
Fri 23Oct0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°Cwind, 7 knots
Sat 24Oct0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m3°Cwind, 10 knots
Sun 25Oct0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m4°Cwind, 24 knots
Mon 26Oct0, poor0 cm–mid –base –––

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to.

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase440 mMid657 mTop873 mColdestat the top
Nov0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-5°C
Dec0.5 m0.5 m0.5 m-9°C
Jan0.8 m0.8 m0.8 m-10°C
Feb0.9 m0.9 m0.9 m-10°C
Mar0.9 m0.9 m0.9 m-7°C
Apr0.7 m0.7 m0.8 m0°C
May0.2 m0.2 m0.3 m5°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to OSL, changing at DUB, then 3h 25 by road. About 20h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to OSL, changing at DUB, then 3h 25 by road. About 20h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,250–£2,185 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OSL, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£400–£835
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Transfershared airport transfer, return£70–£120
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£135–£220
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Lift pass5 days£325–£435
Ski hire5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£130–£220
Total£1,250–£2,185

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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