Geilo or Hafjell?
These two are close on 5 of 9 measures. That is the honest answer: the numbers will not choose for you, so the difference below that matters to you is the one to decide on.
Norway
Geilo
Norway's original ski town, on the Oslo–Bergen railway and skiable straight off the platform. Gentle, high and reliably cold, with cross-country trails that outnumber the pistes several times over.
Worth knowing. Gentle throughout, and there is more cross-country here than downhill.
Choose it if
A non-skiing partner
About £1,194 a week from London
Norway
Hafjell
850 m of vertical fifteen minutes from Lillehammer, built for the 1994 Olympics and still the easiest big Norwegian resort to reach from Oslo. Tree-lined most of the way down, which matters in a Nordic storm.
Worth knowing. Modest vertical for a Norwegian price.
Choose it if
Snowboarders
About £1,152 a week from London
Side by side
| Geilo | Hafjell | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 62/100 | 51/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 40 km | 44 km |
| Top lift | 1178 m | 1050 m |
| Cost before travel | €1065 | €1040 |
| Families with young kids | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Snowboarders | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Budget and après | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Off-piste | 5/10 | 5/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.