Skiing Hemsedal from Helsinki
Hemsedal sits 620–1450 m in Norway. Flying via OSL, then a 220 km transfer. About 6.7 hours door to door.
Worth knowing. Expensive once you are there, as all of Norway is.
Pre-season — snow reliability. There is no meaningful snow on the models yet, so resorts are ranked on how snow-sure they are: altitude adjusted for latitude, glacier cover and the size of the ski area. Live scoring resumes automatically once the snow arrives. How we rank
A week, all in
€1,372
Per person sharing, including travel
Getting there
OSL
About 6.7 hours door to door
Value rank from Helsinki
32 of 94
By snow quality against total cost
Snow Value Index
4.52
Snow score per 100 of trip cost
Is it worth it from Helsinki?
A week here works out 1% below the median for the 94 resorts we rank from Helsinki, and it comes 32th on value.
At 6.7 hours each way this is a week's holiday rather than a weekend. Budget the travel days.
For what it is worth, Hemsedal is cheapest to reach from Oslo, at about €1,088 — roughly €284 less than from Helsinki.
What the week costs
| 7 nights, mid-range, sharing | €620 |
| 6-day adult lift pass | €300 |
| 6 days ski and boot hire | €150 |
| Return flights and transfer from Helsinki | €302 |
| Total per person | €1,372 |
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.
Better value from Helsinki
More snow for less money, leaving from the same city. We would rather tell you than sell you the page you happen to be on.
- Hemavan Tärnaby — Sweden, index 6.47€337 less
- Lofsdalen — Sweden, index 6.34€473 less
- Kittelfjäll — Sweden, index 6.09€453 less
Who sells Hemsedal in Finland
- Visit SkiStar
SkiStar
Owns and operates Åre, Sälen, Vemdalen, Hemsedal and Trysil. Effectively the only route to booked accommodation in the big Scandinavian resorts.
1 more operator sell Hemsedal but not into Finland — see the full directory.
Told when Hemsedal is about to get snow
Snowvantage sends one email a week through the season, plus powder alerts five to seven days out — while there is still something left to book.