Ski Touring in Hemsedal

Hemsedal is Norway's number one ski village, and the best part is neither the ski lifts nor the cross-country trails, but all the summits you can reach under your own steam.

In the guidebook SKI TOURING IN HEMSEDAL, mountain guide Jørgen Aamot shows the way to 42 summits and more than 100 descents at the head of the Hallingdal valley.

The mountain village of Hemsedal, where eastern and western Norway meet, has everything a ski enthusiast could wish for, and this book reveals its secrets.

Here you will find everything from beginner-friendly tours in easy terrain to steep couloirs reserved for experts. Classics such as Nibbi and Svarthetta are covered in depth, but you will also find tips for lesser-known peaks that usually see few tracks. In addition to the summit tours, the book presents the three-day Hemsedal Traverse (Hemsedalsruta).

SKI TOURING IN HEMSEDAL presents the tour possibilities of this ski village in a way never done before, with the routes drawn onto overview photographs and topographic maps. Every route has a terrain classification, making it easy to choose a tour according to weather and snow conditions, skills and level of ambition.

The book features superb ski photography from photographers who call Hemsedal their home mountains. SKI TOURING IN HEMSEDAL also contains fascinating glimpses back at skiing in earlier times, in a mountain village where skis have been central to both work and play for centuries.