Hafjell is in Øyer, 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Lillehammer, looking over Norway’s Gudbrandsdalen valley. The summit is 1,050 metres (3,445 feet), with 835 metres (2,740 feet) of vertical. Eighteen lifts, including a gondola, serve 67 slopes and more than 50 kilometres (31 miles) of groomed trails. The season usually runs from late November to mid-April.
Hafjell held the slalom and giant slalom at the 1994 Winter Olympics, while the speed events went to Kvitfjell. It was the alpine venue for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics too. Alpinco runs Hafjell along with Kvitfjell and Oppdal, and its lift passes work at all three.
Hafjell Live is the resort’s live stream. The four stills come from cameras around the mountain: Hafjelltoppen at the top, Mosetertoppen at about 800 metres (2,625 feet), Midtstasjonen at the mid-station, and Vidsynexpressen at that lift. Each one is the first of several views the same camera takes. Compare Hafjelltoppen with Mosetertoppen and Midtstasjonen to see how snow and visibility change with height.
Hafjell is 15 kilometres north of Lillehammer and about 2 hours 30 minutes from Oslo by car, on the E6 or on Rv4 via Gjøvik. Trains run almost every hour from Oslo and Oslo Airport to Lillehammer, about 2 hours 10 minutes from Oslo, and the bus from Lillehammer to Hafjell takes about 15 minutes.
In Norway, tyres need at least 3 mm of tread from 1 November to the first Sunday after Easter Monday, and studded tyres are allowed only in that period, according to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen). Summer tyres can’t be used on winter roads, and outside that period you still need winter tyres or chains if conditions call for them.
Hafjell isn’t on the Epic, Ikon or Indy Pass.