There is a three- or four day trailr with different accommodation each. For lunch there a few days with "smörgåspakke" and a few days you will cook out and get some hot food. Dinners are eaten where you stay overnight. Each guest is provided with a saddle-bag with space for some extra clothes, camera, and small person items. The rest of the baggage will be transported by car.
3-day trail (from Bygdin) 23/6 and 26/8 – 2021
Meeting day: We meet at 6 p.m. at Bygdin Mountain hotel (12km north of Beitostølen on rv 51) for dinner, instructions of the trail and each guest will be assigned their horse for the trek.
Day 1: Day stage approx. 20 km
Start at 09.30 a.m. with tacking-up the horses. The trail mainly follows mountainous areas and takes us up to the top of Bitihorn at 1608 m. We finish the day with a gallop over the sandy beach of the Bygdin lake. This galloping opportunity is possible at the beginning of the summer season, due to the water level rising in the later summer months. Our destination for this day is the Bygdin mountain hotel.
Day 2 and 3: here are several options from Bygdin:
Leirungsdalen: You load the horses in a trailer and drive a short distance and ride in Leirungsdalen which is a high mountain valley with peaks of over 2000m on three edges.
Øvre Heimdalen: You load the horses in a trailer and drive a short distance. Ride in Øvre Heimdalen is a lush mountain valley with an idyllic farmhouse.
Skjervebøttbua. You ride to an old fishing hut at the back of Bitihorn.
Farewell dinner at Bygdin. There is a bus to Oslo at 18.00
4-day trail (from Bygdin) 28/6, 11/7, 25/7, 8/8 -2021
Meeting day: We meet at 6 p.m. at Bygdin Mountain hotel (12 km north of Beitostølen on rv 51) for dinner, instructions of the trail and each guest will be assigned their horse for the trek.
Day 1: Day stage approx. 20 km
Start at 09.30 a.m. with tacking-up the horses. The trail mainly follows mountainous areas and takes us up to the top of Bitihorn at 1608 m. We finish the day with a gallop over the sandy beach of the Bygdin lake. This galloping opportunity is possible at the beginning of the summer season, due to the water level rising in the later summer months. Our destination for this day is the Bygdin mountain hotel..
Day 2: Day stage approx. 30 km
The destination for today is Haugseter Fjellstue at Lake Vinster. We ride in groups of 4-5 riders along Jotunheimveien (a dirt/gravel road), passing Vassklepp in the direction of Haugseter. There are fantastic possibilities for trotting and galloping along this section. Guests have the possibility to do a trail up in the mountains to the north of Haugseter after lunch ( 7-8 km). In the evening we meet up and play a game of “horseshoe throwing”.
Day 3: The goal for the day is Bessheim Fjellstue. You ride up the high mountains and take a break in the beautiful Øvre Heimdalen.
Day 4: You ride a day trip from Bessheim up to Bessevannet and over to Russdalen. A beautiful mountain stage with Jotunheimen as the nearest neighbor. Farewell dinner at Jotnetunet in Beitostøle. There is a bus to Oslo at 18.00
4-day trail (from Bessheim) 4/7, 18/7, 1/8, 15/8 - 2021:
Meeting day: We meet at 6 p.m. at Bessheim fjellstue (30 km north of Beitostølen on rv 51) for dinner, instructions of the trail. If you need, there is a joint transport from Beitostølen to Bessheim at 17.30.
Day 1: Day trip from Bessheim up to Bessvatnet and on over to Russdalen.
Day 2: Up through Brurskaret and over to Øvre Heimdalen where you eat luch. The trip continues to Haugseter mountain lodge.
Day 3: Nice mountain trip north of Vinstervann, up on Urekkollen and to Haugseter where you have lunch. After lunch you ride in groups (4-5 riders) along Jotunheimveien to Bygdin. Here there are great opportunities for trotting and galloping.
Day 4: Start with a gallop on the sandy beach at Bygdin before you ride over Heklefjell and set course for Beitostølen. Farewell dinner at Jotnetunet. There is a bus to Oslo at 18.00
