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Rainbow Gausdal Høifjellshotell
Lying 8km (5 miles) northwest from
the town of Svingvoll, this is one of the most traditional lodges in the area. Its
original core is from 1876 but was burned to the ground by the Nazis. The old-
est wing that survived is from 1921. Other wings were added in 1956, 1984,
and the mid-1990s, creating a cohesive, well-operated unit. The hotel lies in the
center of the small but popular mountain resort of Gausdal, 16km (10 miles)
west of Tretten, the nearest railroad station. If you notify them, the owners will
send a car to pick you up. Bedrooms are comfortably and tastefully furnished,
offering views of the mountains. Each comes with a shower and bathtub. Kilo-
meters of hiking or ski trails surround the hotel, and provisions can be made for
downhill or cross-country skiing in winter and horseback riding or hill climbing
in summer. There is immediate access to ski lifts, a sports center with a ski
school, and ski-rental facilities. Even if you're passing through just for the day,
you might want to stop in to sample the hotel's smorgasbord.
Skeikampen, N-2652 Svingvoll.
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61-05-51-50.
Fax 61-05-51-51. www.rainbow-hotels.com. 128 units.
Mid-Sept to Apr (with full board included) Mon-Thurs 1,490NOK ($212) double, Fri-Sun 1,690NOK-
2,390NOK ($240-$339) double; June to mid-Sept (with half-board included) 1,190NOK ($169) double. AE,
DC, MC, V. Closed May.
Amenities:
Restaurant; bar; 18-hole golf course; 3 tennis courts. In room:TV, mini-
bar (in some), hair dryer.
Rainbow Skeikampen Høifjellshotell
One of the few hotels
remaining open all year, this establishment is one of the finest places to lodge in
the ski region. It offers attractive public rooms filled with antique and modern
furniture, and acres of woodland grounds. The snug and cozy bedrooms, deco-
rated in “Nordic light” pastels, are distributed in such a way that most of them
open onto scenic views. Ten of them have bathrooms with bathtubs, the rest
have showers only. Sports lovers will find a ski lift adjacent to a smaller rope tow
for beginners and a ski school with child-care facilities. The hotel is right at the
timberline, and both forested and rocky paths are well marked for climbers. On
the premises is a Spanish-inspired bodega, with the best wine stock in the region.
Wine-tasting parties and semiformal dinners are held here at least three times a
week. The hotel lies 38km (23 miles) from the rail station at Tretten, and
arrangements can be made to have a car pick you up.
N-2652 Svingvoll.
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61-28-50-00.
Fax 61-28-50-01. www.rainbow-hotels.no. 113 units. 995NOK-
1,145NOK ($141-$163) double. Children under 5 stay free in parent's room. Rates include half-board. AE, DC,
MC, V.
Amenities:
Restaurant; bar; heated indoor pool; sauna; day-care facilities; laundry service/dry clean-
ing. In room: TV, hair dryer, minibar (in some).
Wadahl Høifjellshotel
This is one of the more luxurious of the several
hotels positioned on the ski slopes around Lillehammer, with an isolated hillside
location that allows residents to ski from the hotel's front door to the ski lifts,
and then ski back to the hotel from the upper reaches of the surrounding slopes.
The hotel is only a few minutes away from the Gålå Høgfjellshoteel, with iden-
tical access to hiking and cross-country trails. If faced with a choice between the
two, we'd choose the Gålå for it's superior cuisine.
Cozy and rustic, with a sports-conscious clientele that often drives from as far
away as Oslo for weekend getaways, the Wadahl was originally established in
1900 as a survival station for the high mountains around it. It was transformed
into a resort hotel in 1930, and has been enlarged several times, most recently
in 1999 but with minor refurbishments since then. Rooms are comfortably fur-
nished and modern-looking, each with an immaculately kept bathroom with a
tub/shower combination. Midwinter and midsummer are equally desirable high
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