Ski touring introduction course (rando introtur) at Gjendesheim (FJ26)

Do you want to try ski touring equipment for the first time along with tour leaders from DNT? At Gjendesheim you can put your skis on right outside the door, and you will also enjoy good and local food. 

This course will be held in English. 

The price includes:

- Ski touring introduction course with DNT tour leaders

- Overnight stay at Gjendesheim in shared 4-bedroom 

- All meals: breakfast, food package for lunch + thermos, tre course dinner with exception of: first day only dinner and last day only breakfast + food package and thermos. 

Price: kr. 3 599,-

If you are between 16-25 years old, and member of DNT you get 2000,- in discount! This is funded by Frifond2026-midler. 

Non membership extra fee: kr. 1500,- Become a member in DNT. 

Max 12 participants and two tour leaders. 

Equipment rent is additional and it will cost kr. 1700,- for two days. 

Is this something for me? 

This trip is on randonneskis/splitboard. Gjendesheim have randoneeskis for rent. 

You need to know how to ski in skiing slopes, and it is also good that you have some prior experience with cross country skiing or fjellski. 

It can be varied snow conditions that makes it more difficult to ski, so it is quite different than a skiing slope. 

You need also to have some experience with being outdoors in the wintertime. You also need to have a shovel in aluminum, but it is not necessary with an avalanche beacon and avalanche probe. See equipment list further down.

You do not need any experience with ski touring, and you can rent skis, skins, polls and boots at Gjendesheim for kr. 1700 for two days. 

In order to rent skiing equipment you need to: 

1. Go via this link and rent a "randopakke" to 850,- per day. You need to provide your weight, height and size of boots. This site is only in Norwegian, and if you need any help, please contact info.gjendesheim@dnt.no directly. 

2. You get the equipment when you arrive Gjendesheim on April 4th. 

Program

The program from day to day can change in terms of weather.

We will meet Friday evening at 18.00 to get to know each other and eat dinner together. Dinner is served 19.00. 

The tour leaders will also present the plan for the weekend. 

On Saturday it will be focus on how to use the gear, and we go for a small ski touring trip nearby. 

On Sunday we will put everything together to a bigger trip. We will focus a lot on being outdoors with the gear. 

We will be outside 6-8 hours per day; depending of course on the weather conditions. 

We will go through these main objectives: 

• The ski touring equipment. Adjusting bindings, how to take on and off skins, use of polls.
• How to walk with the equipment, kick turns. 
• Route planning 
• Ski techniques up and down 
• Orientation and tour planning

We will send an information email to all the participants 1-2 weeks before the course. The contact information of the tour leader will be provided in the email. 

Accomodation 

You will stay in a bunk room with 4 beds. You need to bring your own silk liner to sleep in. You can also rent bed sheets and towels at Gjendesheim. You can not use sleeping bags in the beds. Reed more about Gjendesheim here. 

How to get to Gjendesheim? 

You need to be at Gjendesheim at 18.00 Friday March 20th. 

By car 

Drive to Gjendesheim and park there. It takes about 5 hours from Oslo. We strongly recommend carpooling, and please note in the registration scheme if you have space in your car. 

Unfortunately there is no bus going to Gjendesheim in winter time. 

Map and route information

The map for this region is Jotunheimen East 1:50 000. Check ut.no to get updated map and route information. Map can be bought in the DNT store in Storgata or online. 

Equipment list 

We recommend you to check DNTs packing list winter (NB: this is in only Norwegian). This list is quite general, but can be a good guideline. 

For this course this is what you need to bring: 

Skiing equipment

• Randonne-ski, telemarkski or splitboard.
• Skins that fits to your skis/splitboard.
• Polls (it is practical if it is adjustable polls)
• Randonne boots or splitboard boots 
• Helmet and goggles 
• Avalanche equipment
  1. Shovel. It needs to be a shovel in aluminium.
  2. You do not need an avalanche beacon and avalanche probe since we are not moving in avalanche terrain.

Equipment and clothing

• 30-45 liter backpack 
• Sun glasses, sun screen and sports tape 
• Head torch 
• Wind and waterproof jacket and pants. An extra wool layer that you can change while skiing and in case if you get wet. Wool socks, gloves, mitts and beanie. 
• A warm down jacket
• Toiletries, towel, bed sheets or silk liner
• Drinking bottles that contains minimum 1,5 liter
  
  In addition to the equipment above, it is handy to bring this:

• Map and compass with slope card 
• First aid kit 
• Bivibag and sleeping mat (ex. Thermarest Z-lite)
• Thermos
• Shoes for indoor use 

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