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Geilo was a great location for the particular activities we planned. There are shops in the event you left an important piece of equipment or clothing at home. Other than that, there is one public laundry facility located at a camp site....LONG LINES OF CLOTHES .....would take 5 hours to eventually wash your own clothes.

Geilo has everything you may ever need for a nice ski vacation. I mean everything. And if you enjoy snowkiting, you are also not far away frpom Hardangervidda where you can kite both day and night!!!

Large, well equipped comfy 3 bedroom cabin in the woods a short walk from the ski lifts in Vestlia. Very quiet and peaceful location but only a few minutes drive from the town centre. Well signposted, easy to find and super easy to check-in picking the keys up from a lock box via a link sent to your phone. Vestlia ski resort is a hidden gem, perfect for intermediates and beginners, lovely pistes and no lift queues. Loved our stay there and would recommend to anyone looking to stay in this beautiful country.

Off-season Geilo is like a ghost town. I visited in early September - summer is over, winter has not come yet. It's a plus when you're on hike, no crowds, no noise, no waiting for toilet in monuntain lodges. But it's nearly spooky when you're out dining. September in Geilo is for those who enjoy outdoors and shorter or longer hikes but at the same time don't fancy carrying a huge backpack from cabin to cabin. From Geilo you can go some loop tours, different difficulty levels and still enjoy hot shower, hotel bed and good breakfast.

The people were very friendly and helpful, starting with the owner of the accommodation, the ski patrol, the staff of the medical centre and the bus drivers. Geilo is a wonderful place for skiing, with a wide variety of slopes and opportunities. We've been there twice and enjoyed it both times. Given that high winds meant that parts of the ski resorts needed to be closed, it would have been helpful if information about which lifts were open was easily available. For example, one of the lifts at Slaatta has a board with the lifts that are open, which is very helpful. If such information were more widely shared, hat would be great. It was an enjoyable stay at Geilo.

every ski resort can be good when the weather is kind. The really good ones make things work then conditions aren’t so good. Unfortunately the combination of relatively old and simple lifts , a vulnerability to westerly winds and staff who don’t proactively fight to get the very best out of the mountain , means this place is best avoided if the weather is in any way questionable. The problem as I see it is a lack of out of hours “prepping” and planning to get things as best as possible for the next day. A sort of lazyness. And “oh well” attitude. Lifts don’t start spinning for morning tests until 30minutes before customers arrive !!!! Also, there is a complete lack of “half mountain” loft options. This further compounds the vulnerability to wind because ALL the main lifts are bottom to top options. Of course it’s often windy at the top! But when you have no half mountain lifts it means the WHOLE mountain or the majority of the best lifts get shut too easily and then huge swathes of the real estate is off limits. Trysil, Hafjell, Hemsedal and many others all have mid station lifts so when there’s a storm guests can still hit large parts of the mountain. Geilo need to invest in some half mountain drags !!! I’m sure the place is amazing on a good day. But what I experienced is a less than proactive resort when the weather gets tougher.