Vestre Slidre
Municipality · Innlandet
About Vestre Slidre
Lomen stave church, the medieval stone church Slidredomen and the Einang runestone among 900 ancient sites at Gardberg above Slidrefjorden.
What to do and where to stay in Vestre Slidre
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Gardbergfeltet and the Einang stoneHistory & culture
Over 2 km² of Iron Age burial mounds above Slidrefjorden, and the Einang stone of about AD 300, the oldest runestone in north-western Europe still where it was raised.
Slidreåsen above Slidre, signed from the E16 · 1–2 h · spring to autumn
2Slidredomen (Vestre Slidre Church)History & culture
A medieval stone church above Slidrefjorden with wall paintings of about 1400, a painted barrel vault from about 1300 and four bells from the 1200s.
Slidre, on the height above Slidrefjorden · 30–45 min · outside all year; interior in summer
3Lomen Stave ChurchHistory & culture
A stave church of about 1192 at the north end of Slidrefjorden with three carved portals, never wired for electricity and heated only by a wood stove.
Lomen, north end of Slidrefjorden · 20–40 min · outside all year; used for summer services and Olsok
4GrønsennknippaHike
A signed, clear path of about 4 km and 345 m of climbing from the Grønsennstølane summer farms to a 1,368 m top with views all round, a children's favourite above Vaset.
Above Vaset; start by the trail sign before Grønsennstølane (Knippesetvegen toll gate, Haugrudvegen, Nordre Trollhovd) · 2–3 h (about 8 km return, 345 m climb) · June–October
5Stølsvidda and PanoramavegenViewpoint
Panoramavegen, a toll road from the Valdres valley to Hemsedal, crosses Stølsvidda, a selected farming landscape where about 50 summer farms still produce milk.
Vaset and Stølsvidda, south-west Vestre Slidre towards Hemsedal · 1–2 h drive · Summer
6Tingsteinen and Vollen at SlidreLocal oddity
Beside Slidredomen stand Tingsteinen, tied to St Olav's conversion of Valdres, and Vollen, the assembly site for all of Valdres until the mid-1500s.
By Slidredomen, Slidre · 15 min (with the church) · all year
7GråkampenHike
A steady 675 m climb from Grunke over Bukonofjellet to a 1,595 m top, past old stone trapping pits on the rocky upper slopes, with a sheltered rest spot by the summit cairn.
West of Vaset, from the gravel pit on the road to Bukono/Grunke off Jaslangvegen · 4 h (about 9 km return, 675–700 m climb) · June–September
8Stølsruta historical hiking routeHike
A five-day 67 km route on old shepherd and cattle paths from Tisleidalen across Vestre Slidre's summer-farm mountains to the King's Road in Vang, sleeping in simple cabins.
Tisleidalen (Nord-Aurdal) via Nøsen and Jaslangen in Vestre Slidre to Vang · 5 days (shorter day stages possible, e.g. around Nøsen) · July–September
9GilafjelletHike
A 600 m climb from Nørre Gile by Midtre Syndin to a 1,582 m top in a botanical protection area, where rare mountain plants bloom from mid-June, with views over lakes and peaks.
Nørre Gile by Midtre Syndin, north-west Vestre Slidre · 3–4 h (8–10 km return, about 600 m climb) · June–September
10Olberg beacon hillViewpoint
A cairn on a 986 m top west of Slidrefjorden, a link in the old Valdres warning-beacon chain from Langeberget at Reinli. Toll road to Gamlestølane, then a signed path.
Toll road from Neste (off the E16 over Einang bridge) to Gamlestølane, then signed path