Here is a larger, more detailed trail map in pdf format.

For the real cross-country enthusiasts, Norway is Nirvana. Here, cross-country skiing is not simply a sport, it is a lifestyle, a way of transportation, a social affair and everyday exercise. In North America and the Alps, cross-country skiing is in some respects the poor cousin to downhill skiing and snowboarding. Americans and other Europeans have never developed the excitement that Scandinavians have for the Nordic sports.

From the capital city, cross-country trails can literally take a skier to every corner of Norway. Trails are measured in tens of kilometers or miles in Colorado, Wyoming, California and New England. Even in the Alps, loops are carefully measured and trails shoot across a lake here or there. But in Norway, the network is measured in thousands of kilometers. For that matter, the distances don’t really matter, when the entire country is accessible on cross-country skis.

Every area has a stated length of their trail system, however those statistics only refer to the trails that their region maintains.

In Geilo, trails trace their path along the valley floor and then rise and cross many of the downhill tracks on the high plateau above the ski lifts. There are 215 km of prepared cross country tracks in the Geilo/Ustaoset area. 40 km are wooded, 175 km are in the high mountains, 26 km are dedicated to skate skiing and 5 km are floodlit for night skiing. (The floodlit tracks are next to the Geilo Sports Hall and are open until 10 p.m. every night.) Night skiing is also available in Dagali (2.5 km), Skurdalen (3 km), Hovet (4 km) and Hagafoss (3.5 km).

Nine mountain cabins serve food and drink in the area.