4-Bed Ski Chalet on Kvitfjell's World Cup Side – 820m Altitude, Sauna & Slope Views



Jerpehaugen 2, 2634 Fåvang, Fåvang (Norway)
4 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 164m² Floor area
€560,000
Chalet
No parking
4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
164m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a February morning and the groomed cross-country track is literally 50 meters from your front door. No car. No shuttle. Just coffee in hand, skis on feet, and the whole Kvitfjell-Gålå-Skeikampen network opening up ahead of you. That's the daily reality at Jerpehaugen 2 — a four-bedroom mountain chalet sitting at 820 meters above sea level on the World Cup side of one of Norway's most celebrated ski resorts.
Built in 2005 and kept in genuinely good condition, this is a cabin that functions as well as it looks. Timber walls, tiled floors, a wood-burning stove crackling against the cold — you feel the warmth before you've even taken your boots off. The waterborne underfloor heating running throughout the main floor is the kind of detail you only fully appreciate at 7am when you pad to the kitchen in socks and the floor meets you like a warm handshake.
The living room is big. Properly big. Large enough that you can set up a proper dining table for eight and still have a sofa arrangement that doesn't feel cramped. The windows do most of the work in here — they face out across the alpine resort and the ski slopes, and on clear days the view rolls all the way to the surrounding mountain ridges. In winter, you can watch the World Cup piste from the terrace while the après-ski crowd is still shuffling in from the lifts. In summer, the same terrace gets the afternoon sun until late, and the mountains turn from white to a deep Scandinavian green almost overnight.
Speaking of the terrace — it's a serious outdoor room, not an afterthought. There's real space for a table, chairs, a gas grill, and still room to move. On warm July evenings, dinner out here with the valley spread below you is one of those experiences that makes you understand exactly why Norwegians build cabins in high places.
The kitchen is sociable by design. Open enough to stay connected to what's happening in the living room, practical enough for feeding a group of eight after a long day outdoors. Solid wood cabinetry, profiled fronts, a proper wooden worktop — it has a character that flat-pack kitchens simply can't replicate. The mountain views from the kitchen window make washing up considerably less unpleasant than it has any right to be.
Four bedrooms split across two floors gives this chalet real flexibility. Two rooms on the main level — including the master with a double bed and wardrobe — and two upstairs, one of which opens onto an east-facing balcony that catches the morning light over Venabygdsfjellet and the striking silhouette of Muen mountain. It's the kind of view that makes you want to get up early. Bunk beds in one of the upstairs rooms make this an easy property for families with kids, and the 1,051 square meter plot means children actually have outdoor space to burn off energy without immediately disappearing into the neighbor's garden.
Both bathrooms sit on the main floor — tiled, well-fitted, and importantly, one of them has a sauna. After a full day skiing, that sauna earns its square footage ten times over. A proper Norwegian löyly session before dinner is not a luxury here; it's infrastructure.
The basement handles the practical side of mountain life with unusual generosity. Ski storage, a waxing table, room for snowboards, sleds, a chest freezer, washing machine, dryer — it's the kind of setup that eliminates the constant shuffling of gear that plagues smaller cabins. Two additional external storage rooms add further overflow capacity.
Kvitfjell itself needs little introduction to serious skiers. It hosted the Alpine World Cup downhill and super-G events during the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics and has continued to stage FIS World Cup races regularly since — the men's downhill here is one of the fastest and most technically demanding on the circuit. The resort has 35 pistes across roughly 60 kilometers of marked runs, and the vertical drop from the top station at 1,050 meters to the valley is close to 850 meters. The nearest slope entrance from this property is 600 meters on foot.
But Kvitfjell isn't just a winter destination, and this chalet proves it. Come June, the Peer Gynt Trail opens up — a legendary long-distance hiking route that passes through the high fells between Gålå and Skeikampen, crossing the same landscape you ski in winter but transformed entirely. Mountain bikers descend on the area through July and August, and the trails around Fåvang and Ringebu connect into a network serious enough to satisfy experienced riders. The Lågen river valley below offers fly fishing for brown trout from late spring through autumn, and Ringebu Stave Church — a medieval wooden church from the 13th century, painted its distinctive red — is worth a visit on a summer afternoon when you want something other than a trail under your feet.
Fåvang village is the practical anchor for this property. A grocery store is within an 11-minute walk. The bus stop is four minutes away, and Fåvang train station — seven minutes from the cabin — puts you on the Dovrebanen line connecting Oslo and Trondheim. Oslo's Gardermoen Airport is roughly 2 hours by train or 2.5 hours by car, making this realistic not just as a Norwegian holiday property but as a genuine second home for international buyers based in northern Europe. Regular flights from London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Copenhagen land at Gardermoen daily.
The Norwegian mountain property market has held its value consistently, and the World Cup side of Kvitfjell carries a specific premium — demand reliably outpaces supply here. Properties at this altitude with direct trail access rarely linger. For international buyers, Norway's property ownership laws are straightforward: non-residents can purchase freehold property without restrictions, and there is no requirement for a Norwegian residence permit to buy. Property taxes are modest by European standards, and rental income from short-term letting during ski season is both legal and commercially viable — weekly rental demand for a four-bedroom cabin with sauna at Kvitfjell during the World Cup period is strong, with peak weeks commanding rates that provide meaningful offset against running costs.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms across two floors, sleeping 8-10 comfortably
- 2 bathrooms, both on main floor, one including a sauna
- 164 square meters of living space on a 1,051 sqm natural plot
- Waterborne underfloor heating throughout the main floor
- Wood-burning stove in the living room
- Large south-facing terrace with resort and mountain views
- East-facing balcony off upper bedroom facing Venabygdsfjellet and Muen
- Cross-country ski trail access 50 meters from the front door
- Nearest alpine slope 600 meters away — ski-in/ski-out feeder trail access
- Spacious basement with dedicated ski storage and waxing table
- Two external storage rooms for seasonal equipment
- Bus stop 4 minutes on foot, train station 7 minutes away
- Grocery store within 11-minute walk
- Located on the World Cup competition side of Kvitfjell
- 820 meters above sea level — reliable snow cover from November through April
At 560,000 EUR for a move-in ready cabin of this size, in this position, on this mountain — it's a serious opportunity for anyone who has been looking at the Norwegian highlands as a place to put down roots. There's nothing to fix, nothing to renovate. The first weekend you arrive, you can be on the slopes.
Get in touch with Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. This one won't wait long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 164m²
- Price per m²
- €3,415
- Garden size
- 1051m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Chalet
- Energy label
Unknown
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