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Skiing, trail biking & surf

  • Course length: All year
  • Start-up date: 31.08.2025
  • Course teaching amount: 20 hours/week
  • Price: from 150 800,-
  • Foundation:
    Liberal
    The liberal folk high schools are built on values that are not based on one particular belief. They encourage students with different interests and beliefs to apply.
  • Food: Vegetarian, vegan
    Most schools will accommodate food allergies and other dietary needs. If you have questions, please contact the school directly.
  • Environmental certification:
    MiljøfyrtårnDebioFairtrade
  • Location: Sogndal
  • Study tour for the course: Interrail Europe, Surfing in Portugal, Lofoten - ski and surf
  • Study tour for the school: Bli kjent tur til Fjærland, Hemsedal, Båttur på Nærøyfjorden

Would you like to feel the rush and flow of floating downhill in bottomless powder, surfing the waves of Stadt, climbing up cliffs along the Sognefjord or biking down narrow trails from summits?

Fall offers a variety of exciting activities in Sogndal. We'll be climbing both outdoors at the local climbing crags at Kvam and indoors on one of the countrys best walls. We can try a "via ferrata" in Hemsedal or Loen, and we will be going to Stadt to surf the waves of legendary Hoddevika. Also, we have some of the best mountain/trail biking trails in Norway close by. 

Through basic and more advanced technique-courses, you will learn to bike at speed with control in varied terrain. You will also learn how to construct trails -and get the pulse of the biking community here in Sogndal The school has its own bike workshop where you can tune or repair stuff, and learn about basic bike maintenance. 

You do not need to be an expert biker, the course is suited to students at different levels.

Winter means skiing! You will get to know one of the most exciting ski areas in Norway. We will focus on safety and avalanche awareness so we can acces the best lines at any given time in a safe and responsible manner. 

Spring makes the choice a little more challenging: bike on Kaupangers forest trails, or ski on sunny slopes with a vista of the Sognefjord? Your choice! 

Welcome to Sogndal folkehøgskule. We can offer a year of personal development by focusing on subjects of special interest. Our main subjects are within these areas:

Year long courses

Outdoor life
Outdoor life X Kilimanjaro
Outdoor life - Norway
Skiing & Climbing
Skiing, trail biking & surfing
Golf, Padel and Skiing
Multisport Africa

Semester courses:

Climbing: fall
Outdoor life: fall
Trail biking & surfing: fall
Multisport: fall
Skiing: spring
Outdoor life X Kilimanjaro: spring
Padel and skiing: spring
Outdoor life: spring
Outdoor life - Norway: spring


Every year we have a limited number of foreign students. Our teaching program is practically oriented, we do not have a bespoke language learning program for foreign students. However, there are students from abroad almost every year; primarily from the US, the UK, and other European countries.
This means that for the individual student, most of the language learning takes place interacting with the Norwegian students and the teachers. If you actively work on learning Norwegian from the beginning, the challenges of language barriers will not stop you from full participation in the school program.

 

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