USEFUL LINKS FOR PLANNING

Transport

Skyscanner
Lists which countries airlines fly to and are useful to find the cheapest means of booking a flight.
How to get anywhere by plane, train, bus, ferry & car.
A practical guide to classic train travel, without the pain of the plane.
FlixBus

One of Europe’s leading coach companies. Choose routes from a network of 400,000 daily connections to 2,500 destinations in 29 European countries.

A not-for-profit independent campaign to encourage skiers to travel to the Alps without flying. The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by skiers.

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Phone App for bus bookings in Norway. Prebook tickets and scan the barcode as you enter the bus.

Maps/Location

Easily find an address for anywhere in the world. Divided into a 3m grid system, each square has a unique combination of three words and What3words addresses are as accurate as GPS coordinates. Download the app for use when you're on the move.

Have comprehensive information on cross country ski areas in Europe on their website, with up to date displays of track status.

Snow Forecasts and Ski Track Status

Snow forecasts for ski resorts around the World, updated four times a day. You can look up the history of any resort and set alerts for when snow is forecast.  They now feature maps which include nordic ski tracks so you can see  the routes. The downloadable app is useful for on the go and location familiarisation of trails.

The newly relaunched Ski Sporet website and app showing tracks in Norway with real time grooming information. There is now a fee to use the facilities, but it is not expensive, and similar to buying a paper map per year. The money goes towards track maintenance. There is also an option to record tracks, I will be testing that out shortly.