Activities
Guided trips for individuals, groups and companies, from a three-hour taste of skiing to an eleven-day expedition. Pickup in downtown Alta is usually included.
Winter and summer
Northern Lights
Want to see the Northern Lights, but don’t know when, where or how? Join a tour with one objective: to hunt the Aurora. Choose the classic evening tour, a private version, or a tour combined with dog sledding or fatbiking.
Hunting the Northern Lights
Our most popular tour. Small groups set off by minibus with a photographer guide to find the best place to see the Aurora that evening.
- Duration
- 4–4.5 hours
- Season
- 15 Sep – 10 Apr
From NOK 2,200
Tour detailsDog Sledding and Northern Lights
A dog sledding trip and Hunting the Northern Lights in one evening.
- Duration
- 6–7 hours
- Season
- 15 Dec – 5 Apr
From NOK 5,000
Ask about this tripAurora & Electric Fatbike
An evening e-fatbike trip along dog sledding trails and our own prepared fatbike trails, with the chance of Northern Lights overhead.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Season
- Sep – Apr
From NOK 1,700
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Winter
Fatbike & E-fatbike
Alta is the unofficial fatbiking capital of Norway, for two reasons: the range of trails and the climate. From GLØD HQ we prepare kilometre after kilometre of trails linked to the Breivik, Thomassen and Losvar networks.
Electric Fatbike daytime
Three hours on prepared fatbike, dog sledding and snowmobile trails, with a break by an open fire. Riding a fatbike is surprisingly easy.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Season
- Oct – Apr
From NOK 1,600
Ask about this tripFinnmarksvidda by fatbike
Six days across the mountain plateau: snow, sun, reindeer, mountain lodges, and huskies pulling the baggage on sleds.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Season
- Mar – Apr
From NOK 32,900
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Winter
Snowshoeing
Nature close up, with exercise and an open fire. One of our Alaskan huskies, Atlas, Bruno or Laggo, joins every trip to pull the gear.
Snowshoeing, Ice fishing, Husky & Lunch
A trek to our wilderness camp by a small lake. We fish for Arctic char through the ice and grill lunch on the fire in the lavvu.
- Duration
- 4.5 hours
- Season
- Nov – Apr
From NOK 1,950
Ask about this tripSnowshoeing & Husky – Frozen River Hike
Through the pine forest along the frozen Alta River, following tracks of moose, hares and foxes, with hot drinks by an open fire.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Season
- Nov – Apr
From NOK 1,600
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Winter
Cross-country skiing
Keen to try cross-country skiing? There is no better place to try it than in Norway, the cradle of skiing.
A Taste of Cross-country Skiing
Three hours on the basics: balance, coordination and flow.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Season
- 1 Dec – 15 Apr
From NOK 1,500
Ask about this tripCross-country Skiing & Bonfire lunch
A day on skis where the terrain and route follow the weather forecast, with lunch around an open fire.
- Duration
- 4.5 hours
- Season
- 1 Dec – 1 May
From NOK 1,900
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Winter
Ski expeditions
Finnmarksvidda, Stabbursdalen National Park, Øvre Anarjohka National Park. Find out what is hiding behind the next ridge, on an adventure you will remember for the rest of your life.
Finnmarksvidda Classic – 4 days of skiing
The classic ski trek from Alta to Karasjok, sleeping at the traditional mountain lodges with huskies pulling the sleds.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Season
- Feb – Apr
From NOK 16,300
Ask about this tripFinnmarksvidda – 6 days of skiing
An off-the-beaten-track version of the crossing from Alta to Karasjok.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Season
- 18 – 24 March
From NOK 25,900
Ask about this tripStabbursdalen National Park
Wake to the sound of silence and frost falling from the tent canvas, deep in the wilderness.
- Duration
- 8 days
- Season
- On request
From NOK 23,500
Ask about this tripPasvik Valley – The winter dream
Pull your own pulk through the wilderness, with snow, Northern Lights and grouse in the undergrowth.
- Duration
- 9 days
- Season
- Next departure March 2028
From NOK 30,000
Ask about this tripAnarjohka National Park
Endless plateau, wooded valleys and the occasional reindeer trail. Genuine Arctic wilderness.
- Duration
- 11 days
- Season
- 19 – 30 March
From NOK 31,000
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Summer
E-mountain biking
Electric mountain bikes are fantastic tools for fun in the forest and mountains. We offer short and long trips, and rent out e-MTBs.
Trails of Alta, MTB/E-MTB
Three hours on some of the trail secrets of Alta. Ride an e-MTB if you prefer.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Season
- May – Oct
From NOK 1,150
Ask about this tripE-MTB day trip
A full day on the best trails and gravel roads in the Alta Valley. The level adapts to the group.
- Duration
- 4.5 hours
- Season
- May – Oct
From NOK 1,750
Ask about this tripE-MTB day trip – from mountain plateau to fjord
From lake Jotkavann on Finnmarksvidda all the way down to GLØD HQ in the Alta Valley.
- Duration
- 6–7 hours
- Season
- 15 Jun – 1 Oct
From NOK 2,350
Ask about this tripFinnmarksvidda MTB/E-MTB
Three days in the Alta Valley and on the mountain plateau, for active groups, friends and families.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Season
- Jun – Sep
From NOK 10,400
Ask about this tripExpedition Lapland, MTB/E-MTB
Six days, five of them on the bike: technical challenges and rolling flow paths across Finnmark.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Season
- Jun – Sep
From NOK 28,980
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Summer
Mountain biking
Mountain biking in Finnmark is different from anything you have ridden before. From June until the end of August you can ride around the clock, because it’s light all night.
MTB Day trip including Lunch
The best paths, trails and gravel roads in the Alta Valley, ending with lunch at GLØD HQ.
- Duration
- 4–5 hours
- Season
- May – Oct
From NOK 1,575
Ask about this tripMTB: North Cape Epic
Seven days through North Cape, Finnmarksvidda, Skaidi and Alta.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Season
- Jul – Sep
From NOK 25,500
Ask about this tripAlta MTB Festival – No Limits 2027
A weekend summed up in three words: fjord, mountain, flow. Electric or analogue, you are equally welcome.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Season
- 18 – 20 June
Price on request
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Summer
Hiking & fishing
The Arctic light follows you around the clock, so you can hike day or night. One of our huskies joins to carry gear and keep you company.
UNESCO Struve’s Geodetic Arc
A hike to Mt Lille Raipas, one of Alta’s two sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Season
- May – Oct
From NOK 800
Ask about this tripAlta Canyon
Relatively easy terrain and magnificent views when you reach the canyon.
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Season
- Jun – Oct
From NOK 1,730
Ask about this tripHalddetoppen & the Northern Lights Observatory
A hike full of history and spectacular nature, up to airy Haldde.
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Season
- Jun – Oct
From NOK 1,900
Ask about this tripFishing trip in the mountains
Finnmark is known for its lakes and rivers. We don’t know all of them, but we know many.
- Duration
- 7 hours
- Season
- Jun – Sep
From NOK 1,200
Ask about this tripGeocaching
Teams use GPS to find posts in the terrain around GLØD. Fun for families, friends and colleagues.
- Duration
- 1–3 hours
- Season
- Year-round
From NOK 500
Ask about this tripReisa Valley
Three days through Reisa National Park, from Lake Reisavannet down to Saraelv.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Season
- Jul – Sep
From NOK 14,500
Ask about this tripThe Old Postal Route – Finnmarksvidda
Five days along the historic postal route from Alta to Karasjok.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Season
- Aug – Sep
From NOK 15,500
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Summer
Canoeing
You rarely get as close to nature as you do in a canoe. Alta and West Finnmark offer a wide range of landscapes, flora and fauna to see from the water.
Canoeing day trip on Alta River
Down the Alta River with breaks to relax around an open fire.
- Duration
- 4.5–5 hours
- Season
- Jun – Oct
From NOK 1,600
Ask about this tripFlat water canoeing – day trip
Suitable for everyone, children and adults, beginners and experienced paddlers. Lunch around the campfire.
- Duration
- 4.5–5 hours
- Season
- May – Oct
From NOK 1,600
Ask about this tripAlta Canyon and Sautso – extended day trip
From the dam on the Alta River down through the famous Alta Canyon.
- Duration
- 11 hours
- Season
- Jul – Oct
From NOK 3,950
Ask about this tripAlta River by canoe, two days through Alta Canyon
A part of Finnmark very few people see, over two days on the river.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Season
- Jun – Oct
From NOK 7,850
Ask about this tripSummer Canoeing Package
A night in an Aurora Canvas Dome, a canoeing day trip with lunch, sauna and a three-course dinner.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Season
- Summer
From NOK 4,390
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Bringing a group or a company?
We also arrange team building with geocaching, 71 grader Nord, archery, clay pigeon shooting and culinary competitions, with lunch or dinner in the lavvu or at GLØD HQ, and meeting facilities.