Trondheim October 23-30, 2025/24 October

Today we are visiting the Granasåsen Ski Center, where the Nordic World Championships were held in February 2025.

The Granåsen Ski Center is a winter sports facility for Ski Jumping, Cross-Country Skiing, Nordic Combination, and Biathlon in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. After the Nordic Ski World Championships 2025 were awarded to Trondheim, modernization work at the Granåsen Sports Center began in spring 2021. In the '2nd construction phase', a total of about 60 million euros was spent to modernize the two jumps, the ski jumping stadium, functional buildings, and the trail network, as well as to build a new biathlon shooting range. Both jumps were completely renewed in the take-off and landing areas and reopened on February 1, 2023.

The first Granåsen jump was inaugurated in 1940. Birger Ruud won, setting the first jump record at 56 m. The first major renovation took place in 1952. Both the small and the normal jumps were ready for the NM 1953 in 1952.

In 1959/1960, the large jump was built, and like the normal jump, a floodlight system was installed. For the Norwegian Championships in 1970 on the normal jump (then K64), a large grandstand was completed. Together with the club in Meldal, which also hosted this year's NM on the large jump (then K87 in Meldal), a new floodlight system and an electronic scoreboard were developed, which was the first of its kind in Norway.

In 1977, the normal jump was again enlarged to K64 and fitted with mats. The K-point still lies at 64 m today. However, the facility has been downgraded to a medium jump and is now used for training purposes and youth development in the Trønderhopp team. To meet FIS requirements, the last renovation of the then-large jump took place in 1980. The K38 was also rebuilt and, like all the others, equipped with floodlights in 1983. In 1983, a lift was installed on the large jump for the Nordic Junior World Championships a year later. In 1987, the K38 training jump was matted.

In 1988, the jump certification for K78 expired and was not renewed, as the new championship jump had a K-point of 90 m and thus assumed the status of a normal jump. Since then, the former large jump (K78) has not been used. In 1995, the current large jump (K120) was finally built for the Nordic Ski World Championships in 1997, where the World Cup has regularly taken place since 1996.

On our tour today through beautiful autumn landscapes, we will visit the Storfossen waterfall near Malvik.

Storfossen in Malvik is an impressive waterfall in Norway with a height of 40 meters, located in the Homla Nature Reserve. The waterfall is a popular hiking destination, accessible from Hommelvik over the Homlastien path or via a shorter but steeper route from the Kringelmyra parking lot. For exploration, there is an observation deck and stairs leading down to the riverbank.

• By car: Park at the Kringelmyra parking lot at Selbuveien or next to the parking lot of the Fishing Association Malvik jeger- og fiskerforening at Krana Bru.
• On foot: The hike from the Kringelmyra parking lot is about 0.6 km long and leads directly to the waterfall, but it is steep and slippery, especially when wet. The path from the center of Hommelvik is longer, about 6 km, but runs alongside the Homla and is partly less demanding.
• If you are in Trondheim, you should take the time to visit this waterfall. (approximately 30-minute drive from the city of Trondheim)
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