Discover Vereide: cross-country skiing, trails and cultural heritage

Vereide combines winter sports at Kleivane with an archaeological site and other trail offerings. When planning your trip, the season and your personal interests can shape your focus: cross-country skiing and winter activities sit alongside cultural heritage and cycling. In the wider destination of Gloppen, you’ll find further museum, church and hiking themes.

Cross-country skiing and winter at Kleivane

Kleivane has a 3 km floodlit ski trail; the stadium and ski play area are right by the car park. There are also around 10 km of prepared touring trails through varied terrain, both in the forest and above the tree line. The options therefore differ in length and scenery: a shorter floodlit route contrasts with a longer touring trail network through changing terrain.

When there is enough snow, Kleivane offers ski play and ski training for children and young people from Year 1 upwards. The Kleivanerennet takes place once each winter. If you’d like to include the race in your trip plans, check the date in advance.

Trail activities in Vereide

The climbing trail at Nordfjord Stisenter in Vereide has a 5% gradient. Near the trail centre, Nordfjord Aktiv offers full-suspension bike and e-bike rentals, guided tours and introductory trail-riding courses. Alongside information about the trail, the regional mix of activities includes specific guided and independent cycling options.

If you’re planning a tour or course, check availability in advance so you can choose an activity that suits your travel dates.

The Vereide burial ground

The Vereide burial ground includes around 200 registered burial monuments. It is located on the Vereide vicarage and is automatically protected; the site is in Gloppen Municipality. This means that, alongside the ski trails and trail activities, an archaeological complex is among the local attractions that can shape your trip plans.

More destinations in the wider destination of Gloppen

In the wider destination of Gloppen, historic ships and museum buildings add to the cultural offerings. Holvikejekta is the only surviving clinker-built cargo vessel of its kind from the 19th century in Norway. The Nordfjord Folkemuseum in Sandane, Gloppen, includes an open-air museum with 44 historic buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Maritime history and historic architecture therefore come together in different ways.

The churches in Gloppen can also be distinguished by their architecture and age. Vereide Church is a stone church dating from 1200 and is automatically protected as a structure built before 1650. Gimmestad Old Church is a wooden church dating from 1692 and is automatically classified as worthy of protection for the period 1650–1850. Gloppen Sculpture Park, also known as Kleppeparken, is located in Byrkjelo, Gloppen; sculptures by Audun Hugleiksson and Oddvar Torsheim are among those on display.

Gloppen offers further options for hiking and cycling. Trivselsskogen has a wide variety of hiking routes and activities for the whole family. The forest terrain between Vereide and Bolberg has a cycling trail network suitable for beginners as well as experienced mountain bikers.

One specific hiking option in the wider destination of Gloppen is the Nordfjordryggen hike: it is 22.4 kilometres long, takes about seven hours and ends in the centre of Sandane via Rypeskaret, Bjørndalen and Trivselsskogen. This gives you a clear timeframe and a named endpoint for planning your day.

Discover more destinations: Breim, Sandane, Gloppen, Byrkjelo, Hestenesøyra, Hyen.

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