Hindsæter is a historic mountain hotel at 950 metres, overlooking the Sjoa valley and the peaks of Jotunheimen. There has been a seter here, a summer mountain farm, since 1683. In those days it was these remote farms that welcomed the first adventurers and tourists coming to explore the mountains.
The hotel itself was built in 1898. In the early years it attracted so many painters and artists, inspired by the scenery, that locals called it the "artist hotel." The cultural landscape around it still shows traces of the old seter life: timber buildings, stone walls, wooden fences, and grazing animals.
The hotel has 17 rooms, including seter suites furnished with authentic old farm furniture. There's a mountain spa built using timber from a centuries-old barn. The hotel changed owners in 2025.
If you're planning to hike Besseggen, Hindsæter is about 15 kilometres from Gjendesheim and makes a good base. In winter, cross-country ski trails connect the area to Bessheim and Gjendesheim, though the road over Valdresflya closes from mid-December to early April. During that period you can only reach Hindsæter from the Heidal side.