Later it was proposed moved to Kanthaugen in the town center and then Holmenkollen in Oslo, before Hunderfossen was decided upon.

The bobsleigh course has a vertical drop of 114 meters (374 ft), giving an 8.5 percent average grade.

[2] In its bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics, Lillehammer had proposed placing the bobsleigh and luge track next to Balbergbakken in Fåberg.

[3] By May 1989, plans for most of the venues were being reshuffled and the track was then proposed located at Kanthaugen as part of an Olympic Park at Stampesletta.

The Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee initially disapproved of the location and in 1990 started looking at the possibility of constructing the track at Holmenkollen in Oslo.

[7] Five companies bid for the concrete construction work, which was awarded to a joint venture between Aker Entreprenør and Veidekke for NOK 45 million.

[10] After construction started, Minister of Culture Åse Kleveland (Labour Party) suggested in March 1991, in an attempt to reduce costs, that the 1994 Olympic bobsleigh and luge events be held at La Plagne, the site of the events for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

The French authorities were positive, if Norway paid for part of the construction costs, but the idea was rejected by LOOC-president Gerhard Heiberg.

[11] Also fellow party members reacted, by emphasizing that NOK 30 million had already been used on blasting the track route.

This allows a capacity of 3,100 kilowatts of (10.6 million British thermal units or 880 short tons of refrigeration) cooling, which allows the track to be iced in outdoor temperatures up to 20 °C (68 °F).

[14] The facility produces 4.5 gigawatt hours per year of district heating, gaining the nickname "Norway's largest refrigerator".

In addition the track serves up to 10,000 tourists per year; during summer rides are provided on wheeled bobsleighs.

[23] Three Norwegian cities, Tromsø, Oslo and Trondheim, announced intentions to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

[25] The 2018 proposals were shelved, but a renewed Oslo bid process for the 2022 Olympics also calls for the use of Lillehammer.