Regardless of whether you feel excited to do your first season on skis this winter or if you are an experienced veteran when it comes to ski bumbling, which places are really the best to spend a winter in Sweden? In this article, we take a closer look at some areas that are exciting to spend a winter in!

Nowhere else in Sweden do you have access to as much good terrain within a short drive as here. Let’s be completely fair here, a short drive in Jämtland is at least 1-2 hours to get somewhere interesting, but compared to other places here in the north it is actually quite accessible! Storulvån and Sylarna are the most obvious. A lesser known area is Lunndörren, where without a doubt the most extreme skiing in Jämtland, the Republic, is located.

With only 32 people living here all year round, Riksgränsen is the most miniature village of the large ski resorts in Sweden. Despite this, it is one of the most beloved places to spend a few months at the end of each season. Because we are so far north, the sun does not rise for almost the whole of December, which means that the ski season begins at the end of February and continues into the end of May. In May, Riksgränsen agrees that there is no sun in December because you have constant daylight. In fact, the resort is open from 21:00 to 24:00 on certain days, an experience that will not soon be forgotten!

With two chair lifts and two t-bars, you get access to the mountain directly from the village. Even if there is a piste or two to go here, you travel to Riksgränsen to go off the piste. Nowhere else in Sweden do you get a seemingly endless amount of side bumps, rocks and cornices directly from the chairlift. To make Riksgränsen a freerider’s paradise!

You can spend a lifetime up here and still not have ridden all that these mountains have to offer, so your biggest challenge is to live in a place without much other than mountains.

Kläppen is a small holiday resort located far south in Sweden. Packed along the same road as the more popular holiday resort Sälen, this area is perhaps better known for its cross-country skiing when the Vasaloppet passes. Despite the fact that it does not offer much in terms of the height of the adjacent mountains, Kläppen has one of Sweden’s absolute best snow parks. It is no coincidence that the Swedish Freeski and snowboard team has their athletes to combine studies with riding in Malung, only 40 minutes from Kläppen.

This summer, Kläppen took the next step in being the foremost place to train your freestyle skills when they installed a massive airbag jump to allow athletes to continue their development during the warmer months of the year. This is a very welcome addition for the Swedish riders to stay up to date on the international competition scene!

In the past, when Ingemar Stenmark and Anja Persson were at their peak, Tärnaby and Hemavan were quite well-known names in the Swedish ski scene. Located midway between Åre and Riksgränsen, this area has quite a lot of terrain to explore!

The facility is located in relatively flat and boring terrain if you are more of a freerider. But if you can take the long t-bar to the top of the resort, you have a massive area for freeriding that can stand proudly compared to the rest of Sweden. It is no coincidence that Sweden’s second major freeride competition takes place here in April every year!

Like many other mountain villages, Hemavan is growing as a place to live. With a planned activity center that would include a climbing wall, gym, spa and the sport of paddle, activities to do during the day are soon no longer a problem.

If you have access to a snowmobile, you suddenly have access to a lot of great mountain rides in the area. You have to take the sled to the bottom of almost every ride, which means that the ride can be done in under an hour instead of walking for 5-6 hours. This opens up many possibilities if the weather allows, that is.