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Steep groomed ski piste with fresh carved tracks and a burst of powder, a chairlift overhead, snowy pines and peaks behind.

Experience

Skiing & Snow

Ski trips reward choosing the mountain before the hotel: snow reliability, season length, and the village at the lift base differ more than the hotels do. Start with where the runs are, then stay where the lifts start.

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Best places to stay for skiing & snow

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Aerial view of Sofia's dense red-roofed streets stretching toward the Balkan mountains under a clear sky.

Sofia

Sofia-Grad · BulgariaSofia is the capital of Bulgaria, set in the Sofia Valley below Vitosha mountain, known for the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and its mineral springs.Where to stay →Downtown Salt Lake City skyline backed by the Wasatch Mountains, with green treetops in the foreground.

Salt Lake City

Utah · United StatesSalt Lake City is the capital of Utah, a mountain-rimmed city founded in 1847 and known for the Beehive House, the Seagull Monument, and Eagle Gate.Where to stay →Bursa cityscape with the Grand Mosque's twin minarets below the snow-capped Uludag mountains

Bursa

Bursa · TurkeySilk once moved through Bursa, a city in northwestern Turkey below Mount Uludağ, known as the first Ottoman capital and a stop on the Silk Road.Where to stay →San Carlos de Bariloche on Nahuel Huapi lake with snow-capped Andes rising behind the hillside town

San Carlos de Bariloche

Río Negro Province · ArgentinaSnow lines the peaks above Bariloche, a lakeside city in the Patagonian Andes on the shore of Nahuel Huapi Lake, known for skiing and its alpine chocolate…Where to stay →Elevated view over Erzurum's low-rise houses climbing toward green hills under a wide blue sky

Erzurum

Erzurum · TurkeySnow settles over Erzurum, a high city of Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, known for Erzurum Castle, its winters, and the ancient walls of Theodosiopolis.Where to stay →Aerial view of Narvik, Norway, its iron-ore harbour and peninsula reaching into the fjord below snow-flecked mountains.

Narvik

Nordland · NorwayNarvik is a fjord port in northern Norway, set in the north-eastern part of Nordland on the Nord-Norge coast.Where to stay →Snow-covered Ostersund with a long bridge over frozen Lake Storsjon and the church spire in Sweden.

Östersund

Jämtland County · SwedenÖstersund pairs its biathlon stadium and floodlit cross-country tracks with Åre's alpine slopes an hour west by train.Where to stay →Summer townscape of Gallivare, northern Sweden, with a yellow wooden house, apartment blocks and forested hills.

Gällivare

Norrbotten County · SwedenGällivare is a municipality in Norrbotten County, north-eastern Sweden, where iron ore and the fell of Dundret shape the town beneath the Arctic light.Where to stay →Åre

Åre

Jämtland County · SwedenÅre has hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships three times, and the lifts up Åreskutan start a short walk from the village square and the railway station.Where to stay →Traditional red wooden farm buildings on a green riverbank under a bright blue sky in Kittilä, Finnish Lapland.

Kittilä

Lapland · FinlandKittilä is a fell-country municipality of Lapland, in the Arctic north of Finland, with the Levi ski resort at Sirkka.Where to stay →Mora

Mora

Dalarna County · SwedenMora is a lakeside town in the north-western part of Dalarna County, set where the Österdalälven meets Lake Siljan in central Sweden.Where to stay →Colourful log-pile sculpture on a roundabout at the centre of Salla, Finland, with low commercial buildings behind.

Salla

Lapland · FinlandSalla is a wilderness municipality in Lapland, the Arctic north of Finland, known for its national park and ski fells.Where to stay →
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Norway (21)

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Finland (4)

JämsäCentral Finland · FinlandMuonioLapland · FinlandSotkamoKainuu · FinlandHyrynsalmiKainuu · Finland

Sweden (5)

SälenDalarna County · SwedenStorumanVästerbotten County · SwedenMalungDalarna County · SwedenRiksgränsenNorrbotten County · SwedenVemdalenJämtland County · Sweden

Common questions

How do I choose between ski destinations?

Judge the season, not the brochure: altitude and latitude set how early and late the snow holds, and lift-base villages save the daily commute to the slopes. A smaller area with reliable cover and lodging at the lifts usually beats a bigger name reached by bus.