Narvik is a fjord port in northern Norway, set in the north-eastern part of Nordland on the Nord-Norge coast.
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.
Östersund pairs its biathlon stadium and floodlit cross-country tracks with Åre's alpine slopes an hour west by train.
Gällivare is a municipality in Norrbotten County, north-eastern Sweden, where iron ore and the fell of Dundret shape the town beneath the Arctic light.
Åre 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.
Mora is a lakeside town in the north-western part of Dalarna County, set where the Österdalälven meets Lake Siljan in central Sweden.
Geilo gathers Hol's mountain country in western Buskerud around one village — high terrain for the snow months, with the Ustedalen chapel in its valley.
Nordfjordeid is the administrative centre of Stad Municipality in western Norway, set at the head of Eidsfjorden in the Nordfjord region.
Sälen's fells link Lindvallen, Högfjället, Tandådalen, and Hundfjället into one of the Nordics' largest alpine ski areas, and the Vasaloppet starts here.
Storuman Municipality takes in Tärnaby and Hemavan, the fell slopes that produced Ingemar Stenmark and Sweden's slalom tradition.
Malung is a riverside town in the western part of Dalarna County, set on the Västerdalälven in central Sweden.
Beitostølen stands about 900 metres up where the Valdresflye mountain plateau begins — Øystre Slidre's high village with skiing at its doorstep.
Skiers ride under the midnight sun at Riksgränsen, a border resort in Norrbotten County on the Norwegian frontier, far north of the Arctic Circle.
19 more Skiing & Snow destinations
- Voss Vestland · Norway
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- Sjusjøen Innlandet · Norway
- Hovden Agder · Norway
- Tysse Vestland · Norway
- Volda Møre og Romsdal · Norway
- Tretten Innlandet · Norway
- Ørsta Møre og Romsdal · Norway
- Sauda Rogaland · Norway
- Innbygda Innlandet · Norway
- Moen Troms · Norway
- Stranda Møre og Romsdal · Norway
- Dovre Innlandet · Norway
- Oppdal Trøndelag · Norway
- Vang Innlandet · Norway
- Flå Buskerud · Norway
- Trøim Buskerud · Norway