DoaluKnow the place before you book.
Steep groomed ski piste with fresh carved tracks and a burst of powder, a chairlift overhead, snowy pines and peaks behind.

Experience · Sweden

Skiing & Snow in Sweden

Sweden takes its snow seriously, and the season rewards that commitment with months of reliable cover. The alpine heart sits in the western fells along the Norwegian border, where Åre has hosted World Championship racing and anchors the country's best-known downhill terrain. Further south, Sälen and the Vemdalen valleys offer broad, family-friendly pistes and some of the most popular runs in the Nordics, while Riksgränsen, perched above the Arctic Circle, draws ski-mountaineers into late spring and early summer under a midnight sun that never quite sets. Beyond the lifts lies the deeper tradition: cross-country trails threading birch and pine, the langlauf culture that makes Nordic skiing a national pastime rather than a niche. Forested plateaus, frozen lakes and quiet valleys give the touring skier room that crowded Alpine resorts rarely can. This is a place where winter is not endured but inhabited, and the destinations ranked here reflect that range, from groomed resort to open backcountry.

Where to stay →

Best places to stay for skiing & snow

Ranked by global recognition — how widely each place is read about across Wikipedia's language editions. Never paid placement, prices, or reviews.

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 →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 →Sälen

Sälen

Dalarna County · SwedenSälen's fells link Lindvallen, Högfjället, Tandådalen, and Hundfjället into one of the Nordics' largest alpine ski areas, and the Vasaloppet starts here.Where to stay →Panorama of Lake Storuman with forested islands and distant hills in Vasterbotten, Sweden

Storuman

Västerbotten County · SwedenStoruman Municipality takes in Tärnaby and Hemavan, the fell slopes that produced Ingemar Stenmark and Sweden's slalom tradition.Where to stay →Aerial view over the forested Vasterdalalven river valley and scattered village of Malung in Dalarna, Sweden

Malung

Dalarna County · SwedenMalung is a riverside town in the western part of Dalarna County, set on the Västerdalälven in central Sweden.Where to stay →Snow-covered ski resort of Riksgraensen in Swedish Lapland with a cluster of lodges and lifts amid vast white fells.

Riksgränsen

Norrbotten County · SwedenSkiers ride under the midnight sun at Riksgränsen, a border resort in Norrbotten County on the Norwegian frontier, far north of the Arctic Circle.Where to stay →Snow-covered main street in Vemdalen lined with birches and red timber houses, a church spire in the distance.

Vemdalen

Jämtland County · SwedenAn octagonal wooden church from 1763 anchors Vemdalen, a fell village in Jämtland County with ski slopes at Vemdalsskalet and Björnrike.Where to stay →

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.