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@Themasterpiece, four years ago we were there a similar time to your trip, and towards the end of the week, many of the ski shops had some excellent bargains as they were shifting stock to clear the way for sailing, boating, hiking and biking stuff for the summer.
Even last week mrsthecramps got 40% off a nice pair of peak performance ski trousers in the peak performance shop in the square.
Might be a good time to treat yourself to new kit.  |
Happened that my ski edge tore my trousers last weekend (bottom was filled with ice) so am looking for some new ones!
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@Sack the Juggler,  Are you still alive? You do look a bit flushed in the second pic.
@dobby, there were a few learner disabled skiers with a variety of sit ski machines there last week. It was amusing to hear a Swedish instructor tear a strip off a Dutchman who had complained that the speed of the T bars had been reduced to help them.
Also, we went on the flat road across to the top to the VM8 from the top of the two T bars (good wind behind us so was actually good fun) and saw four mountain hares, in full winter white, three reindeer and not another soul till we got to the top of the VM8. As an extra treat the world cup run had just opened to the public so we were about the first down there.
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@Hyst, Villa Tottebo is nice, you will enjoy it. Maybe for a lower cost meal try the bar called Broken. It's just bar food, lots of burgers and such, but done well and very tasty and decent value. It is near the bottom of the Bergbannen in the top left hand corner of the square.
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@thecramps, the only elk we saw was from the car - I think all the elk were on winter break when we were there. @Hyst, good to see the Norwegians taking advantage of the "cheap" beer in Sweden. Enjoy the rest of your stay.
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@dobby, Yes, poor Fitzwilliams for them the swedish boos is cheap - I don't think they went for beer, more hard stuff needed to get that drunk in the late afternoon. It hurt my heart when on of them try to ski on the road filled with those small stones they use here.
But maybe they don't ski. Our skiteacher told us about the norwegean invation at easter - it creates a massive traffic jam when they first have to fill up the car in front of Systembolagret! 
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@Hyst, obviously a British contractor providing transport....
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@thecramps, To be honest I didn't even know there was accommodation at Rodkullen. We booked quite late and with 6 people, an unusual Tuesday checkout and small budget it was really a case of what was available anywhere that matched our needs. I found going from Bjornen to Are By using that new chair fine. It was the other way round that ate up time as to get to the apartment required a chair, followed by two long beginner T-bars to get onto the "ski-road".
But anyhow wasn't meaning to be negative on the place - all in all I thought an excellent destination, well-run and with great variety of things to do. Wife's injury not serious just bad timing in eating up half of the 4 days we had there.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@dobby, @Themasterpiece, maybe you are both right !
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You know it makes sense.
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Oh dear I hope they get it fixed for two weeks time 😄
according to the Skistar app there seem to be a few lifts in each area that aren't running each day- they claim to have plenty of snow so is all this "technical" issues?!
Hope you enjoyed your week 😊
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Poster: A snowHead
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It was a daughter father trip - enjoying, - but who pays the bills do you think
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Themasterpiece, that explains it!
@Hyst, glad it went well and enjoyed your updates
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Very windy today. Top lifts not open  Conditions on the pistes very good actually, just the odd thin patch. Snow is quite wet and heavy. No point in offpiste I think - very thin snow cover and what there is was like skiing in porridge.
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Hopefully it gets colder midweek and some new snow might come.
Nice wifi on the snowtrain from Åre
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High winds continue and they still haven't opened the top lifts. Snow is quite hard in the mornings and very soft/wet in the afternoon, but found the sweet spot mid morning when you can venture off piste a bit.
Had an excellent avalanche intro "skistar experience" today, which is a group lesson but only I was booked in. Surprised they didn't cancel it, so thank you skistar for 3 hours of coaching for 500 sek (£42). The conditions were not great for offpiste, but we started the morning with technique on the piste, and headed offpiste when the snow softened up. Practiced measuring slope angle, dug 1.5m deep snow pit, examined layers and did compression and shear tests, discussed weather effects, did some probing and practiced with transceivers (there is a test area anyone can use with their own transceiver with burried boxes providing signals for single or multiple burials at the Åre Lavincenter on the left before the VM6 lift).
Lesson was with David Lindgren, who was working for skistar in this instance but also has his own company www.mountainsport.se for offpiste instruction, guiding, climbing etc in Sweden, Norway (or anywhere else).
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How is the snow bearing up this week?
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@MCL, its good. Temperature has dropped a bit. Wind has died down and top lifts have been open past couple of days. Snow softens up in the afternoon, which is good, and hasn't got as heavy/slow as earlier in the week. It snowed for a few hours this afternoon, and even that sprinklering made a difference.
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@Themasterpiece, thanks for the update and hope you are having a great time
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@MCL, had an awesome week. Weather has been good - pack some sun cream. Get to the top whenever the lifts are open, the snow is still great. Lap the top on lift H28, and ski the side/back and get lifts H25,H27. Photo of my son offpiste on way down to bottom of H25.
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@Themasterpiece, I am seriously jealous.
Nice picture, wish we were still there. Glad you are having a good time though.
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@Themasterpiece, great to hear you had a good time.
I'd better get packing! Good to hear there was some sunshine too 😊
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Themasterpiece
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Poster: A snowHead
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Åre Icing - top station.
House is a kind of service building - never found out what the "other thing" was.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's currently snowing in Are, it's our last day here, will be hitting first lift to make the most of it....
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It's currently snowing in Are, it's our last day here, will be hitting first lift to make the most of it....
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@lilywhite, and @MCL, how was your time in Åre?
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@Themasterpiece, a great week!
Didn't have the best weather with a bit of rain and almost whiteout a few days but a few sunny afternoons.
Really liked the town and the apartment. A little challenging to find at about 3am but we found it eventually
We skied three days and boarded the rest. Had a good private snowboarding lesson booked through the Skistar shop.
Wondered where everyone went mid afternoon as the slopes became deserted; then discovered the apres ski in the hotel at the top of the fenicular 😄. That was good fun!
It was our first experience of a DIY holiday and it all went smoothly with the apartment and hiring equipment. We ate out every night and that wasn't as expensive as I'd anticipated. I'm veggie so at many veggie burgers and a few pizzas.
A few less drag lifts would have been good but that wouldn't put me off returning.
We got weird looks paying for things in cash! They seem to pay for absolutely everything on a card.
Only downside for us was having to take 2 flights and a lengthy wait at airports might make me think twice about returning- I think if we'd have booked sooner we could have got better flight times
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@MCL, did the hotel turn into a thrash metal bar for the afterski? It did in February. ...
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@Hyst, a couple of beers en route but remained sensible as I was a little concerned about finding the apartment. There was indeed a map with the key as Skistar promised but it was effectively useless in working out where to go in! We were all somewhat tired by then. Didn't enjoy having to make up our own beds when we got there- is that normal for self catering?! They had left us with an array of cleaning products but just one toilet roll would have been nice!
Yes the t bars were a challenge on the snowboards especially when the snow was firm and rutted! Sure they'll get easier with practice. Yes no problem on skis!
@dobby, no thrash metal! It was a band called somebody's tombola- there was no sign of a tombola- they did Tina Turner, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen to name a few! It was strange how the band finished at about 5.45 each day and then everyone disappeared and the cleaning staff turned up! On the last day we went to the hotel bar afterwards and ended up with a group of Norweigans- we weren't being that rowdy but we got threatened to be thrown out twice as they could hear us in the posh restaurant! So we all left before we really did get ejected!
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@MCL, we flew SAS from LHR to Ostersund via Stockholm, and while we had a 3 hour wait for the connection on the way there, it was only 50 mins or so on the way back. The price was about the same as going via Trondheim and we arrived mid afternoon. Flights on the way back were about 6pm so we got a bit of skiing in on the last day too. (without having to buy extra lift passes as skistar were selling passes 8 days for the price of 6). We are going again next year for sure.
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