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Hi all
We are looking into a skiing/winter holiday but instead of a week's skiing, we want to go somewhere that offers loads of other things too. We love waterfalls, nature, sightseeing but also love skiing. We've been told we can ski (very limited!!) in iceland. I would love to go there and see the blue lagoon, northern lights etc. But most people go and stay in Reykjavik, so has anyone been Iceland, done the sightseeing stuff as well as skiing?? If so, where did you stay and where did you ski? From what I can tell Blafjoll has the most slopes (approx 6) but this would be fine for a day and then doing other stuff for the week. Any info on skiing there would be great. We are thinking of going v end of January/begin of Feb
thanks
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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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According to xe.com 3,100 ISK is £16.00 which sounds a lot more reasonable! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Phew!!! I was converting Sweedish Krona (SEK) Thought it was a tad too much!
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Yeah the ski areas are very cheap because the local government owns and operates them with a reasonable subsidy. On the downside that means they tend to operate to fixed dates to keep within budget.
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thanks geoffers, thats was a great report. We would only be looking at 1 or 2 days skiing and then do the tourist stuff. Need to sit down and price it all up and plan it....after all this, we'll prob just book a week to andorra with thomson!!!! Hope not, as it looks a great place
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Blafjoll and Skalafell are the ski areas around Reykjavik, both about 25-30 min drive from Reykjavik. Those areas are small and limited. Blafjoll is supposed to be open from beginning of January till 1st of may. But opening in January and February is very unreliable. I think most often it is only 2-4 days in January.
I would not come to Iceland for piste skiing, the opening is way too unreliable and the ski areas poor. But trip like Geoffers did or heliskiing is very interesting and I will probably do it myself someday.
In the middle of the week (mon-fri) Blafjoll is open till 21 o'clock (floodlights) so you could head up to the mountains after you have spent the day doing some touristic stuff. There is bus service when it is open.
Touristic stuff:
Blue lagoon is only 25 km from Reykjavik, so I would stay in Reykjavik for that. There is frequent bus service to it.
Northern lights, best to head outside of Reykjavik after dark, but sometimes it can be seen in Reykjavik. The met. office has forecast for it on this page. http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/
If you go further, e.g. to the glaciers then you might think about staying somewhere on the way.
booking.com probably best for accommodation. Even airbnb (dont know the quality of it, more risk)
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Bláfjöll's what you make of it really. I have a lot of fun up there despite it's diddly stature.
https://vimeo.com/65126996
https://vimeo.com/95912620
The latter video is on some of the steeper terrain next to the main ski area which is a short hike or even shorter skin away. It used to be lift served for a black run down the least steep bit but it hasn't turned in a few years AFAIK.
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