 Poster: A snowHead
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In a somewhat unpredictable turn of events, I am emigrating to Stockholm ! Its occurred to me for the first time in my life I will have snow on my doorstep. Anyone have any tips for snow from living in Stockholm. Is it possible to make day trips to decent slopes?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just South East of Stockholm
Hammarbybacken
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hammarbybacken is on your doorstep, or rather a train ride away, but its just a short hill really, just going up and down.
We sometimes head up to Salen but its really a 5 hour drive so you have to stay overnight really.
Heading up to Are on Saturday, and this is my favourite Swedish ski resort but a 8 hour drive I think.
You could also head over to Lillehammer in Norway, but that is also a long drive (also about 8 hours)
Or you could have a go at cross country skiing and maybe do the Vasaloppet next February?
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| Sack the Juggler wrote: |
We sometimes head up to Salen but its really a 5 hour drive so you have to stay overnight really.
Heading up to Are on Saturday, and this is my favourite Swedish ski resort but a 8 hour drive I think.
You could also head over to Lillehammer in Norway, but that is also a long drive (also about 8 hours)
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epic trolling, well done sir, man moves to Stockholm and is told to drive 8 hours to see snow! Of course with the speed limits in Sweden even the local shopping center is probably a five hour drive 
From what I read on the Alt-Right websites there is a low level civil war in Stockholm as the police battle it out with heavily armed drugs gangs. Even Wallandar makes it look a bit iffy with depressed murderers roaming the countryside.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Tue 19-12-17 13:40; edited 1 time in total
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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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| Sack the Juggler wrote: |
We sometimes head up to Salen but its really a 5 hour drive so you have to stay overnight really.
Heading up to Are on Saturday, and this is my favourite Swedish ski resort but a 8 hour drive I think.
You could also head over to Lillehammer in Norway, but that is also a long drive (also about 8 hours)
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epic trolling, well done sir, man moves to Stockholm and is told to drive 8 hours to see snow! |
he did ask if it was possible to make day trips to decent slopes, and I guess my answer is.... its best to travel a bit further 
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I remember [b]@mgrolf[\b] telling me much the same, Stockholm being somewhat maritime in its climate.
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@escooler, welcome to Sweden! Around Stockholm city there are a couple of small hills, good fun for a day or half day: Hammarbybacken, Väsjöbacken, Flottsbro, Ekebyhovbacken.
Around 2.5 hours from Stockholm, for a weekend (or week with kids) there is Kungsberget and Romme Alpin. Proper little resorts built around 300m hills. Snow park is a big focus at Kungsberget.
At 5-6 hours from Stockholm, there is too many to list: Sälen, Kläppen, Orsa Gronklint, Stöten, Vemdalen, Idre Fjäll, Lofsdalen etc. All good family ski areas.
@Sack the Juggler wasn’t trolling. Åre is a 7.5 hour drive. Plenty of Swedes do it. We prefer to fly to Östersund. Or you can take a night train and get 2 extra days of skiing in. Åre is the largest ski area in the Nordics.
Then there are some great options flying to Lapland, especially for later season or touring, ie Hemavan, Riksgränsen.
This article is actually pretty good:
https://www.google.se/amp/s/www.thelocal.se/20130129/31982/amp. The skistar.se website is a good place to start.
To ski in Sweden you have to be a little more hardy - expect occasional extreme cold, freezing rain - but as they say in Sweden “there is no bad weather, only bad clothing”. But overall good value, quieter slopes, very few out of control idiots.
By the way, I’ve no idea what @davidof is going on about. Maybe there is some trouble in a few of the rough suburbs, but Stockholm is very safe in my view. Very rare to see any trouble, unlike most of the U.K. town and cities I lived in where fights and knife crime was routine.
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"there is no bad weather, only bad clothing "- that is Scotland not Sweden! wait , the whole UK!
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Excellent, thanks for all the tips, Couple more questions, as things are a bit colder am guessing the season is slightly different, is this the case, i have only ever been on the snow in the alps/spain. Looking forward to seeing something a bit different.
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From what I read on the Alt-Right websites there is a low level civil war in Stockholm as the police battle it out with heavily armed drugs gangs. Even Wallandar makes it look a bit iffy with depressed murderers roaming the countryside.
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If those alt right websites were to believe I live in a no-go, zoned lawless part of London, where people are banned from saying Christmas and people are knifing each other...I am sure that Stockholm like all cities has its problems, but I may take their reports with a pinch of salt
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Themasterpiece, @escooler, I think @davidof, was either tongue in cheek (in which case looks like he failed) or fishing (in which case looks like a perfect score)
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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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These are hard times, you can never tell these days - this snowflake was triggered.
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You know it makes sense.
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And don't overlook the cross country options to get really into the local way of doing things. Have fun.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| escooler wrote: |
Excellent, thanks for all the tips, Couple more questions, as things are a bit colder am guessing the season is slightly different, is this the case, i have only ever been on the snow in the alps/spain. Looking forward to seeing something a bit different.
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The season for Are / Salen etc is probably the same as the alps, while it is further north, the mountains are not as high as the alps so the season tends to run from Dec / March regardless of actual snow conditions.
then there is Riksgränsen as mentioned by the masterpiece. As this is in the artic circle the skiing season extends into the summer and endless days, in the winter it is endless night so not even sure if its open in the winter. I've never been but Missus Sacko says its just one hotel (unless this has changed) with a lot of long drag lifts leading off it, and its supposed to be cheap for Heli skiing and its mostly off piste, but that might just be her experience.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| tomj wrote: |
| I remember @mgrolf telling me much the same, Stockholm being somewhat maritime in its climate. |
@tomj is almost correct, except that I was referring to Gothenburg! Stockholm is somewhat drier and colder.
@escooler, welcome to Sweden. I can't add a lot to what's been said already, other than to echo @themasterpiece's comments about the skiing culture here - much more respectful than the Alps, in general.
We must be heading towards critical mass for a scandi bash?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Still an 8 hour släpande to ski somewhere the size of Yad Moss when some London based Snowheads can be in La Plagne in less time!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Err, Åre is not the size of Yad Moss!
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| Sack the Juggler wrote: |
then there is Riksgränsen as mentioned by the masterpiece. As this is in the artic circle the skiing season extends into the summer and endless days, in the winter it is endless night so not even sure if its open in the winter. I've never been but Missus Sacko says its just one hotel (unless this has changed) with a lot of long drag lifts leading off it, and its supposed to be cheap for Heli skiing and its mostly off piste, but that might just be her experience. |
The Riksgränsen season is end February to May, reopening for midsummer weekend. Still just one hotel. Correct about offpiste and helli.
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