Are, Sweden

A snowHead

Having just got back from a weeks skiing in Italy, it's time to start planning the next trip.

(I know it's eleven months and two weeks away, but there's going to be a group of around 30 that i have to arrange for!)

I was just looking through some brochures to get some ideas and i came across Are in Sweden. Really good deal aswell. £490 for flights etc and a 5 star hotel that has recently been built. (The Holiday Club Resort)

A couple of questions that you guys out there may be able to help us with?????

1) Daylight hours?

2) Skiing good?

3) Too cold?

4) Beer and lunches expensive?

Cheers in advance

A snowHead

Been there twice. 2000 Christmas and 2004 Easter

1) Didn't notice any difference. I suppose there may be 0.5 hour difference but Are has flood light at main central area.

2) Generally good. Three separate areas. Two of them may be linked if there is sufficient snow.

3) Will be if you go in Christmas. It has warm rooms scatter around to allow skiers to eat their lunch in a very civilised fashsion.

4) Yes

I think Are is the largest resort in Sweden with a huge lake but is still a small resort by the French standard. Not too sure the accuracy but my record shows it has 97km of piste which is about right. Courmayeour has 100Km and La Thuile+La Rosiere together has 140 kM. No need to queue unless during the start of the day at the bottom chairlifts. Stunning view. Very friendly people. The atmosphere is different and it is one of the best equipped Scandinavian resort. It has terrians to suit every skiers but being relatively small the runs are not very long but you can certainly travelling around in skies.

Downside is a relatively large number of surface lifts. One is about 2 km long in Bjournen if my memoray serves me right as I haven't had access to the piste map while working overseas.

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If I can count right, 11 and a bit months means you'll be there early January, and daylight hours may be significant. I was in Borlange over Christmas, which I'm fairly sure is further south than Are (and hence will get more sunlight at that time), and you only had daylight and open lifts from 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

Given the financial incentive not to spend too much time drinking during the day, this may not make a difference, but it's worth taking into account

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Are, Sweden

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