Åre reviews (Page 5)

The only place in Sweden with a decent drop height. To enjoy yourself in Åre, you need to be patient as the weather can get in the way (10 miles to the Norwegian Sea, low pressure brings in moisture and wet snow) The advantage of Åre is, apart from world-class skiing on sunny days.

*Fun in the village, 10-20 good restaurants and several nightclubs
*Shopping - from system companies, radio and television, several bakeries to fashion and specialty stores for various sports
*Activities - Jumpyard, Bowling, Padel, Swimming, SATS and more.
*Train to the village - easy for me to take the train up from Stockholm C and walk up to my apartment.
*Summer and Autumn - Åre lives all year round, service is also available in November or May..

Have been to Åre many times as the Alps have not been an option due to small children.

high zone often closed, lifts often closed or stationary,
- too few lifts in relation to the size of the area,
- too many people in relation to the size of the area,
- blows often, rarely good weather,
- Skis do not need to invest as they have a monopoly. People come anyway,
- not lavish infrastructure with cable cars, tunnels and lavish lifts as in the Alps,
- fewer slopes than backwards in time,
- long queues.

Go to the Alps instead.

Absolutely macabre! No lifts to the top were open and the queues for the lifts that were open were miles long with no end. The slopes were not piste but consisted of lots of humps. You also had to slalom between the hundreds of other people on the piste who sometimes sat or lay in the middle of the hill. 🤬🤬 Not affordable.

Good skiing, but larger (and more modern) lift capacity is needed to the top.

Best ski with a real powder drop. Unbeatable at least in southern Norrland and south of Sweden (But from time to time heavily blown ice-mixed sludge from the Atlantic). Unfortunately, an undersized lift system with an almost cheeky price development both in terms of the consumer price index since 2008 and in terms of the deficient supply of lifts.

I also hope that the lift system will be expanded between Skutan and Huså at some point. It would open up a whole mountain world for skiing all over the mountain and for significantly more skiers.

Neglected, obsolete and undersized lift system. And the slightest breeze or minus degree, the only tolerable part of the system (Skutan) is turned off. Put the money in the Alps instead.

The first time I have been to Åre and am shocked that what is considered Sweden's best ski resort is so damn bad? Understand that you can not compare with the Alps but men fucking what a neglected lift system Åre has. It takes a lot of millions in lift investments to make it an okay place. Considering the climate that prevails in Åre, slow lifts would need to be upgraded so it can be more bearable during the cold months, right now the lifts (and the queues !!) are a hell of a joy killer. And yes, new lifts (and slopes!) Need to be built, considering how many beds there are. At least one more lift to the high zone of course. By the way, the slopes are pretty dull with 🙂

Urusla slopes during New Year.

The only Swedish alpine ski resort.

Nice mountain but a lift system that only gets worse and worse.

What makes Åre unique is the ship. Without it, there are many places with equally good riding and smaller people. It started with the thousand meter lift disappearing and made it very complicated to ride several rides in a row in the thousand meter. Soon the same thing happens with the cabin track. This means that you can no longer drive long runs from top to bottom in any of the ravines or the back. Instead, you are forced to take three !? lifts to be able to take the same ride, which destroys a little joy and that you do not have time for so many rides in one day. The fact that the lift queues only increase for each season does not make it better. Two fewer lifts up to the schooner means that both the gondola and the transverse arch have incredibly long lift queues. Empty. weekends / weeks that were previously quite quiet have had real lift queues to get up to the ship. In addition, it rarely feels like you ski a lot in Åre, as there is a lot of transport to get between different lifts.

No Skis need to sharpen. A lift with high capacity from top to bottom, so maybe the day pass of SEK 670 feels a little more affordable ... hahaha. Would not recommend anyone who really wants to ski a lot to go to Åre.