Riksgränsen

Sweden's northernmost ski resort is, at first glance, barely more than a cluster of houses along the Ore Railway. But when the worst of the winter darkness has passed in February, Gränsen boasts classic mountain peaks such as Nordals and Vassitjåkka, heli-skiing in an area the size of a small Central European country and, not least, the competition that ends the season for most of the Swedish freeskier elite – the Extreme Nordic Championships.
After that, the spring slush takes over, and the lifts usually spin until midsummer.