Ski in Kiruna

Skiing in Kiruna

Kiruna, Sweden (442m to 598m)

Established as an ore-mining town, Kiruna is actually the world's second biggest city, in terms of area covered. Today a training centre for cross country skiers from all over the world. It was built on a hill because it is not as cold as on the plains below. Skiing operates from 5pm to 9pm weekdays and 11am - 4pm at weekends. The season starts in November.

Kiruna

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Kiruna Ski Facts

Kiruna Ski Facts

		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snow
		Apres-ski
	1	Black Piste
	3	Red Pistes
	1	Blue Piste
3		Ski Lifts
156m		Max Vertical
598m		Highest Lift
442m		Lowest Piste
442m		Resort Altitude

Kiruna

The Swedish ski resort of Kiruna has direct access to 5 individual pistes, served by 3 ski lifts.

Snow cover is generally reliable due to the Scandinavian climate..

Snowmaking :- Kiruna is able to augment natural snow, on 3km of ski runs, with 2 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 3 Ski Lifts of Kiruna are able to uplift 2,500 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There is an airport within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Kiruna are perfectly feasible. Kiruna Airport is just one hours drive away, in good driving conditions, so you can be on the piste quickly.

Skiing in Kiruna

Kiruna offers good sking, particularly, for Intermediate skiers.

Snowboarding in Kiruna

Kiruna offers some good boarding.

Kiruna in brief

Kiruna Ski Resort is:
Ok for Expert Skiers.
Good for Intermediate Skiers.
Ok for Beginners.
Ok for Snowboarding.

Map of Kiruna