Sweden's 23-24 ski season is underway with the northerly centre of Kåbdalis opening.
It's the fourth Scandinavian ski area to open for the new season joining Levi and Ruka in Finland, which opened a fortnight ago, and the Galdhopiggen glacier in Norway which has been open since last May with its 2023 season due to end in early November.
Each has only limited terrain open so far, just a kilometre or two of slopes a piece, but (very) early season conditions are good with fresh snowfall and temperatures low enough for snowmaking.
Elsewhere in Europe eight glacier ski areas are now open in the Alps, more than half of them in the Austrian Tirol region, although stormy weather over recent days have led to temporary closures.