Ski hire in Are, Sweden

Can anyone recommend a good skire shop in Are ?
or will it be cheaper to order my skire hire and lift pass in UK ?

Igluski quote;
skis/boots (Beginner) £85 for 6 days
lift pass £165 for 6 days

thanks
Brian

Skistar were good as gold, cheaper via web, skistar.com they can post passes to you or collect in resort with your skis. I think there were 3 or 4 of their shops around resort, friendly, knowledgable staff, nothing too much trouble, happy to exchange carvers for fatties on powder days (in any shop they operate so you don't need to go off slope to swap!). If you hit the shop when its busy they operate a ticket system like deli counters, we found the misc button got us seen more quickly than the dedicated rental ticket!
If you take lessons while your out there I can happily recommend James (aussie) he was very patient but made me focus, I had a carving epiphany!
Lovely resort, look out for Mr Bramwells in the Tegerfjall area, its a teepee selling hot choc and sausage wraps with a lovely wood burning stove in its centre and comparitively cheap.
Another great eaterie on slope, this time in Rodkullen (beginner/cruisy green/blue area) is Ulladalsstugan, they do amazing potatoe pancakes with salt pork and lingonberry jam, gotta try them!
Spirits and wines are extortionate, visit the system bolaget (off licence) by the station for alcohol to have indoors if you like a tipple and stick to beer in bars if your on a budget.
The semi-off piste trip to Husa (mining town off the back of Areskutan with its own small ski hill) is worth a look(skistar again) and family friendly.
We liked it so much last year we rebooked within 6 weeks of coming home and are visiting again next month. Downside? Just the enormous amount of VERY long button/anchor lifts and the prices of eating out.

Thanks for the prompt reply and all the info ! All very helpful as I've never been to sweden before (in fact, only skied twice in 30 years !)- can't wait for this trip. Do you have a contact number for James ? Tx Brian

No phone number but if you book lessons thru skistar and ask for Aussie James they will know who. They do a block of lessons which work out quite economical, he was my group instructor, I later chose to pay for a 121.

Out of interest, what week are you going to Are? We are flying out the 25th march.

I'm going out for a week 12 Feb - when the kids have left school I look forward to non-halfterm holidays !!

One other thing, I know Swdeen is expensive, so I can budget what sort of cost is for a simple pizza/pasta type meal in Are? (We are self-catering at the Are Fjallby apartments). thanks Brian

TBH I don't remember individual prices, 6 of us went the first time and we took turns to buy lunch, it was in the region of £15 a head for a main course and a drink. Some of us had burgers/pasta/goulash or whatever.
If you go to the copperhill hotel lunchtime their pizzas are large enough to feed 2 hungry adults, be warned the reindeer pizza is awful unless you like really fatty beef!
Self catering at the Fjallby was the way we did it the 2nd time, reasonably equipped and very convenient for the ski bus and the vm8 lift, not quite ski to the door but pretty close.
If you pack carefully you should be able to fit most of the dry goods youll need for a week in your case, def bring tea/coffee from home and a few herb/spices or packet mixes for stews etc, oxo and jarred herbs are expensive out there.
Tap water is fine in Sweden so don't waste money buying it in supermarkets/cafe's.
A lot of places do free refills on coffee and most will supply free tap water for the table as well.(leaving you money for a beer!)
There are warming huts and bbq facilities in a few places on slope, not sure what arrangements there are for these as we didn't use them but it seemed like people were just bunging on their own food to reheat!
Even tho you are clearly not a child DO visit the bjornparken- its the kids area and utterly delightful and if your returning to ski after a long break its very gentle! There are some nice (easy) tree lined runs as well as animated cartoon animals that sing to you!
The black sheep pub is worth checking out, right next to the vm8 and when you come out of your apartment and face the lake its to your right, friendly, can get quite lively about 4pm when the lifts close, sometimes has live music, decent food. Beware apple sourz.
BYGGET nightclub is on your doorstep, can get real busy and you may spot swedish celebs but ridiculously pricey. The swedes take apres very seriously but you wont see trouble, they are too busy laughing!
Please take pics and post them on here so I can have a mini fix before I go back myself!