Blafjoll iceland
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Blafjoll Iceland.
Blafjoll Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1968 the Icelandic ski resort Blafjoll lies at 700 metres altitude in the ? region of the Icelandic Blue Mountains. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Blafjoll ski area is not snow sure. Over 0 snow cannons ensure artificial Blafjoll snow making covers 0km of ski trails, which equates to around 0 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Blafjoll (Iceland) is Keflavik at a distance of 25km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Blafjoll ski season runs from November to May.
SNO-man says
Iceland's largest resort, an easy drive on a slightly dangerous road (gravel surface) from Reykjavik. The lifts are split in to five unlinked but neighbouring areas, with much floodlighting of the piste - vital at such a northerly latitude with little winter light. A 5km loipe is also floodlit. Best to stay in Reykjavik and commute.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Blafjoll Iceland
Beginner Trails
 0 runs ?km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 5 runs ?km |
26% |
Advanced Trails
 10 runs ?km |
52% |
Expert Trails
 4 runs 4km |
21% |
Blafjoll Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | ? - ? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | May 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Blafjoll Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 20km |
| total length of Blafjoll trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 1km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N |
| direction Blafjoll ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 700m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 480m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 480m |
| centre of Blafjoll ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 220m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 220m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Blafjoll
Skiing Blafjoll you'll enjoy 19 pistes and trails and that means approximately 20km of ski runs. Blafjoll lifts number 15 with the capacity to uplift 11100 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Icelandic ski resort of Blafjoll is over 1km long.
Blafjoll Ski Area
Blafjoll ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 26% intermediate, 52% advanced ski slopes and 21% for expert skiers - the most difficult Blafjoll piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can ski Blafjoll after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Blafjoll for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Blafjoll
If you snowboard Blafjoll you'll want to know that, of the 15 ski lifts in total, 13 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Blafjoll snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Blafjoll snowboard facilities include 0 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Blafjoll for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Blafjoll Apres Ski
The apres ski Blafjoll scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
1 apres ski bars 1 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 0 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities ?.
Blafjoll for apres ski gets 1 stars out of 5 overall
More Blafjoll Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Blafjoll resort - ski Blafjoll by any other name
The Icelandic ski resort of Blafjoll ski resort is also known as and has the following common misspellings:
Blafjoll ski area has ski slopes which face N
The direction which the various Blafjoll ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Blafjoll ski resort has ski slopes facing N.
Blafjoll for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall