Storlien sweden
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Storlien Sweden.
Storlien Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1897 the Swedish ski resort Storlien lies at 831 metres altitude in the Jamtland region of the Swedish ?. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Storlien ski area is not snow sure. Over 4 snow cannons ensure artificial Storlien snow making covers 3km of ski trails, which equates to around 20 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Storlien (Sweden) is Vaernes (Trondheim) at a distance of 70km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Storlien ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
Based on the Storlien Hotel, Sweden's oldest and largest high mountain hotel, offers skiing best suited to beginners and intermediates. The wonderful, friendly hotel has swimming pool, gym and sauna.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Storlien Sweden
Beginner Trails
 7 runs 4.5km |
35% |
Intermediate Trails
 2 runs 1.3km |
10% |
Advanced Trails
 8 runs 5.2km |
40% |
Expert Trails
 3 runs 3km |
15% |
Storlien Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
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| Snowboarders | |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | ? - ? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Storlien Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 13km |
| total length of Storlien trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 1.9km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | S |
| direction Storlien ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 831m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 640m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 640m |
| centre of Storlien ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 191m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 191m |
| 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 Storlien
Skiing Storlien you'll enjoy 20 pistes and trails and that means approximately 13km of ski runs. Storlien lifts number 8 with the capacity to uplift 6000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Swedish ski resort of Storlien is over 1.9km long.
Storlien Ski Area
Storlien ski area has 35% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 10% intermediate, 40% advanced ski slopes and 15% for expert skiers - the most difficult Storlien piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can ski Storlien after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Storlien for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Storlien
If you snowboard Storlien you'll want to know that, of the 8 ski lifts in total, 8 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Storlien snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Storlien snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 2 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Storlien for snowboarding gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
Storlien Apres Ski
The apres ski Storlien scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
3 apres ski bars 2 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 5 saunas 0 hot tubs 1 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Heliskiing, Solarium, Table Tennis.
Storlien for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Storlien Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Storlien resort - ski Storlien by any other name
The Swedish ski resort of Storlien ski resort is also known as and has the following common misspellings:
Storlien ski area has ski slopes which face S
The direction which the various Storlien 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. Storlien ski resort has ski slopes facing S.
Storlien for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall