• ABOUT THE SPOT

Snowskating in Björkliden, Kiruna, Sweden

Vertical drop:
538 m/1765 ft
Highest altitude:
Pajep Kappastjakka at 1410 m/4626 ft
Pistes:
25
Ski lifts:
5
Total area:
15 km/9 mi
Bjorkliden lies at 250 km/155 mi inside the Arctic Circle. It's one of the world's northernmost ski resort where modern ski has been born. Björkliden is the birthplace of modern skiing in the beginning of the last century, contributing to the ski sport history evolution. There are endless possibilities and many challenges in the resort and nearby area.

The world’s northernmost ski resort, where trends arise and legends are born. Snow-skating, when you combine a skateboard and a snowboard, to perform skateboard tricks on snow! There are endless possibilities and many challenges in the resort and nearby area for the extreme snow-skater.

At Björkliden Fjallby ski resort there are 25 pistes, 4 of them being black and 2 green. Beside the marked pistes, the area is perfect for snow-skating many unprepared trails and slopes at the snowy mountains. A nice and easy piste is the Teknikbacken, where night boarding is possible. For the experienced ones there are the Tunnel and the Malmbana trails, on unmarked area, into the Bjorkliden wilderness.

You can move among the pistes with 5 lifts. There are many services in the resort like medical support, kids area, ski lodging and more.