Austria is renowned for their pensions. Small scaled private owned family business. You are often served half-board take it or leave it style. That’s what we expected when we reserved a room at Hotel Berghof i Söll, located just 10 minutes from the boarder crossing in Kufstein. ___ […]

Other ski magazines create lists of the best powder skiing. If you’re looking for that, read them. In this article, we are talking about concrete corduroy, hardcore skiing. GS style. Put your helmet on, buckle up and go full throttle. This is a salute to the best ski […]

Alpina VM i Saalbach är över utan att Sverige tar någon pallplats individuellt. Visst det blev ett brons i lagtävlingen. Men i övrigt så var det skralt. Är det åkarnas fel? Knappast. Detta är en sportlovskrönika och innehåller redaktörens egna åsikter och insikter. Sveriges bästa manliga prestationer kom […]

Häromveckan ringde telefonen hos skitrotter. Det var Assar Östling som ringde. För er som inte känner till Assar så kan jag meddela att han är en skidfixarlegend av rang. Assar är dessutom en mångårig vän till redaktionen. Döm av min förvåning när han föreslog att undertecknad skulle åka […]

“Gård” is the Swedish word for homestead, and at Sälen Hotel Olarsgården you will feel at home, undoubtedly. This is a family business with a history that goes back to 1949, when the first hotel building was set up at Olarsgården. One of today’s owners, Jonas Persson is […]

Meet Isac Hedstroem, born in Åre, Sweden. Ever since he was a young kid, he’s been known as a talent ski racer. At the age of 24, he is still dreaming of becoming an F.I.S World Cup skier His skiing has always been intense and full of energy. […]

Anders Furbeck tillträdde överraskande som ordförande för Svenska skidförbundet vid årsstämman 20 november. Furbeck var inte valberedningens förslag, istället påhejad och nominerad av Jonas Peterson. Dagen efter årsstämman tilldelas Jonas Peterson tjänsten som VD för VM i Falun av den ordförande som han själv nominerade.  Efter ett turbulent år […]

A Tragedy i three acts unveils in real-time. As the board of directors at the Swedish ski federation, live stages its own modern version of Macbeth. In front of everyone’s eyes. This was supposed to be an article following up what’s happening in the room of power over […]

Åre is more than just a ski resort, it’s a community. This valley is home to more than 6’000 people. All of them connected to and somehow depending on skiing in different forms. It’s a growing population and a vibrating valley year round. The ski area itself consists […]

When it was decided to give the 1954 year’s F.I.S Alpine World Championship to Åre and Sweden. Heavy investment once again took place on the mountain. Since before there was the old mountain railway built in 1910 and a T-bar on a field down in the village. Suddenly, […]