Home · Åre
Åre · Scandinavia's biggest, and its best ski town
Åre. The one that feels like a ski town.
Ninety-one kilometres of piste across three linked areas, a 6.5 km run from the top of Åreskutan down to the village – and sixty restaurants to walk between when the lifts stop.
Why Åre
Ski all day. Then walk to dinner.
Åre is the one Nordic resort built like a proper ski town: the train stops in the middle of the village, the lifts start where the shops end, and the mountain has hosted the World Championships three times. Nearly half the slopes are marked easy, so the numbers work for families as well as for people who came for the race pistes.
Three linked areas – Åre By, Björnen and Duved/Tegefjäll – on one pass, with around 40 lifts between them.
From Åreskutan at over 1,300 m to the village at 380 m in a single 6.5 km descent – the longest run on this list.
Sixty-plus restaurants and bars, night skiing at the Race Arena and in Björnen, and everything walkable end to end.
Where to stay
Village hotels, ski-in apartments, cabins in Björnen and Duved.
Åre By puts you in the middle of it. Björnen is the family side – quieter slopes, its own kids' areas. Duved is calmer and cheaper, with the bus to both.
Walk to the lift, walk to dinner, walk home. Pool and spa in most of them.
Search Åre →On the mountain and in Björnen: ski to the door, own kitchen, room for the whole group.
Search Åre →More space, better rates, and the ski bus every few minutes.
Search Åre →Live cross-country ski trail report
See which cross-country tracks were groomed this morning.
The grooming machines in the southern Åre mountains report live to Längdspår.se – Edsåsdalen, Trillevallen, Ottsjö and Vålådalen. Green means freshly groomed; check before you choose your loop for the day.
Cross-country skiing in Åre: trails, floodlit loops, rental →
Trail data: Längdspår.se
Getting there
An hour from Åre Östersund. Two from Trondheim.
Fly to Åre Östersund and drive an hour, or come from Trondheim in about two – the easy way in for Norwegian guests. From Stockholm it is around seven hours by car, or the night train that stops in the middle of the village.
Other resorts
Stays with their own page
104 places to stay in Åre, each on its own page.
Beds, what is included, conditions and the supplier's own description – then live prices for your week.
Good to know
Questions people ask before they book Åre.
Is there real ski-in/ski-out accommodation in Åre?
36 of the 104 stays in Åre on Nordic Alps are tagged ski-in/ski-out, and every stay shows the distance to the nearest lift in metres. 62 have a sauna and 8 a hot tub.
How do I get to Åre?
The resort is in Åre, about an hour and ten minutes from Åre Östersund Airport and two hours from Trondheim by car; the railway station is in the village. Our travel guide has flights, trains, buses and parking in one place.
Can I see live prices for Åre before I book?
Yes. Pick your dates and the number of guests and every stay in Åre shows its live price for the whole stay, straight from the supplier – or tells you it is not available for that week before you click. Hotels, apartments and cabins are compared in the same list.
Is there anything left in Åre for the next few weeks?
The last-minute page for Åre shows what is still free in the next four weeks, with weekend prices, updated every morning.
Is Åre good for cross-country skiing too?
Yes – see our cross-country page for Åre: trail kilometres, floodlit loops, rental and the live grooming report.
Season 2026/27
Open to 2 May. Book the weeks that go first.
Christmas, week 8 and Easter fill early, and the spring weeks are the best value on the mountain. Pick a week above.