Icehunting · 26 Nov – 2 Dec 2026 · Åre, Sweden

Black ice, lonely mountain lakes, we go over one night’s ice.

We go into the mountains on a quest for pure black ice. Glorious either way.

We go into the mountains to find remote lakes around Åre, on a quest for pure black ice. Find it, and the skates come out. Don’t, and the skis carry us deeper into the mountains. Glorious either way.

Reserve your spot How we find the ice

Whatever the forecast

Late November is the edge of the season: the lakes are deciding whether to freeze, the first real snow is arriving. We read the signs and go where they lead.

Perfect black iceThe dream. Clear black ice where you can see the stones on the bottom. Silent, fast, a bit unreal.
A skater with poles standing on frosty, snow-dusted lake iceSnow on the iceOften it’s perfectly skateable. We check the conditions together and pick the best line across the lake.
Lots of snowThen we click into skis and tour off-track through birch forest and over open fells.
Autumn fells around Sylarna with the first snow on the peaksMild weatherThen the packs go on: a few days trekking through the fells, with a tent and from hut to hut.
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“Up here, myth and reality sit close together. Our own mentors once took us into the wild, and a little piece of an old story came true. Now it’s our turn to take you there.”
Ludwig Lorentzon Ludwig Lorentzon · your fjällguide
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A lone skier leaving a long track across a vast snowfield, a snowy mountain beside

Places to stay nearby

You arrange your own accommodation, directly with the inn or hut. Once you’re here, we suggest places close to where the ice is best at that moment. You pay on the spot.

Ottsjö Wärdshus, the red inn above Ottsjön
Photo: STF / Ottsjö Wärdshus

Ottsjö Wärdshus

A 1930s inn on the mountainside above Ottsjön, with a sauna and the lake below the window.

Hållandsgården in winter, among frosted birches
Photo: Hållandsgården

Hållandsgården

A family-run place in Hålland, by the Indalsälven river and the Ristafallet waterfall.

Skiing with a pulk past snowed-in huts by a lake

A hut by a lake

A mountain hut by a lake, a little off the beaten track. Sometimes that’s exactly where the best ice is.

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Go icehunting with us, 26 November – 2 December

Seven days on the ice around Åre: every day from Thursday 26 November to Wednesday 2 December, with at most 4 guests a day. Come for the long weekend, the whole trip, or draw your own line, and pick how you travel in the form below. You arrive the day before your first day on the ice, and that evening you get a short course in ice safety, right after the briefing we hold every evening about the next day.

Long weekend

Fri 27 – Mon 30 Nov · 4 days

Friday to Monday on the ice. Arrive Thursday, first ice call Friday morning.

  • 4 days guided, with an ice call every evening
  • Food, transport to the ice and all gear

The full trip

Thu 26 Nov – Wed 2 Dec · 7 days

1 day free

Seven days to find the one perfect ride, and plenty of time to follow the cold wherever it goes.

  • 7 days guided, with an ice call every evening
  • Food, transport to the ice and all gear

Your own line

Your days · 2 or more in a row

Pick your own days between 26 November and 2 December. Tap them in the form below.

  • Guided days, with an ice call every evening
  • Food, transport to the ice and all gear

Included

  • A certified guide (fjälledare) and an ice call every evening
  • Skates, skis and all safety gear
  • Food: breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
  • Transport out to the ice and back, up to 3 hours around Åre
  • A short ice-safety course on the evening you arrive

Not included

  • Travel to Åre · you book it; we send you connections, wherever you come from
  • Accommodation · about €50–100 a night, paid on the spot; we suggest places near the ice
  • Alcoholic drinks
Ludwig Lorentzon
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Pick your tripChoose a trip above, or tap your days below.
1Your days on the iceTap a day and the next one comes along: you pick stretches of two days or more. Match a trip and you get its price; anything else is your own line at per day.
How do you travel? Your travel days show in the calendar.

2Who’s comingGuests, and how fit you are. We plan each day around the group.
Guests
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3Your detailsSo we can confirm your spot.

No payment now. We’ll confirm your spot by email within a day.

You’re on the way to the ice.

Your booking request is in. We’ll confirm your spot by email within a day. Start praying for cold, clear nights.

More adventures

Not on the ice in November? There’s more.

Any day you like

Swedish day tours, off track

Ski touring, telemark or a day across the fells around Åre and Ottsjö. No fixed dates: you pick the day.

Call or email Ludwig:

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April

The Great Blue Hall

A ski tour through one of the quietest, bluest high plateaus of the north. Dates and conditions follow.

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Safety

Wild ice and open fells ask for respect. This is how we make sure the adventure stays the fun kind.

Trained in the mountains

Our guides are certified fjälledare (Fjälledarrådets norm), trained as fjällguides in Jämtland, and educated in avalanche safety with SVELAV Pro 1, a professional avalanche education.

On the ice

At most four guests on the ice, and the guide tests the ice ahead of the group every day. On the evening you arrive you get a short ice-safety course, and everyone carries ice picks and a throw rope.

In the mountains

We follow the avalanche forecast and pick routes to match the day’s snow and weather. The guide makes the go or no-go call and tells you the plan the evening before. On skis in the fells, the group can be a little bigger.

“Good ice is never a guarantee. That’s the whole point: you don’t just skate it, you learn how to find it.”
Chris van Diemen Chris van Diemen · your fjällguide