Exploring Borgäfjall

This years half term holiday took us on an exploratory road trip across Sweden, checking out new venues for future trips. Principle amongst these was ski touring in Borgafjäll, a remote ski station in southern Lapland reputed to be ‘Sweden’s Japan’ – on account of it’s reliable snowpack and excellent tree skiing.

After running through the entire ABBA Spotify catalogue on the drive up, it was clear that the ‘remote’ bit was correct – but what about the skiing? Well, after 4 days enjoying lonely summits and skiing fresh untracked powder without meeting any other ski tourers, it fully lived up to expectations…