Scandi Summer Ski Season Starts
Scandi Summer Ski Season Starts
Published : 12-May-2026 07:27
Scandinavia's 2026 summer ski season is underway with the lift on the Galdhøpiggen Glacier, the highest in Norway, starting turning again this week (pictured above). The centre normally stays open until November, although in recent years has closed for a 4-8 week period in July-September due to melting snowpack.
Norway's second summer ski area at Stryn has announced it will offer cat skiing this coming weekend and then plans to start lift operations on the 22nd, however it has warned that its season may be short and may not even start if the weather is too warm between now and then. So far it says its looking promising.
The lift at Scandinavia's third summer area, Fonna, closed when the operating company ran into difficulties two years ago and has subsequently started to collapse and is being removed. There's talk of a terrain park opening at a new location on the glacier but nothing confirmed as yet.
In a separate development, the famous Swedish spring skiing resort of Riksgränsen in the Arctic Circle, which usually ends its season about two-thirds of the way through May, then reopens for a midsummer long weekend in June, has announced that this year it will stay open right through to midsummer operating its lifts on Fridays-Sundays. This includes the option to ski under the midnight sun on one evening each week.
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