For all my Dutch friends: there is an nice article on Åre on Sneeuwverwachting.nl (http://www.sneeuwverwachting.nl/weblog/210110/grijp_nu_je_kans_om_in_%C3%A5re_te_wintersporten)

Do you have a Facebook account as well? Then this is a great app to use to check the latest snow reports: http://bit.ly/facebook-myslopes (Thanks to myslopes.com, follow them on Twitter (but me first: http://twitter.com/StreakerBjorn) - http://twitter.com/myslopes

Hi everybody! Winter has really set foot in Sweden and there's a lot of snow now. We even think we'll have a white Christmas! How cool is that! I can train a lot more effective now.
@Bob Carter: great tips, thanks man!

Hi Björn

Great to see that you have a group on Community of Sweden. I watched your video on YouTube recently and haven’t laughed so much in years! Thank you for all the recent updates from Åre.

You mentioned that you’d like to read stories from travellers who’ve been to the Åre/Östersund area in winter. There are two articles you might like to take a look at from our Wild Sweden blog, one on a 5-day dogsled tour in the region, the other on a 4-day snowshoeing and winter camping expedition, both of which I took part in myself a couple of seasons ago:

http://naturetravels.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/snowshoeing-in-sweden-%E2%80%93-four-days-of-fresh-tracks-part-1/

http://naturetravels.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/born-to-run-a-musher%E2%80%99s-diary-dog-sledding-in-sweden-part-1/

Since then, we have expanded our portfolio of winter experiences in the Åre/Östersund region considerably, and now offer a wide range of options for dog sledding, snowshoeing and ski touring.

Enjoy the coming winter in Åre!

Did you know that you can now check the weather on the map at the VisitSweden website? Try it yourself www.visitsweden.com