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Skiing in scandinavia on new year

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gml96
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Me and my friends are planning to go on vacation to scandinavia during the time about new year. Can you guys tell me if this is to early at this time then? We thought about going to Are and Klappen but we wanted to make sure they have a decent park at this time. Does anybody know how the situation usually is there at this time of the season? Are there any other resorts with nice parks during this time?
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FakeKalmar
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Ruka usually has great park on new year.
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Stolpskott
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Kläppen usually doesn't open their big park until later in January. The "blue line" opens at the same time as the rest of the mountain, it has a pretty good rail setup but not much in the way of jumps. The have clips from there on their yt channel

Can't speak to Åre as I've never been
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migidimigi
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Ruka should have decent park by then. Maybe not the biggest jumps quite yet but that depends on the weather.
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SamuelForsgren
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Kläppens park isnt open by then but Hemavan have good park that time and i think Åre also have a good park by then
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Ruka will be chilling new year. I skied ruka new year one year and it was all good
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coachfraenk
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BradFiAusNzCoCaRuka will be chilling new year. I skied ruka new year one year and it was all good


Isnt it dark for most of the day around this time?
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gml96
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Thank you all for the answers so it would might be Ruka, problem is just getting there is way more complicated and expensive but if it’s worth it we might go for that.
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Yes but they have lights lol
coachfraenkIsnt it dark for most of the day around this time?
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SamuelForsgren
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BradFiAusNzCoCaYes but they have lights lol

Yes. The darkness isnt a problem.
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gml96
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SamuelForsgrenYes. The darkness isnt a problem.


The dark Ruka vibe we know from the vids is actually what we want, if we want to have sun we can just ski here in Laax lol
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FakeKalmar
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gml96The dark Ruka vibe we know from the vids is actually what we want, if we want to have sun we can just ski here in Laax lol

Dark nordic vibes are nice.
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migidimigi
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Oh I will promise you that December-January in Finland will deliver all the darkness you will ever need.
gml96The dark Ruka vibe we know from the vids is actually what we want, if we want to have sun we can just ski here in Laax lol
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