It’s Snow Time!

Well, a little late but finally it arrived. Without snow Umeå would not really be Umeå. The look, the sound, and even the smell get radically altered. Bleakness of dark and rainy November is knocked out by the feel-good-Christmas-movie like atmosphere. Other than this mood change, you also get to have a new variety of activities, such as; dogsledging, snowmobiling, and of course skiing.

If you check www.visitumea.se, you will find related info on the nearby dogsledging and snowmobiling activities. When it comes to skiing, you will find out that Umeå has indeed a stronger cross-country culture with respect to the Alpine enthusiasm. It has been the hometown of many world-class Nordic skiers and there are tens of kilometers of well-prepared tracks around the town. Yet this does not mean that the Alpine excitement is missing. There are some seven ski slopes around the region, one of them being in the city! It’s just so cool to drop by your neighborhood’s ski slope after class. I am loving it!

Here is a little map that I had pinned for the seven slopes: http://www.tourismology.org/umea_ski_slopes.htm

And here is the live webcam to our very own ski slope run by UHSK – Umeå Holmsund Ski Club: http://brantbergskameran.net.umea.se/view/index.shtml. Ok, it’s not that big, actually just 250m long, but it’s better than nothing, and if you are a freestyler, you get all the jumps, moguls, rails etc.

So see you down the hill!