Winter sports · a Vonda Wanderlist
Season of the long night.
521 places for winter sports travel, gathered from every corner of the map.
Winter is not the off-season here; it is the point. Snow reorganises the map, the lifts hum, and the northern lights handle the après.
Chapter I
The Alps, at full volume
Mont Blanc's valleys and the Dolomites' meadows-turned-pistes: the old resorts with the big verticals and the longer lunches.
Chapter II
The arctic option
Skiing under auroras, dog teams as lift infrastructure, and towns that treat minus twenty as sweater weather. Bring layers; expect converts.
“The lights came out during the last run.”
Tromsø
Troms, Norway
✦ October to March for northern lights; June to July for midnight sun · $$
Abisko National Park
Norrbotten County, Sweden
✦ February to March for aurora; July to August for hiking · $$
Rovaniemi
Lapland, Finland
✦ November to March for winter activities; June to July for midnight sun · $$
Every place in this Wanderlist
6 places, no itinerary.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
metropolitan France, France
✦ June to September, December to March · $$
Courchevel
metropolitan France, France
✦ December to April, July to August · $$$
Alpe di Siusi
Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
✦ June to September, December to March · $$
Tromsø
Troms, Norway
✦ October to March for northern lights; June to July for midnight sun · $$
Abisko National Park
Norrbotten County, Sweden
✦ February to March for aurora; July to August for hiking · $$
Rovaniemi
Lapland, Finland
✦ November to March for winter activities; June to July for midnight sun · $$