Åreskutan is a mountain at

Åre Åre () is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the local eco ...

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in central

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. It is one of the better-known mountains in Sweden. The mountain (and the

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of Åre itself) is easily accessible by

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. The mountain

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features the largest ski resort area in Sweden. From February 3 to 18, 2007, Åre was the host for the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. In 1999, Åre was the host of the

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References

Caves and Mountains in Sweden
Sweden's official website for tourism and travel information, retrieved on January 10, 2006

External links

FIS WC Homepage
Åreskutan 360 panorama from virtualsweden
Mountains of Sweden Landforms of Jämtland County Geological type localities {{Jämtland-geo-stub