Åreskutan is a mountain at

Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 Järpe ...

Jämtland Jämtland () is a historical provinces of Sweden, province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland, Sweden, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norw ...

in central

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. It is one of the better-known mountains in Sweden, with a history of winter sport tourism dating back to the 1800s. 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. Åre has hosted three Alpine World Ski Championships: 1954 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. In 1999, Åre was the host of the

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Climate

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 Åre {{stratigraphy-stub