Riksgransen, Sweden
Riksgransen, Sweden
Riksgransen must be in the running for the title of world’s most remote resort. It’s certainly the world’s most northerly. Sat by the side of a train line running through the immensely beautiful Swedish Arctic wilderness, Riksgransen is basically just a couple of hotels and a handful of lifts. Those lifts access some perfect snowboarding terrain though.
You can basically ride anywhere and an abundance of wind lips and rollers are perfect for honing your freestyle skills on natural terrain. Après is spent nailing reindeer burgers and drinking beer in the sun that, from May onwards, never really sets. The resort even opens during the summer solstice for some midnight shredding. How cool is that?!