Dalarna · Sweden · ski area
Sälen ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Sälen is a ski area in Dalarna, Sweden with 80 km of mapped downhill runs and 96 lifts, between 567 m and 886 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 80 km
- Lifts
- 96
- Top elevation
- 886 m
- Vertical drop
- 319 m
- Cross-country
- 30 km
- Nearest airport
- SCR · 14 km
Slopes by difficulty
130 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 42 Button lifts
- 20 Drag lifts
- 16 T-bars
- 10 Magic carpets
- 8 Chairlifts
Sälen is a ski area in Dalarna, Sweden. Its 130 mapped downhill runs add up to 80 km, which ranks it #2 of 98 ski areas in Sweden and gives it 8.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 618 m long.
Slopes at Sälen
About 56% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 30% intermediate and 11% advanced or expert, which makes Sälen a good choice for beginners and families.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 96 lifts: 42 button lifts, 20 drag lifts, 16 t-bars, 10 magic carpets, 8 chairlifts. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 567 m up to 886 m, a vertical drop of 319 m. Cross-country skiers get 30.4 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Sälen
The nearest airport is Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), about 14 km away in a straight line — roughly 18 minutes by car; Mora Airport (MXX) is 80 km away. Nearby ski areas include Högfjället (10.6 km), Tandådalen (19.7 km), Lindvallen (30.1 km) and Hundfjället (23.2 km), which together add 111 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Sälen
- 1 SCR14 kmstraight line
- 2 MXX80 kmstraight line
- 3 TYF112 kmstraight line
- 4Oslo-Gardermoen International AirportOSL153 kmstraight line
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Nearby
Ski resorts near Sälen
- 2 kmHögfjället11 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 886 m
- 4 kmTandådalen20 km of slopes · 24 lifts · up to 856 m
- 5 kmLindvallen30 km of slopes · 39 lifts · up to 859 m
- 7 kmHundfjället23 km of slopes · 18 lifts · up to 831 m
- 16 kmStöten i Sälen36 km of slopes · 26 lifts · up to 835 m
- 22 kmKläppen27 km of slopes · 23 lifts · up to 664 m
- 25 kmNäsfjället6.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 822 m
- 31 kmFulufjellet alpinsenterNorway7.7 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 736 m
- 31 kmFulufjelletNorwayup to 926 m
- 45 kmTrysilNorwaySmall ski area
- 50 kmTrysilNorway101 km of slopes · 40 lifts · up to 1,108 m
- 59 kmBranäs31 km of slopes · 33 lifts · up to 567 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.