Winter activities

Winter in Kiruna can be cold and dark, but also wonderfully magical. At Camp Ripan, we love winter and everything about it. The darkness lets us see the northern lights, the cold creates the breathtaking winter landscape and the glittering of frost-covered trees. Later, when the polar winter releases its grip and evolves into spring-winter, the best time of the year begins, according to those who call Kiruna home. The days are brighter and temperatures milder. If you want to get a hold of someone from Kiruna, you will have to search around an ice-fishing hole, up in the mountains, out on a snowmobile or along a cross-country ski trail. People from Kiruna love nature and being outdoors. We want you to be able to experience what we value about our winter, which is why Camp Ripan carefully chooses winter activities. Welcome to a memorable winter experience!

Please note! All our activities are shared with other unless you have booked a private experience. This mean you may share transfers, sleds or snowmobiles with others. Private activities are also offered, please contact bokning@ripan.se for more information.

Culinary adventures – winter

What would life be without great food prepared from the very best of raw produce?...

Dogsled tours

In Kiruna we have plenty of snow and with the snow comes fantastic conditions for wonderful dog sled tours in beautiful winter landscapes!

Guided city tour Kiruna - winter

Kiruna has, despite its youth, an exciting architectural history to show you. When Kiruna was founded a little over a century ago, it was built on the idea of...

ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi – Winter

It all started as a single igloo a little over 20 years ago and has today developed into one of the world’s most famous destinations. Join us on a visit to ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi and be prepared to be impressed, enchanted and captivated by what man can achieve with snow and ice. The ICEHOTEL is built anew every winter, only to melt again come spring and flow back into the Torne River. And this is a part of the fascination – creating magnificent art from a transient material. With the opening of Icehotel 365 you can experience the new permanent ice art hall housing nine Deluxe Suites as well as eleven Art Suites. This ice experience can be visited year-round.

Natures Best - winter

Northern Lights Tours - winter

Sami activities – winter

The Sami are one of the world’s indigenous peoples and have lived in Sápmi since time immemorial, a region that today stretches from the Kola Peninsula in Russia..

Skiing, snowshoeing and ice climbing

Skiing and snowshoeing has always been one of the ways of moving through meter-deep snow here above the Arctic Circle...

Snowmobile Tours

The snowmobile is one most popular modes of transportation in northern Sweden during the winter season, at least as far as recreation...

Wildlife & Nature- Winter

Lapland nature is an experience you do not want to miss. Forests that stretch far and wide across the landscape and high mountain ranges are home to rich wildlife where you can see, among others, moose, reindeer and a wide range of bird species.