Guided ice-skating tours in the Swedish wilderness

Guided ice-skating tours trough the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve in Sweden, 2,5 hours drive from the Swedish capital Stockholm.

From firm solid ice to too much snow on the ice there is usually a golden period with perfect ice which makes fantastic good ice skating tours possible. Normally this period of time occurs between mid December to mid January.

Ice-skating tours on natural ice conditions

The native and experienced ice skating guide Mikael Nilsson take you to the best (after the current conditions) ice skating ice within the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve. When the winter darkness covers the wild forest, you will eat a two course dinner in the light of candles at the Wilderness Lodge. The food is always locally produced with many ingredients from the forest. After dinner there is time for ice skating stories and wild animal talk in the warm and friendly ambient in front of the fire place. At the Wilderness Lodge, the participants will have a good night's sleep in comfortable beds.

The ice-skating tour can be booked according to the following programs.

Ice-skating tour – 2 full days of ice-skating with food & accommodation

4350 SEK /person. Children under 15 years: 3850 SEK/child

The guided tour includes: 2 full days guided ice-skating in the biggest nature reserves in Sweden, 2 wilderness picnic lunches with moose and reindeer wraps mixed with vegetables and berries from the local forest, fruit, tea or coffee, a two-course dinner, with many ingredients from the forest, a one-night in a double room, sheets, towels, a breakfast, ice-skates (including adjustment to the participant's boots), safety ice nails, helmets and seat mats.

Included if needed: transfers to and from chosen lakes.

Where: Start and finish at the Wilderness Lodge in the small village Kloten. Comfortable beds, personal touch and wild Nordic animals around the corner. Kloten is located in the heart of the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve along road 233 between Skinnskatteberg and Kopparberg. 2.5 hours drive from Stockholm.

When: The ice skating tour is arranged on Saturdays and Sundays from mid December to mid January.

Number of participants in total on the tour: 2-8 persons. Parties with 4 or more participants can book on other days when natural ice is present.

Duration: 2 days. Start: 09:00 Day 1. Finish: 17:00 Day 2.

Equipment to bring: Sturdy hiking boots and a mid size backpack. The backpack should contain dry emergency clothes packed in plastic bags, extra clothes to put on at breaks and allow some space for the packed picnic lunches. Ski poles on option. Seat mats to use on the breaks are included.

The ice-skates can be used with all hiking boots and ski hiking boots.

Information: At the start briefing detailed information about the tour will be held in front of maps. Information about ice safety issues, wolves, the wolf territories in the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve and basic ice skating instructions are provided.

Safety: The guide who lives at the spot has very good experience and very good local knowledge about the ice on the lakes in the area. The guide is a certified life guard after passing all tests on the Swedish life guard associations life guard education. Rescue lines, ice spears and a first aid kit are brought on the tour.

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The ice-skating tour accommodation

The included tour accommodation is in the Wilderness Lodge. The Wilderness Lodge is located in the village, Kloten, at the heart of the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve and in the heart land of the Swedish wolf territories.

The location of the Wilderness Lodge is between the two nice ice skating lakes Långvattnet and Klotensjön. If the ice conditions are good the standard program is one day tour on each lake system. From the Wilderness Lodge the walking distance is 50 meters to Klotensjön and 175 meters to Långvattnet.

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 The wolf territories in the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve

There are two wolf territories in the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve. One wolf territory in the northern part of the Nature Reserve and and one wolf territory in the southern part of the Nature Reserve. The Wilderness Lodge is located right between the two wolf territories.

Ice-skating tour – Wilderness picnic lunch, dinner, accommodation & breakfast

2600 SEK /person. Children under 15 years: 2350 SEK/child

Occurs according to the standard program detailed above, without the  second day of ice-skating.

When: the ice skating tour is arranged on Saturdays and Sundays from mid December to mid January.

Parties containing 4 or more participants have the choice to book the tour on any other days.

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After wolf dinner

The ice skating tour is passing through the heart land of the Swedish wolf territories. Sometimes we see wolf tracks and skeletons of taken moose. It happens that we hear wolf's howling in a distance. We also see wolf's on the tours, the chance is there, but very limited.

Ice-skating tour with wilderness picnic lunch & dinner

2000 SEK /person. Children under 15 years: 1750 SEK/child

Occurs according to the standard program detailed above, without the second day of ice-skating, accommodation and breakfast. The tour runs for 10 hours (09:00-19:00).

When: the ice skating tour is arranged on Saturdays from mid December to mid January.

Parties containing 4 or more participants have the choice to book the tour on any other days.

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The ice-skates can be used with all hiking boots and ski hiking boots

Ice-skates

The boots toe is fixed with a metal bow and the heal is fixated with a sturdy nylon string. The ice skates are of good quality and in very good shape. The equipment is from 2023-2018.

Ice-skating tour with wilderness picnic lunch

1750 SEK /person. Children under 15 years: 1500 SEK/child

Occurs according to the standard program detailed above, without the second day of ice-skating, dinner, accommodation and breakfast. The tour runs for 8 hours (09:00-17:00).

When: The tour is arranged on Saturdays from mid December to mid January.

Parties containing 4 or more participants have the choice to book the tour on any other days.

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The ice-skating tours are certified Nature's Best's arrangements

 

Read about the Nature's Best certification >>

How do you know that the ice-skating conditions are good the scheduled dates?

We don't, as we are in the hands of the nature and the nature conditions. Winter conditions can change quick. Perfect ice-skating conditions can be changed over the night with a heavy snowfall or in case of a sudden weather change to warm degrees, making ice-skating impossible. Because of that we need to have, and have a good back-up option on the ice-skating tours.

 The local weather forecast 2 weeks ahead >>

Prerequisite for the ice-skating tour

An ice thickness of at least 5 cm. The snow depth on the ice can't be more than 5 cm.

Ice skating tour - Back-up option 1 - Ski Touring Tour

As the arrangement of the ice-skating tours are in the hands of nature conditions there can be occasions when the nature conditions change to the planned dates of the arrangements. If this happens the planned ice-skating tour will instead be arranged according to the ski touring tour program. Booked tours don't get cancelled. Read about the ski touring tour >>

Ice skating tour - Back-up option 2 - Snowshoe Hiking Tour

In case that the first back-up option not will work due to the natural snow conditions (eg. too much snow), the planned ice-skating tour will instead be arranged according to the snowshoe hiking tour program. Booked tours don't get cancelled. Read about the snowshoe hiking tour >>

Information about current ice skating conditions

Photos and movies are posted ongoing on Wilderness Lodge's Facebook site. For direct and fast ice skating and skiing information, the recommendation is to follow the face book site below.

Next guided tour with vacancies

Next guided tour with vacancies is advised on the Facebook page bellow. Extra tours with short notice are sometimes only advised on the Facebook page below (and not in the booking calendar).

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