Iceland
1 / 17Skálafell ski resort is in the Reykjavík capital region (Iceland). It offers 6.4 km of slopes for skiing and snowboarding. Elevations 380 - 667 m. Rating 2.6 out of 5.
Trail information
Skálafell lies next to Bláfjöll and serves as the second, smaller area near Reykjavík. The slopes are treeless, the runs easy to intermediate, and there are four lifts. It mostly works at weekends and only in the second half of winter: the season here opens in late January. Frozen lava surrounds it, and in clear weather the ocean is in view.
Maps
Lifts
- 1Chairlifts
- 3T-bars and platters
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Contacts and opening hours
Accommodation
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Kjósarhreppur
Mosfellsbær
Other accommodation near the resort
What visitors say about the resort
What people like is the proximity to Reykjavik: the drive takes about half an hour, so an afternoon on the hill is easy to fit in. The treeless, gentle slopes are considered good for first turns, and the instructors get credit for the way they handle beginners and children, who have a lift of their own. Cross-country tracks run alongside for those who want them.
The hard criticism is that the area has effectively stopped running: it was shut for entire winters, more than one season in a row, with opening left as a possibility only if conditions allowed. The reason is worn-out infrastructure - most lifts are over thirty years old and past their service life, and individual machines stood idle for whole days. The chairlift replacement and snowmaking promised back in 2018 were never started, and a local campaign group accuses the authorities of breaking the agreement.
An editorial summary of public reviews on specialist sites. This is not a visitor review: we retell what is written about the resort most often, both praise and criticism.
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