Sweden summit
Åreskutan
You can see 156 km from here, looking south-east.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 156 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 156 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-east
- 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 97Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 1,410 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 97 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are in April and from July to August.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Febsouth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Marwest4 min before the sea-level sunset21%
- Aprnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Maynorth-westsets on an open horizon19%
- Jun——sets on an open horizon20%
- Julnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Augnorth-westsets on an open horizon25%
- Sepwest2 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Octwest2 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Novsouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Decsouth-west14 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Åreskutan.
Mountain at Åre in Jämtland
Åreskutan is a summit in Sweden, 1,410 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 156 km away, looking south-east.
97 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Hartkjølen (1,390 m), 108 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and from July to August.
Get there and stay
- Aimo Parkcampsite · 5.3 km · 4 within 10 km
- Tottbackenplace to stay · 3.4 km · 127 within 10 km
- Årenearest town · 3.6 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in ÅreBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Åre Östersund Airport (OSD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSD airport (Östersund)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 11other viewpoints within 5 kmNalles klippa, Cocos Kurva and 9 more
- 6named peaks within 5 kmÅreskutan, Västerskutan, Totthummeln and 3 more
- 77cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmA31 VM6:an, Å31, Å32 and 74 more
- 10marked trails within 3 kmTrollstigen, Totthummeln runt, Vertical K and 7 more
- 20shelters and huts within 5 kmGruvdammarna Öst, Gruvdammarna Norr, Gruvdammarna Syd and 17 more
- 13car parks within 3 km
- 1visitor centres within 5 kmÅre Turistbyrå
- 9restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmAimo Park, Gruvbacken Camping, Åre Camping and 1 more
- 127places to stay within 10 kmTottbacken, Parkvillan, Hotel Åregården and 124 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Åreskutan, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas23 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas11 lakes within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Åreskutan
Sweden
- 75Viewyas Score
- 156 kmFarthest ridge
- 97Peaks in view
- 1,410 mAltitude
Troll Wall
Norway · 291 km
- 65Viewyas Score
- 153 kmFarthest ridge
- 61Peaks in view
- 1,582 mAltitude
Galdhøpiggen
Norway · 317 km
- 74Viewyas Score
- 148 kmFarthest ridge
- 343Peaks in view
- 2,423 mAltitude
Ørnesvingen
Norway · 334 km
- 26Viewyas Score
- 14 kmFarthest ridge
- 2Peaks in view
- 488 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q271149) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit 
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit