The Iceland Winter Games have grown over three years from a single freeskiing competition in 2004 to become, they claim, one of the world’s biggest winter festivals with over 60 events.
Based in Akureyri, the ski capital of Iceland, and taking place from 24 March to 3 April, the festival draws in some of the biggest names in winter sports and hosts events unseen anywhere else, including ski jumps in the shape of volcanoes, mountain-top to sea skiing and Arctic horseback riding.
The two main events are the AFP Gold freeski competition and the IWG open snowboard competition, which have already attracted some of the biggest names in winter sports. This includes Henrik Harlut, two-time gold medallist in Big Air at the X Games in Aspen as well as US Olympic medallist snowboarder, Scotty Lago.
As well as winter sports, guests can take tours in super Jeeps , helicopters, snowmobiles or even in green-energy-powered schooner boats. The focus is on intrinsically Icelandic activities such as skiing under the Northern Lights on Mt Hlíðarfjall´s slopes and heli-skiing on the Troll Peninsula, where the slopes reach from the mountain tops all the way to black sand beaches.
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