Winter Trip Sweden — for the hardcore

Your own car.
Your own rules.

An expedition that’s been running for five years. Enthusiasts, their own machines, studs in the tyres and a thousand kilometres on ice. This isn’t a course — it’s an expedition.

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Before you set off

What you need

Less than you think. You don’t need a fancy machine — you need studs and the appetite to spend a few days on a frozen lake.

The car — any car

The drivetrain doesn’t matter. We’ve had a rear-wheel-drive Porsche and a front-wheel-drive Megane RS out here next to 4×4s. Every one of them works beautifully on ice — just differently.

Front, rear or 4×4 — they all cope, they simply drive differently
Power isn’t what decides it. On ice you can’t put it down anyway — technique counts, not horsepower
The car has to be sound and leak-free. Nothing that drips goes onto the lake

Studded tyres — no exceptions

There’s no room for debate here: an ordinary winter tyre won’t do on ice. Without studs you won’t pull away, and once you do, you won’t stop where you meant to.

A full set of four studded tyres — two studded and two ordinary isn’t the same thing out on the ice
Road studs or so-called event studs. Rally studs aren’t allowed: they tear up the track everyone shares
You carry the studded tyres with you and swap them on the lake — the whole drive there is on normal winter tyres. Leave room in the car for four wheels
No studs? We’ll help you buy a set of event tyres once you’re in Sweden — just tell us in advance

The right attitude

This isn’t a course and it isn’t a competition — it’s a trip with a crew that gets a kick out of the same thing you do. We drive all day, and in the evening we sit down together and talk: about cars, about whose day went sideways, and about everything else.

You learn from your own mistakes, at your own pace, with no instructor over your shoulder
Nobody’s judging anyone — everyone here had a first time
A good part of the crew comes back every year. Friendships from these trips outlast the tyres

What you definitely don’t need

a 4×4 · a powerful engine · rally experience · a roll cage. Over five seasons we’ve had cars from every price bracket out here, and every one of them found its own pace.

What the expedition looks like

The view from behind the wheel of a snowy forest road in Sweden at sunset

Getting there on your own wheels

The expedition begins long before the lake. Snow-covered roads, darkness from mid-afternoon, and a column of cars that’s further north with every hour.

Two Toyota GR Yaris sliding through a track on a frozen lake, snow flying from the wheels

Days on the ice

An endless white field, a track laid out on it, and your car. You drive from morning until the light starts to fade — and then you still want one more lap.