ICEDRIVE
A Toyota GR Yaris on a frozen lake in Sweden

Winter Trip Sweden · 2027 season

The plan

From the port in your country all the way to the ice in central Sweden — day by day, with ferry times and the distance for every leg.

The schedule

Two dates,
three departure ports

You sail from wherever is closest. The routes meet in Sweden — from there we drive together, in one column, all the way to the ice.

Date
Your port
9
days of travel
4
days on the ice

~1,200 km on ice

~2,300~2,590~1,610
km across Sweden
3
departure ports
—
places left

  1. 11.02 · Thursday

    Ferry

    We set sail

    Gdynia 20:00 · Stena LineRostock 22:30Ventspils 22:45

    An overnight crossing of the Baltic. The car rolls onto the deck, you go to sleep.

  2. 12.02 · Friday

    Sweden

    Landfall and a long haul north

    Karlskrona 6:00Trelleborg 5:40Nynäshamn 7:45

    A full day behind the wheel. Tarmac slowly turns into packed snow. In the evening, a shared Black Rock dinner at VH’s — everyone sears their own cut of meat on a volcanic stone heated to 400°C, right there on the table.

    ▸ 630 km · 8 h▸ 750 km · 9.5 h▸ 365 km · 4.5 h ⌂ Moraparken, Mora (Dalarna)

  3. 13.02 · Saturday

    Race day

    Ice Karts Cup — Tandådalen

    Ice karting in a cup format: practice, scored heats, a final and a podium. Outside the package — separate entry fee.

    ▸ 105 km · 1.5 h → in the evening 450 km · 6 h ⌂ Åkersjöns Fjällhotell, Åkersjön

  4. 14–17.02 · Sunday – Wednesday

    Heart of the trip

    ICEDRIVE — 4 days on the ice

    Three tracks totalling ~12 km, 6–7 h of driving a day. Timed runs on day three; on day four all the tracks join into one ~10 km loop. We leave the ice at 14:00.

    ▸ ~1200 km on ice ⌂ Åkersjöns Fjällhotell — base for the whole stay

  5. 17.02 · Wednesday

    Heading back

    South to Järvsö

    ▸ 320 km · 4 h ⌂ JBP Hotell, Järvsö

  6. 18.02 · Thursday

    Ferry

    The last leg and a night crossing

    Karlskrona 22:00Trelleborg 22:55Nynäshamn 21:15

    ▸ 790 km · 10 h▸ 960 km · 12 h▸ 370 km · 4.5 h

  7. 19.02 · Friday

    Finish

    Home

    Gdynia 8:45Rostock 6:10Ventspils 7:45

Distances are measured by road from the port you arrive at. Ferry times follow the Stena Line schedule for the 2027 season.

8
days of travel
3
days on the ice

~900 km on ice

~2,160~2,450~1,480
km across Sweden
3
departure ports
—
places left

  1. 20.02 · Saturday

    Ferry

    We set sail

    Gdynia 21:00 · Stena LineRostock 22:30Ventspils 22:45

    An overnight crossing of the Baltic. The car rolls onto the deck, you go to sleep.

  2. 21.02 · Sunday

    Sweden

    Landfall and a long haul north

    Karlskrona 8:30Trelleborg 6:45Nynäshamn 7:45

    A full day behind the wheel. Tarmac slowly turns into packed snow. In the evening, a shared Black Rock dinner at VH’s — everyone sears their own cut of meat on a volcanic stone heated to 400°C, right there on the table.

    ▸ 630 km · 8 h▸ 750 km · 9.5 h▸ 365 km · 4.5 h ⌂ Moraparken, Mora (Dalarna)

  3. 22.02 · Monday

    Day out

    Snowmobiles — Vemdalen

    A day in the snow out of the car, before we drive onto the lake. Outside the package — for a surcharge.

    ▸ 210 km · 2.5 h → in the evening 210 km · 3 h ⌂ Åkersjöns Fjällhotell, Åkersjön

  4. 23–25.02 · Tuesday – Thursday

    Heart of the trip

    ICEDRIVE — 3 days on the ice

    Three tracks totalling ~12 km, 6–7 h of driving a day. Three timed runs on the afternoon of day two, a long ~10 km loop on the morning of day three. We leave the ice at 14:00.

    ▸ ~900 km on ice ⌂ Åkersjöns Fjällhotell — base for the whole stay

  5. 25.02 · Thursday

    Heading back

    South to Järvsö

    ▸ 320 km · 4 h ⌂ JBP Hotell, Järvsö

  6. 26.02 · Friday

    Ferry

    The last leg and a night crossing

    Karlskrona 22:00Trelleborg 22:55Nynäshamn 21:15

    ▸ 790 km · 10 h▸ 960 km · 12 h▸ 370 km · 4.5 h

  7. 27.02 · Saturday

    Finish

    Home

    Gdynia 8:45Rostock 6:55Ventspils 7:45

Distances are measured by road from the port you arrive at. Ferry times follow the Stena Line schedule for the 2027 season.

11–19 February · Tandådalen

Ice Karts Cup

The day before we drive onto the lake, we settle who really knows how to handle the slippery stuff. The race runs as a cup, the way rallycross does: practice first, then scored heats, and finally a final and a podium.

  1. 01

    Practice

    Two sessions to learn the track. You find out how it’s laid out, how much grip the ice gives and how much the kart forgives. Times don’t count.

  2. 02

    Qualifying heats

    Several heats, each with a few karts lined up side by side. Your finishing position earns points — the higher, the more. Points from all the heats add up into an interim classification.

  3. 03

    The final

    The best of the interim classification go through to the final. No tactics left — only the order across the line counts.

  4. 04

    Podium

    The top three take the podium. Trophies guaranteed — you can argue about the rest over dinner.

Entry fee

The karts aren’t included in the price of the trip — the day in Tandådalen is optional and paid separately. Anyone who doesn’t fancy racing can run practice laps for as long as they like. We’ll publish the entry fee before sign-ups open.

Åkersjön · Jämtland

Base for the ice days

Åkersjöns Fjällhotell — the mountain hotel that’s home for the whole stay on the lake. Freshly refurbished rooms, a fireplace by the bar, a restaurant, and a hot tub with a sauna for the evening after a full day in the car. Run by an owner who treats guests like friends — we checked it out ourselves in 2026.

Dinner: three courses, all from nearby

A starter, a main and a dessert. The hotel builds the menu from whatever is local and in season, so we won’t promise specific dishes — but so you know the sort of level we’re talking about, in 2026 we were served, among other things:

  • reindeer tartare
  • elk steak
  • fish from a mountain stream, caught nearby

Scandinavian cooking built on produce you simply can’t buy at home. It was one of those evenings the crew is still talking about on the drive back.

A twin room at Åkersjöns Fjällhotell — timber walls and a window onto the forest Plates of the main course going out from the kitchen at Åkersjöns Fjällhotell

Included

A garage for your car

The car spends the night under a roof, in the warm — not out in the frost. In the morning you don’t lose an hour to warming up and scraping windows, and if something needs tightening after a day on the ice, you can do it without gloves. In Scandinavia that’s rare and charged separately. With us it’s included.

Icedrive · the frozen lake

Three tracks,
300 km on ice a day

Every track has a twin cut beside it. When the ice gets worn and rutted, we move onto the fresh one — so you don’t lose a day fighting a broken surface.

3
tracks
~12 km
total length
~300 km
on ice per day
6–7 h
driving per day

How the ice days run

Timed runs happen on both dates — on the shorter one simply earlier, so the long track falls on fresh ice.

11–19 February

four days on the ice

  1. Days 1–2

    Bedding in

    You get to know the tracks and how your car behaves on ice. You drive for as long as the tyres hold out.

  2. Day 3

    Three timed runs

    Each track timed separately, one run per track. Three times — each track asks for something different.

  3. Day 4

    Three tracks in one

    We join the three tracks into a single loop of about 10 km. One last run, one attempt, and at 14:00 we leave the ice.

20–27 February

three days on the ice

  1. Day 1 to mid-morning of day 2

    Bedding in

    The same ice, just less time. A day and a half to get comfortable with all three tracks.

  2. Day 2, afternoon

    Three timed runs

    Each track timed separately, one run per track.

  3. Day 3, morning

    A last run on the long track

    The three tracks joined into a loop of about 10 km. One final run on fresh ice before we leave the lake at 14:00.

Coming with us?

Places on each date are limited by the number of cars we let onto the lake.

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