Beautiful and spacious chalet with mountain views in Stöten, Sälen -- the premier ski-resort of Sälen. Ski-in/ski-out -- ca 300 m from the Kronoparken transport lift. Tasteful and fully equipped interior (ca 70 sqm + loft). Sauna and soap-stone fireplace. Hosts 6 -8 persons.
Cross-country skiing right outside the door and hiking trails nearby.
The timber-house was built in 2003 and is very well kept, throughout. Adjacent to the house is a ski-storage/-preparation house. Free parking (3 cars).
The space
The kitchen is fully and nicely equipped: cooker and hot-air stove (Zanussi), fridge and freezer, dishwasher, microwave, coffee machine, electric tea kettle, toaster and electric egg beater.
You may use any available groceries, e.g., salt and pepper. If you use our soap and paper, you replace it before leaving.
The main bathroom has a shower, adjacent (electric) sauna, washing machine and drying cabinet.
For your convenience, there is wifi (Tele2, 100GB per month is included), multicharger for four devices (incl. 2 wires suiting iPhone/iPad and one each for old/new Android devices), cabel-TV with basic channels (main room TV-set), Apple TV (loft-room TV-set), CD-/radio-player, bluetooth-speaker, a casket full of board-games (like Yatzy, playing cards, Tantrix, Sätt sprätt på en miljon, När och fjärran, Finans) and even a classical guitar.
Pillows and duvets available for 8 persons. However, sheets and towels need to be brought.
Child seater / high chair (infants) and a small stool for small children (bathroom use) as well as the pillows and duvets for the futon sofa bed are available in the left-hand-side room beside the main entrance and under the loft-room beds, respectively.
The skiing storage-/preparation house holds a bench for ski preparation and appropriate equipment and a Weber grill (pls. clean after using).
Firewood is free to use if available, but at times run out--however, the main mini-supermarket in Stöten centre sells suitable firewood. Our firewood for use is behind the ski-prep house (within reasonable limits) for comfort and extra heating from the soap-stone stove, while not necessary because of the central and underfloor heating. Please note that the stove can get very hot, so only use a 2-3 logs at a time. It will keep its heat for several hours. (Pls do not use wood from the other storage in front of the house, it is not dry enough.) Fireplace tools to be used for, e.g., cleaning the stove are available at the right-hand side of the ski-prep house. (The tool set is kept there to avoid children from hurting themselves or the interior of the chalet with the sharp and dirty parts of the tools.)
Guest access
Both the chalet and the ski-storage/-preparation houses are at your disposal. (However, the left- and right-hand side attic areas beside the loft is private storage.)
Other things to note
Day of arrival/departure: SATURDAY.
Self-check-in available, via separate instructions. Check-in from 2 pm.
Outside lights turn on/off automatically, for convenience.
The house has central heating (set to maintain 21 degrees Celsius) and underfloor heating in several areas. (Please do not alter these settings, thanks.)
You clean the houses after your stay. This includes also to do the dishes, put the sofa bed together again, make all the beds including bedspreads and pillows, remove ashes and garbage (incl bottles and foodstuff), and make sure the premises and the ski-storage house look nice.
You are responsible for clearing the parking place and the two entrances to the chalet and the one to the ski-storage house of snow. You may use the shovels in and outside the ski-storing house as well as the broom by the main entrance. (Plowing of the road to the house is of course arranged for.)
Concerning ski rentals, we usually rent skis at Kaiser, located right at the centre of Stöten. If you want cheaper options, there are several but then quite some distance away. E g, if you come from the south of Sweden, you pass by Skidhuset, but that's perhaps 50 km or more away from Stöten and on slow roads. If you have a baby/small child, you may consider to rent a proper mountain sledge for going cross-country with the baby/child behind in the cosy sledge. That's pretty cool and we've done it with both our kids when they were really small. Usually Kaiser have such sleighs for rental.
Getting here, is easy by car or by flight to the new Scandinavian Mountains Airport (opening date 22 December 2019), with flights from several national and international airports.
*** Want to book a visit further on? ***
We'll release the available dates for the summer in mid-February and for the next winter-season in mid-July.
*** Some of the recent improvements in the cabin ***
Apple-TV; electric egg beater; Mocca Master coffee brewer; Handheld 2-in-1 Electrolux Ergorapido vacuum cleaner; etc.
