Skiing fun with Bärra

The ski slope is extremely popular with its perfect slope and custom lifts at different speeds. The children's slope includes Bärra's ski track and Bärra's ski carousel.

Bärra's ski track makes it easier to learn how to find balance on your skis when you ride up the – perfect before your first lift trip!

Bärra's ski carousel consists of button lifts that slowly spin around. It provides the opportunity to playfully teach children to go skiing and manage their skis. 

For the smallest cross-country skiers, the Bärra tracks are available on the resort. One at Råtjärn/Skogsbyn, one at Rovdjursbyn and one next to the barbecue area at barnbacken.

In Bärra's off-piste, you can set out on an adventure trail through the forest. The path's natural path creates exciting and sometimes tricky turns.

Here live not only Bärra but several singing figures in the rolling blue slopes. Here you can choose to go on the piste or discover your own trails and small winding roads in the forest.

Blueberry Bärra is the popular and very mischievous mascot who lives in Blueberry Forest in Orsa Grönklitt. Bärra originally lived in an ordinary forest where there were lots of fun things to discover and eat such as ants, moss, berries and mushrooms.

Since Bärra was originally an ordinary blueberry, he and the other blueberry buddies had to watch out carefully when the children were out in the woods playing. They were just like regular blueberries, very small there next to the ground and risked both being stepped on – maybe even eaten! Bärra and the other berries therefore learned to hide from the dangers of the forest among the blueberry rice.

One day Bärra met a nice little wet in the woods. They started talking about life among the trees, moss and mushrooms and Bärra told about her and blueberry friends' problems with the children. The weave then came up with an idea; how about Bärra grew up as a giant? Bärra was of course very happy with the idea! Said and done, Vätten made the little blueberry Bärra as big as a human.

Now that Bärra was so big, he didn't have to worry anymore about being eaten or stepped on in Blueberry Forest. Bärra and Vätten together made a super fun ski area in the forests of Orsa Grönklitt and named it just, Blueberry Forest. Here you can meet Bärra and a whole bunch of his funny friends. Meet small tree blueberries that look at all the children who come, blueberries who go snowboarding and some who like to sing. Gammelblueet has lived there the longest and keeps order, but watch out for the mischievous goblin blueberry that throws snowballs at everyone who goes by! Bärra also has a lot of exciting animal friends, including leopards, polar bears and wolves.

Bärra can't talk like us humans, just talking the secret blueberry language. However, he makes gestures, loves hugs and has many friends who can interpret for him.

Sometimes Bärra is out on adventures in other places and makes up pranks so keep an eye out on everything from campsites to mountain resorts after our mischievous mascot. Bärra always has a lot of fun adventures going on – join the Blueberry Bärra's adventure!

See what Bärra answered when we asked a few questions, as he can't talk the way we do, we had to take it in the secret blueberry language.

Hi Bärra! What kind of fun filur are you?
Hello whoops! I am a mischievous blueberry who lives here in Blueberry Forest in Grönklitt, my very own forest with all my friends in.

How is it like to live in Blueberry Forest?
It's super fun and always some mischief going on!

What kind of friends live there with you?
There are small tree blueberries that look at all the children who come, one blueberry that goes snowboarding and another that likes to sing. The old-growth blueberry has been there the longest and keeps order in the forest, but watch out for the mischievous goblin blueberry that throws snowballs. I also have a lot of exciting animal friends, including leopards, polar bears and wolves. The best thing we know is to play and play with everyone who comes and skis with us there!

What fun! But what does a blueberry like you eat?
It's so good so I keep it a secret! But it's full of sugar!

What's your favorite color?
Blue of course!

What do you think is the most fun there is to do?
Skiing and playing with children.

What's the best song you know?
My song - The Bearer Song! It's great to sing and dance to it!

You seem like a cool blueberry! Where can you meet?
I show up here and there, you never know when I'm out on the prank. I am also of course on all my fun activities that are here at Grönklitt!

Thank You Bärra for the chat, I hope to see you this winter!
Of course we do, see you on the slopes! Thank you and goodbye, lots of snow!

When ploughing, be sure to bend your legs a little. Stand on both feet in the boots and get the skis together at the front and push out the heels so the skis get a form of a pizza slice or ice cream cone. You can put your hands on your knees or keep your hands in front of you. Keep your eyes forward.

When you dare to go with a little more speed, you go with your skis next to each other like two ice cream sticks. When you turn, you can either make a skidding turn or a carving turn using the edges of the skis. Hands are held in front of you or help and turn in the direction you are going to turn in the big turns.

To snowboard ing can feel a little strange to be stuck with both feet. Remember to have the weight on the front leg. Bend your legs and turn your upper body in the direction you're going. Use your arms and clearly point out which way to go. Keep your eyes far away and don't look down in the snow.

When you start skiing, it can be easiest to hold the button and the disembarkation will be easier before you get used to moving your feet with your skis on. When stepping on the lift make sure that the skis point straight up in the direction of travel of the lift. Look over your shoulder and turn your upper body around, look at the lift on the side of the lift, stretch your hands to the lift and put the button between your legs/under your butt or hold the button. Do not sit on the button then the string becomes longer, stand still on the skis with weight on both feet and let the lift pull you up the hill. When you get to the disembarkation, press/remove the lift button from your body and release it. Go/move quickly to the side so the next skier doesn't drop his button on you.

Slide onto the conveyor belt and hold the skis next to each other on the conveyor belt. Stand still with weight on both feet and keep your balance. When you get to the top of the conveyor belt, slide it off and quickly step aside so the one that comes behind you doesn't go for you.

Angle your feet like "Donald Duck" and pull out your skis as if you're skating. Different gears depending on slope. Tip: Try without rods first

Lift your hands so that you can get them up to your eyes, lean forward until the rods take in the snow, pull until your hands reach your hip, then rise up again.

Lean forward easily, start walking on the skis to get the right movement, then push away to start skiing TIP: Go without poles

Walk slowly but surely with your feet like "Donald Duck" the steeper the more angle of the skis.

Crawl like a meatball and keep your eyes straight ahead, so run so it smokes !