This airport has a remote tower. Cool 
Yeah, I payed attention to that area of fzra there but I never experienced any icing in flight. Sadly, too often the SIGMET are not what they claim to be. It sort of undermines their credibility. Have experienced many turbulence SIGMETs that simply was nothing when you approached the area.
I don’t want to take credit for the NOTAM. I think there have been earlier reports. I didn’t check NOTAMs before I reported it.
New airport and plenty of changes in the approaches it seems, I guess these things will be ironed out with time.
Good catch Dimme! 2500 now 5200 according to NOTAM. A typo that could cause… but you found it. Well done!
It probably was the same day. It was extremely icy and I had to walk my family one by one to the plane, sliding feet. Airline flights were delayed due to runway condition. When we finally got in the plane, I found a sigmet for fzra fcst in the area. Almost got out, but tower said there were no reports of sev ice from other aircraft and also what I saw falling down was regular rain. Tough decision to take off with family and dog onboard a small prop plane. We took off around 11:30Z. Btw, found that with airflow over the rudder and reverse thrust, the TBM doesn’t need grip to taxi.
I see SAS offer tickets from London to Sälen/Trysil from £99 Hard to beat with a SEP
It’s only 40 min drive to Trysil also
Peter wrote:
Not high altitude so more snow sensitive than the Alps, but that’s ok.
We have for some years been skiing in Sweden around Easter.
It is true that it is not as high as the alps but generally I think the temperatures are lower and there is much better chance of good snow.
We usually go a bit late in the season where the daylight is longer, it is not so cold and the snow is still very good.
If you are looking for easy skiing, a place where you can go directly out of the door and put on the skis and a good place for family vacation, Sweden is a good choice.
For after skiing, dinning out, trips with the boys I find the Alp destinations better.
Peter wrote:
A 303 meter drop sounds scary. Surely that is way beyond even a black run?
Surely it makes a difference over what distance… :-)
