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16-414: The Hlíðarfjall mountain hosts northern Iceland's largest ski area , and Iceland's highest elevation ski lift. The resort operates 8 ski lifts , 2 of which are quad chairlifts . The top elevation reachable by ski lift is 1,014m. There are 24 ski runs , offering a total of 14.9km of pistes with varying difficulty. At the base, called Skíðastaðir , hosts the ticket office, ski/snowboard rental, parking and

32-533: A café, at 500m. Mid-mountain, there is a hut, called Strýtan , housing a café and toilet facilities. A terrain park is located just below Strýtan . To the north of the parking area there is a cross-country skiing trail. Ski passes use the SKIDATA system. Trails are groomed daily during the season. As daylight is limited as a result of the location's latitude, night skiing is offered on many slopes, which are lit up by floodlights . The lifts are also operated during

48-570: A significant labor force, and maintenance of an infrastructure that provides dining and retail services to skiers and that assures reliable snow that is appealing to skiers in locations that are accessible to them. Consequently, they require a fee structure and ancillary attractions that provide the revenue to sustain them economically. The natural settings of ski areas require the management of their environmental impacts, according to legal standards. The profession of ski area management requires specialized training in degree programs. Specialities include

64-1365: A ski area as: "a site and associated facilities that has been primarily developed for alpine or Nordic skiing and other snow sports, but may also include, in appropriate circumstances, facilities necessary for other seasonal or year-round natural resource-based recreation activities, provided that a preponderance of revenue generated by the ski area derives from the sale of alpine and Nordic ski area passes and lift tickets, revenue from alpine, Nordic, and other snow sport instruction, and gross revenue from ancillary facilities that support alpine or Nordic skiing and other snow sports." Ski areas can extend over several municipalities (ex: La Plagne in France , Alta Badia in Italy , etc.) or several countries (ex: Portes du Soleil in France and Switzerland). A municipality can have several ski areas (ex: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in France, Davos in Switzerland, Kitzbühel in Austria , etc.). The largest ski areas connect several ski resorts (ex: Les Trois Vallées in France). Alpine ski areas require substantial capital investment,

80-522: A third of the time. However the Strompur T-bar reaches 980m height, just below the Fjallkonan endpoint. The resort is located around 6 km from Akureyri city centre and is accessible via a 10 minute drive up the mountain. Parking is available by the base of the resort, by Skíðastaðir. Hlíðarfjall is generally considered to be named after Lögmannshlíð , a (formerly important) homestead and church site on

96-582: A world-record attempt at the longest ski jump . Ski jumper Ryōyū Kobayashi made four successful attempts to break the world record. The temporary hill, constructed using snow groomers, was located higher than the elevation of the highest lift to the north of the regular trails. This location was chosen due to the hill's characteristics and ideal natural slope angle. On the 23 April Kobayashi jumped 256 m (840 ft). The following day he improved it to 259 m (850 ft), 282 m (925 ft), and finally 291 m (955 ft). His longest jump of 291m

112-456: Is an unofficial world record , as it is not officially recognised by the FIS as a standard ski jump. Ski area A ski area is the terrain and supporting infrastructure where skiing and other snow sports take place. Such sports include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow boarding, tubing, sledding, etc. Ski areas may stand alone or be part of a ski resort . The US Forest Service defines

128-670: The state . Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax , property tax , and corporate income tax , but may also receive substantial funding from the state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies . Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure, are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi , Portuguese município . In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to

144-592: The Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction , from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco , to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York . The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to

160-425: The chairlift was renewed with a fixed-grip quad, now named Fjarkinn. In 2022, a second quad chairlift was opened, Fjallkonan, and increased the maximum elevation to 1014m. The construction of the Fjallkonan lift was delayed by over 3 years. It follows almost the same path as the Strompur T-bar. In April 2024, a purpose-built ski jumping hill was constructed at Hlíðarfjall by Red Bull for promotional purposes for

176-525: The community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches. In Greece, the word Δήμος ( demos ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people). In some countries,

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192-553: The governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district . The English word is derived from French municipalité , which in turn derives from the Latin municipalis , based on the word for social contract ( municipium ), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into

208-511: The hub and base for the ski resort, but stopped accommodating guests in 1983. In 1967, a chairlift was installed on the mountain, on the same course as the Fjarkinn lift is today. In 1974, the Stropmur platter lift was opened increasing the maximum elevation to around 900m. The mid-mountain hut housing a café and rest facilities was constructed in 1999, as well as expanded parking facilities. In 2001,

224-445: The maintenance of the lift and trail infrastructure and the management of the supporting commercial enterprises that rent and sell skis and that provide food services. Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean

240-469: The slopes of the mountain (the word hlíð having the meaning "slope"). The development of the Hlíðarfjall mountain begain in 1955 when the hotel located at the current base of the resort began construction, reusing timber from the former Akureyri Hospital building. The hotel, called Skíðastaðir or Skíðahótelið (transliterated meaning Ski Place or Ski Hotel), began operations in 1962. The building remains

256-446: The summertime for limited hours, offering mountain biking trails. A total of 8 ski lifts are in use at Hlíðarfjall, all of which are manufactured by Doppelmayr : The Fjallkonan chairlift is the highest lift on the mountain (and Iceland), reaching an elevation of 1014m. It is often closed due to windy conditions, avalanche risk and difficulties in staffing enough lift operators; in its first 2 years of operation it had only been open for

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