International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 51 | Page 11

The vision of Arctic Elements origins from 1999 when Mattias Cöster was
working for the Ski Patrol in Abisko.

T H E T O TA L
SKIING EXPERIENCE!
a
passion for skiing he soon
the immense possibilities
Withfirstdeeppowder skiing adventures. realizedthis area. An areaas Chief
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track freeride skiing that was hidden in
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2003 he got appointed

of the skiing activities at a major Swedish travel agency and now he found
the possibility to start a heliski company in the far north of Sweden. The
idea was to offer guests heliski trips according to the “Canadian model”,
all-inclusive trips over several days with vertical guarantee, something that
had never been done in Sweden before. Together with Hannibal Thorsen
they started the heliski operations in 2004. In 2006 the company was named
Arctic Elements AB.

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