Why Pro Skiers Are Flocking to a Power Plant in Copenhagen This June

As spring turns to summer, a crew of talented European skiers will once again descend on Copenhagen, Denmark.
Their target? It’s not a real mountain, obviously—Copenhagen is too flat for that. Instead, on June 13, 2026, they’ll shack up at CopenHill, an artificial ski area built on top of a power plant. The event, now in its sixth edition, is called the Scandinavian Team Battle and known as the world's largest ski competition on fake snow. Rather than flakes, the skiers sl