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KUNGSLEDEN) – by FOOT and on SKIS Håkan Hjort THE ROYAL TRAIL (KUNGSLEDEN) – BY FOOT AND ON SKIS Håkan Hjort Håkan Hjort Håkan Hjort Håkan Hjort Håkan Hjort www.matsalmlof.se Håkan Hjort The eight faces of paradise It’s been occasionally referred to as Thanks to STF and the Royal Trail blaze. You can travel by foot on well- Europe’s last wilderness, the mountain (Kungsleden) the innermost part of worn trails, sometimes with a break range stretching from Lapland down Lapland has been available to eve- for a boat ride over a mountain lake. to Dalarna. If anything deserves to be ryone for over one hundred years. To Skis apply if you choose the winter called Sweden’s own paradise, it is this make it easier, we have chosen two season. In February and most of majestic mountain world. New views periods for you, when summer and March, the snow temperatures are and natural experiences are constantly winter along the Royal Trail are the cold for ski waxing and the days emerging here. Large areas are absolute best: from June to September quickly become longer and brighter. protected and have been designated as and from February to April. Late winter – early spring brings nature reserves, national parks, and During the summer season, the crusty snow and long, sunny days. even world heritage sites. mountain nature of colours, scents, Let us at STF take you to this Life in Lapland has many faces. sounds and movement vibrate. It is paradise. By foot or on skis. We The Sámi people, who have lived and essentially daylight all day and north promise that you’ll take part in many worked here for thousands of years, of the Arctic Circle, the midnight sun exciting and inspirational encounters. estimate that there are eight seasons shines brightly for several months. In Regardless of which season you up here. September, the autumn colours are a choose. Lapland – another country within Sweden’s borders Sweden has 11 peaks over 2,000 and Muddus, the nature reserves Of course, wildlife takes it easy metres. And you will find all in Sjauna and Stubba, parts of Kvik- during the winter, but some species Lapland. There is even a series of the kjokk-Kabla, and Sulitelma and the change over to their white winter country’s most spectacular valleys Rapadalen Valley delta are included. colours and work as usual. Arctic Fox, here. Together, they form an excep- Hare and Ptarmigan are some tional, varying nature with everything THE BIG FOUR examples. It is not uncommon for from lush mountain forests down in Just like the paradise described in skiers to see wolverine and lynx the valleys to almost barren environ- poetry, Lapland is a sanctuary for tracks. ments and glaciers up on the bare wildlife. For those who know what to mountain region. In the summer, the look for, you can find tracks from the GET TO KNOW SÁMI LIFE mountain valleys can be pure jungles big four of the Swedish fauna – lynx, Reindeer breeding and the Sámi in spots, with both alpine blue wolverine, bear and possibly wolf. culture are very much alive along the sow-thistle and angelica as tall as a Perhaps even see one of them up Royal Trail. During the summer in person. Trailing azalea, alpine gentian, close. particular, you can meet the Sámi moss campion and mountain avens are Up here, you also have the chance people and their reindeer in the happy on the mountain moors. Higher to view Golden Eagle, Gyrfalcon, mountains. Avoid disturbing grazing up on the bare mountain region, you Peregrine Falcon, Long-tailed Skua, reindeer and please keep dogs can be lucky to see the glacier crow- Ptarmigan, Eurasian Golden Plover, leashed. If you would like to know foot, the number one survivor of Bluethroat, Snow Bunting and many more about Sámi history, language, Swedish flora. other birds. Approximately half of the culture and today’s reindeer breeding, The UN organization, UNESCO, country’s 400 bird species have been we recommend that you visit the has elevated part of Lapland to the sighted in Lapland. Swedish mountain and Sámi museum status of World Heritage Site under Another common sight is the king Ajtte in Jokkmokk. You can also visit the name Laponia, where the national of Swedish nature, elk, not the least in www.samer.se parks Stora Sjöfallet, Padjelanta, Sarek the Tarradalen and Rapadalen Valleys. Suggested tours Doug McKinley ABISKO TO NIKKALUOKTA Trail or choose a very picturesque extra day in the Sälka huts and do a The train stops right in front of Abisko alternative via the mountain huts in day tour in this unforgettably beautiful Mountain Station and the northern Vistas and Nallo. Here, the mountains surrounding. The hut custodians along starting point for the Royal Trail. In rise sharply up from the valley and the the Royal Trail will gladly inform you the beginning, the journey goes tour interchanges between mountain of their best spots for wild strawber- through a birch forest in Abisko birch forest and bare mountain region. ries. When you reach the huts at Singi, National Park that is abundant in The terrain becomes more barren if continue southwards to Mount game to the hut at Abiskojaure Lake. you hike the Royal Trail towards the Vakkotavare or turn off towards the Lapporten, one the mountain huts at Tjäktja. Kebnekaise Mountain Station to then world’s most famous silhouettes, When you reach the Tjäkta pass, go to Kiruna via the bus in Nikkalu- watches over you during your hike. the highest point along the Royal Trail, okta. Of course, you can choose the During the summer, take the boat one of the mountain world’s greatest opposite direction and walk from over Alesjaure Lake. From the experiences awaits. Forty kilometres of Nikkaluokta to Abisko. Alesjaure hut, continue on the Royal magnificent views over the valley Tjäktavagge. By all means, stay an STF Abisko Mountain Station Address 981 07 Abisko, Sweden. E-mail [email protected] Website www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/abisko www.abisko.nu Phone +46 (0) 980 402 00. Fax +46 (0) 980 401 40. Season Mid-February to the beginning of May, mid-June to the end of September, and Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. Accommodation There are 300 beds, from which you can choose between different forms of accommodation. Single and double rooms with shower and WC. 2- and 4-bed rooms with shower and WC in the corridor. Cottage apart - ments for 2–6 people with shower and WC. Food KRAV eco-labeled breakfast, lunch and the evening’s supper with the appropriate wine package added on. Après Ski in Storstugan during the winter or a beer in the light of the midnight sun during the summer. Service Trip leader, shop, mountain equipment rental, sauna and self-catering. Activities The summertime offers guided tours to our wild strawberry locations, courses in, among others, digital photography, watercolour painting, and mountain birds. Midnight sun tours with the chairlift on Nuolja. The winter offers week-long courses in telemark skiing Håkan Hjort and avalanche training, ice climbing, snow- mobile tours, day tours and off-piste skiing on Nuolja, touring and cross-country skiing. Abisko is possibly the world’s best place to see Aurora ABISKO MOUNTAIN STATION Borealis (Northern Lights) Abiskojaure www.auroraskystation.se Alesjaure Experience Abisko National Park with us! Tjäktja Getting there Daily train connections from Sälka KIRUNA Stockholm, Göteborg and Kiruna to our own Nikkaluokta Singi KEBNEKAISE Kaitumjaure MOUNTAIN STATION train station Abisko Turist. Fly to Kiruna and Teusajaure then take a bus to Abisko (always verify the Vakkotavare SALTOLUOKTA bus times when you book you flight). Road is MOUNTAIN STATION GALLIVARE Sitojaure the European Route E10. Aktse Pårte STF Kebnekaise Mountain Station KVIKKJOKK JOKKMOKK MOUNTAIN Address 981 99 Kiruna, Sweden. STATION E-mail [email protected] Website Tärnasjö www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/kebnekaise Serve AMMARNÄS/WÄRDSHUSET Viterskalet Syter Aigert Phone +46 (0) 980 550 00. HEMAVAN SORSELE Fax +46 (0) 980 550 48. TÄRNABY/ÅKERLUNDSKA GÅRDEN Season Mid-February to the beginning of May, 20 km mid-June to mid-September. Accommodation 2- or 4-bed rooms or an alcove in the room with extra beds. Shower and WC in the corridor. Single rooms available. 196 beds. Food The restaurant Giebme serves breakfast, Facts Abisko – Nikkaluokta summer, shorten the trip 5 km by lunch, supper and à la carte with Lapland speci- alties, Swedish home fare, and newly baked Mountain map BD6 taking the boat over Ladjojaure Lake. Length 86 km (+19 km till Nikkaluokta) bread from our own bakery. Fully licensed. Days 5–7 After some good food and a nice Service Shop, bakery, rental of certain mountain Number of huts 5 on the Royal Trail (Kungsle- sauna, it’s time to continue in between equipment, trip leader, sauna and self-catering. Activities The summertime offers high alpine den) and 7 adjacent the mountains to Singi. There, you Provisions Abisko, Abiskojaure, Alesjaure, courses, climbing instruction, guided tours to Kebnekaise, Sälka, Vistas, Unna Allakas enter into the Royal Trail – with Sweden’s highest peak, glacier walking, floral Sauna Abisko, Alesjaure, Kebnekaise, Sälka Abisko to the north or Saltoluokta to tours, and theme weeks. Other things worth the south. If you choose the latter, seeing are the giant caves in Ladtjojåkka, the Silver falls in the Singi valley, Kitteldalen and NIKKALUOKTA TO SALTOLUOKTA you travel first through the beautiful Tarfala. The wintertime offers courses in high VIA KEBNEKAISE Tjäktjavagge valley. The lakes Kaitum- alpine ski touring, ice climbing, and guided ski This tour begins in Nikkaluokta, jaure and Teusajaure have nice huts tours in the valley or at altitude.
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