[ENGLISH] where to go trekking in Scandinavia?

[pawelx]

Hi,
someone recommended this forum to me although I speak no Swedish..Hope you will be able to help, I will much appreciate that.

We want to go trekking (not: mountaneering, as we have no equipment or a lot of experience, but also not easy walking in valleys etc). Basically, rather higher mountains, alpine-style (i.e. rocky). A few days' Sleeping in tents or those tourist huts which I know are available in some parts of Scandinavian mountains. Preferrably southern Norway, or Sweden. Not too touristy and rather challenging. Initially we were thinking of the Kungsleden trail up in the very north of Sweden but that seems to flattish.. We want some higher mountains.

Any help I'll be grateful for. thanks a lot.
Pawel

 

[Karpaterna.se]

Jotunheimen

Hello Pawel!

One excellent place in south-central Norway is Jotunheimen. You can check out my photos, if you want to get an idea about the landscape:
http://karpaterna.se/jotunheimen.htm

I only walked the east part. In the west part you also have a 260 m high waterfall.

You can camp for free or stay in huts (not for free).
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[Ändrat av matslandgren 2007-02-07 kl 13:04]

 

[uffe_nordholm]

If "not too touristy" means you don't want to meet any people then I can recommend Padjelanta National park. I was there in '95 (western end of Padjelanta), and apart from the first and last two days we didn't see anybody outside our own group on our ten day hike.

Padjelanta is right next to three other national parks: Sarek (probably Swedens most well-known), Stora Sjöfallet and Rago (in Norway). It is also demanding for a hiker, in that there is very little infrastructure (huts, food supply places...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padjelanta

 

[pawelx]

thanks for both the answers.
not being too picky, but..
- Jotunheimen weather seems to be rather tough, especially in July when you went there?
- Padjelanta we need to give up on because we only have 1 week, and we need to get to Scandinavia from elsewhere in Europe first, so far north of the country would be quite a pain in terms of logistics.

one of the websites that inspired me was http://mysliborski.art.pl/minis.php?katId=31
I think it is somewhere near Bergen. The weather looks great!.

 

[Wolf25]

You're not an easy man to please... Not flat, not touristy, no people, rather challenging, good weather and max 5 day hike.

My suggestion is that you travel to Abisko. Plane to Kiruna and train or bus to Abisko. There you hike Kungsleden 2days to Alesjaue, from there to Unna Allakas, from Unna Allakas to Riksgränsen/Katterjokk. Back to the airport by train or bus.
There you have a 5 day hike and not to much people the last 3 days. And then you have also been hiking the famous Kungsleden.

Regards Ulf

 

[Karpaterna.se]

- Jotunheimen weather seems to be rather tough, especially in July when you went there?
- one of the websites that inspired me was http://mysliborski.art.pl/minis.php?katId=31
I think it is somewhere near Bergen. The weather looks great!.

Weather is always changing and unpredictable all over the Scandinavian mountains. Bergen is actually one of the very rainiest places!

- Padjelanta we need to give up on because we only have 1 week... so far north of the country would be quite a pain in terms of logistics.

Jotunheimen is one of the southernmost and most easily accessible, of the more majestic scandinavian mountains. Just fly to Oslo and jump on a bus a few hours. 5 days is enough for a nice hike. I was there for only 4 days, and still had an amazing hike.

 

[Kamvandrare me´skavssår]

Agree with wolf25

I think this one is bang on target for u guys.

 

[Kamvandrare me´skavssår]

...or perhaps Padjelanta part trip.

Fly up to Staloluokta with helicopter from Kvikkjokk -costs approximatly 90 Euro per person. Sleep in cabins all the way down to Kvikkjokk: Tuoddar-Tarraluobbal-Sommarlappa-Tarrekaise-Nunjes-Kvikkjokk (5 nights)

This is really a nice trip where you trekk through Padjelanta and the surroundings are beautyful. Since u wont need tents, sleeping gear, cooking equipment and will be able to dry soaked clotes every night in the cabins u can carry lite backpacks and will have energy left to explore the surroundings.

You can also buy some of the food needed in shops along the way and from the sami people in the area (fresh bread, char/trout, smoked reindeer meat)

If u are interrested in angling this is possible aswell.

 

[utter]

thanks for both the answers.
not being too picky, but..
- Jotunheimen weather seems to be rather tough, especially in July when you went there?

one of the websites that inspired me was http://mysliborski.art.pl/minis.php?katId=31
I think it is somewhere near Bergen. The weather looks great!.

The weather in Jotunheimen is not too bad in July. The eastern Jotunheimen with Glittertind and Galdhöpiggen has better weather than the western Jotunheimen. It's more challenging than most swedish mountains. But there are a lot of tourists here, especially on Galdhöpiggen.

Bergen on the other hand has the most rainfall in Norway I think.

One other way is to go to Nikkaluokta in Sweden and take a boat (check here http://www.nikkaluokta.com/) up in Vistasdalen and then walk Vistas-Nallo-Singi-Kebnekaise-Nikkaluokta. But there are a lot of tourists in the Kebnekaise station.


[Ändrat av utter 2007-02-15 kl 08:19]

 

[Avslutatmedlemskapx]

In all of the Scandinavian region most weather come from west and brings rain or snow. The pictures you have been fancing seems to be from E of Bergen. It's a great area if you have to wear raingear or not. Best part of it is that it's no to far north. Access by road is easy.
I think it's an excerlent choise.
[Ändrat av johankse 2007-02-15 kl 09:04]

 

[markh]

Nowhere crowded in Sweden

And remember that even the most crowded, touristy
places in Scandinavia would be called uninhabited wilderness in Europe or the US.
I'm a peoplephobe myself, but I've never been bothered
by any hiking being too crowded or touristy in Sweden.

 

[pawelx]

The pictures you have been fancing seems to be from E of Bergen. .. Access by road is easy.
[Ändrat av johankse 2007-02-15 kl 09:04]

which of the Norwegian National Parks do you think this could be? trouble is, the author of the above mentioned website leaves no hint as to the actual location where the photos were taken.

If it's not Jotunheimen or Rondane, then I take it nice mountains (national parks) of decent height and difficulty can be found elsewhere in the Oslo-Bergen-Trondheim triangle area?