Kiruna Area, anything else than Kungsleden?

[avslutad210712]

Katterjåkk and Katterat is two different kind of walk.

Unna Allakas - Katterjåkk is harder ground with lots of rocks.
Unna Allakas - Katterat is more on soft ground.
I also think that Katterjåkk is a little bit longer

I cant say which of them i should prefer.

 

[avslutad210712]

I called Länstrafiken (www.ltnbd.se) and they said that you can pay by card or swedish crowns but not euros.

 

[tomhylsan]

Its Kiruna
Its summer

It never gets dark so just walk on

Not entirely true. I have hiked in early August and it gets dark quite early. You normally hike in valleys which are surrounded with tall mountains. When the sun disappears behind the mountains it gets dark in the valley. In the beginning of August it gets dark around eight.

I recommend a visit to the Nallo lodge. It is located in a narrow valley with steep mountains on either side. The Nallo mountain close to the lodge has a sharp peak. Dramatic and beautiful landscape.

 

[avslutad210712]

Not entirely true. I have hiked in early August and it gets dark quite early. You normally hike in valleys which are surrounded with tall mountains. When the sun disappears behind the mountains it gets dark in the valley. In the beginning of August it gets dark around eight.

I recommend a visit to the Nallo lodge. It is located in a narrow valley with steep mountains on either side. The Nallo mountain close to the lodge has a sharp peak. Dramatic and beautiful landscape.

But the question and answer was "as long as it's not dark we can walk till 10pm first day without a problem" and the first day is the 21 of july and thats not in august

 

[tiantian]

Anyone know the bus price from Kiruna Airport to Kiruna City? horvalls.se shows 100SEK but I asked ltnbd.se whats the fare for this route with line 91 and they answered its just 30SEK. Line 91 depart just 15 Minutes later than the expensive bus. Can this be right?

Planing to walk this track from Nikkaluokta to Katterat: http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=7074741

Timetable of the transport would better fit with starting in Nikkaluokta and ending in Katterat but I'm a little worried about to walk in this direction. If we walk faster than we expect how can we extend the track in this direction. Would it be worth to walk to Rombaksbotn for a day or worth to walk to next train station Bjornfjell?

 

[avslutad210712]

The next time I walk in Caihnavaggi I'm going to take the west side of the lake 1094. The east side is one big rocky field.

 

[tiantian]

So you would leave the marked trail? Okay, exept of that any idea what to do it we are to early in Katterat?

 

[avslutad210712]

So you would leave the marked trail? Okay, exept of that any idea what to do it we are to early in Katterat?

The marked trail (which isn't marked at all) goes over a really really rocky part with lots and lots of rocks. Small and big and loose.

The WEST side is just a walk at the "beach" (dosen't really know the English Word).

The reason that the trail is on the EAST side is because there is a glacier marked on the WEST side on the map but I have looked at my photos and there is maybe a small snowfield on the WEST but not a glacier anymore.

The EAST side has been discussed many times here on utsidan because of the many rocks/stones.

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http://www.utsidan.se/albums/viewpic.htm?ID=66389

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[avslutad210712]

Sometimes there goes really wrong. The west side is the easy side - nothing else

 

[avslutad210712]

West side of the lake

http://www.utsidan.se/albums/viewpic.htm?ID=69996

 

[tiantian]

Ok, we will try to pass on the west side. River at the north of the lake isn't to big to cross?
How about taking the higher way to Katterat and not follow the street, on the map there is a wide river to cross to get to that way. Is it easy?

 

[avslutad210712]

The jokk at the North end you will pass which way yuo go and it was a easy one. The jokk that comes from west to lake 1004 can be a little tricky if there is much water but the passing is marked. You can avoid that jokk if you are going east of 1004 but the jokk from 1004 in the North end i have no idea if its easy or hard to pass.

Here are a photo of the jokk from 1004. Dont look to hard to cross

http://www.utsidan.se/albums/viewpic.htm?ID=71300

Here are another photo of the west side of lake 1094 taken from the North side. The snowfield looks small and the beach looks a lot easier to walk then the east side

http://www.utsidan.se/albums/viewpic.htm?ID=71301