Day 1
Björkliden - Låktatjåkka
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A group of reindeers |
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Playing with hiking maps :) |
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The glacier and lake next to the Låktatjåkka hut |
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Låktatjåkka hut, the highest in Sweden (1250 meters or so) |
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The hut is from the
1920s, and the interior is charming. |
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View from the hut |
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Sara was here in 1988
and found their entry in the guestbook :) |
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Old guestbook from the 1940s |
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Finn's first overnight
in an alpine hut. |
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In the evening, we
climbed the Låktatjåkka peak (1450 meters or so). |
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...and so it did. View
to the north. |
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Norway in the distance |
Day 2: Låktatjåkko hut -
Björkliden |
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In the morning the
weather was very clear, |
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The lake on the left is Torne träsk. It is 70 km long, 800 meters deep(!) and surrounded by mountains on all sides. It's not Sweden's largest lake, but perhaps the most majestic one. |
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Finding Kebnekajse, Sweden's highest peak, somewhere in the far distance. |
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Some nice mountains, and a small alpine lake (to the right) |
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The U shaped mountain in the distance is called Lapporten ("the gate of Lapland") |
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On the way back to Björkliden |
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I have often seen green lichen on the rocks, but in these mountains there are also yellow and orange ones |
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Finn stretching his legs. It's fun to be carried on the back for a while, but after an hour or so it's more fun to run around :) |
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My mother with the mighty Torne träsk lake in the background |
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The vegetation in this area is just amazing. I wonder what the place looks like in a month, when the autumn colors have arrived |
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The "Syndafallet" waterfall |
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This small hut is an
unstaffed café with a superb view. |
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Lapporten ("the gate
to Lapland") in Abisko national park, |