Fjällvandra sarek

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I left my litter bag at the waste management spot and walked the road to the dam and forward into the woods. They had, but they didn't know if it was doable.

The woman of the Dutch(?) couple was brave and jumped into the river. Soon I arrived above the treeline, sweating. In addition, this route leads close to nice mountains to summit.

The reindeer stared again and some huge frog jumped out of the bushes. Med tryggheten av kunniga guider får vi utrymme att både möta fjällvärlden och oss själva, med nyfikenhet och närvaro.

Vi startar i Ritsem och tar oss över sjön Ahkajavvre med båt. And there it was: the bridge (Bron).

After River Bielajåhkå, this felt quite easy. Six out of thirteen peaks over 2,000 m are located within the boundaries of the national park, and there are around 100 glaciers.

There are no signposted trails or shelters in the park, which together with large river crossings and drastically changing weather conditions make trekking through Sarek a challenge.

They were different from the reindeer I had met before: they were curious, came close, stared and followed me. Because of the storm and hunger, it was cold and I wore my down coat throughout the night.

Summitting Låddebákte (almost)

In the morning, weather was still unstable, but it didn't rain much. The journey felt astonishing.

Then I saw some happening downstream. I felt like I wasn't scared of anything anymore after Sarek. I could spot a good wading place at a stream pool already from the highland.

I climbed down the slope and noticed some kind of trail leading to the river. It's good to have experience on pitching a tent in extreme conditions before heading to Sarek.

At some point I thought I had found the route to the lower trail, but the traces I followed in wetland were probably made by moose. I saw only an eagle and maybe fox traces.

  • Sometimes you may lose GPS signal. I started thinking about pitching the tent and postponing the problem solving until morning. Then the guys asked where I'm from, and when I answered 'Finland', they said 'Oh let's forget the English then, we're from Kokkola Finland'.

    The views to Rapa valley were scenic anyway. I headed to the slopes of Suorkitjåhkkå. The normal crossing spot was horrible: so much grey water roaring down from a waterfall and forward to the next waterfall.

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    I took fresh water to my bottle, as I was expecting glacier waters in the valley.