The swedish mountains (fjelds)
The Kungsleden trail
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Our hike between Kvikkjokk and Sltoluokta is shown by the red line. The blue lines show the bus journeys Gällivare - Jokkmokk - Kvikkjokk and Saltoluokta - Gällivare.
You can go by air or train to Gällivare.
The hike between the mountain lodges Kvikkjokk and Saltoluokta took four days and we stayed overnight in the mountain
huts Pårtestugan, Aktse and Sitojaure.
Click on the picture to see the map turned the right side up (oriented south - north).
We started with staying overnight at the Kvikkjokk mountain lodge. The premises are old-fashioned and cosy but the service
was a bit ascetic (2003).
Close to the mountain lodge (to the left in the picture above) the mighty Gamajåhkå is roaring.
On our way. Looking back when we had been hiking some hours. The weather during our hike was mainly cloudy with
occasional showers of rain. Of course the mountains are much more beautiful when the sun is shining but clouds can also
create a imaginative image.
A similar scenery can't be seen just anywhere. The bottom of the valley is a delta creating a colourful mosaic of little woods,
scrubs, meadows, swamps, clumps of reeds and open water surfaces.
This scenery is maybe more appreciated by the experienced mountain hiker, than one who isn't familiar with it.
A "gate" that has been created by an glacier. Through the opening of the gate we look into the fantastic landscape of the
Rapadalen valley.
Due to an unusually warm mounth of July, most flowers had already finished flowering. But you could find other beautiful
things instead.