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Night train to Kiruna Traveling from Uppsala to Kiruna via night train was a great way of getting...
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still on the way... from Kiruna we took a bus to Nikkaluokta, where our long "walk" would...
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Nikkoluokta to Kebnekaise fjällstation A well maintained tramping trail leads from Nikkoluokta to Kebnekaise...
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A long way to go... At times the forest gave way to open fields and allowed for a great...
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Speeding up... after a fiew kilometers we arrived at a lake from where we took a boat, which...
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Linnea
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Rendeer burger... ..as it was our first day, we didn´t feel like we had earned a...
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In the boat Fellow trampers on their way to Kebnekaise Fjällstation.
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behind the boat
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and ahead
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One of many One of the coutless wooden bridges over a river. Even thought this one...
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the sun comes out
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Kebnekaise Fjällstaion We camped east of the cabins, close to a little river, where we got...
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Kebnekaise Fjällstation The next day, we got up early and continued westward. We left K.Fjlst....
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prettty alpine From here on the landscape became alpine. No more trees and quite rocky. Our...
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keep an eye on the ground... throughout or tramp we keept our eyes open and were able to see a lot of...
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rivers Even thought most snow had molten before, there was still a lot of...
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Lucky us Now the river might seem rather small and unimpressive, but it was...
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looking back... made us realize of how far we had tramped and gave us this magnificient view....
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Lunch break
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Rocky road... at times the path would get very rocky, and asked all our attention. Injuries...
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Outdoor food... might be practival and tasty, but it is also silly at times. The...
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Loneliness Apart from us, there was only one more party camping out near the Singi cabins.
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Nice clouds With a strong wind up the valley we came from, these really nice...
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Night-goggles... a good way to catch a deserved rest with the midnightsun shining bright outside.
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Singi-Sälka
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Lemming
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GREEN! Suddenly the landscape turned green, with lush grass and flowery...
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Sälka Since it was quite cold (10°C), windy and rainy, we decided to...
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Sälka-Tjäktja This picure shows it quite clearly: the stay in the cabin was a wise...
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Rendeer far away
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Where exactly is Mordor?! The trip from Sälka to Tjältja included a little pass (150m) that...
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From 3/4 up the pass one has a nice view over the just transversed valley.
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Lunch After climbing up the pass, we had lunch in the little cabin that is...
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Rock my soul That high up, not only north-wise but also altitude-wise, not much other than...
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more rocks ...did we take a wrong turn and end up on the moon? Or is this Mordor:-)?
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The most beatiful cabins... at least to our incing, can be found at Tjäktja. In this most alpine...
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Morning toilette Unfortunately it was too cold for a swim by the waterfall, but...
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Tjäktja-Alesjaure Still optimal tramping weather with low temperatures and wind from...
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Good-bye Tjäktja!
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Unbelievable how happy we were despite the weather. This might look like bad...
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Rendeer
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Rendeer
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even more rendeer!
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Alesjaure... Just one more bridge and a little climb up the hill. Alesjaure is a very big...
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Typical dormatory
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looking back.... from Alesjaure into the valley we came tramping.
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Samese village
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Alesjaure-Abiskojaure This tramp would have been 20km long. But since we both love boat-trips we...
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Going down After a level walk for about 4km the path started to descend and it became...
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Garddenwari
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Abiskojaure The cabins of Abiskojaure are located at the southern (left) end of the lake....
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Garddenwari A little coffe-break.
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Abiskojaure-Abisko After spending the last night of our trek in our tent, we continued...
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Lunchbreak off the main path we found a very nice spot to have lunch...
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...and cool the feet
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La Porten... , the landmark of Abisko, is partly visible in the background.
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The Canyon Now Abisko is not far away anymore...the trip is coming to an end.
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almost there
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DONE IT! After 7 incredible days of tramping, 110km lie behind us! We have...
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