Winter Wonderland

 After a long autumn with only little snow and a lot of rain the winter is finally back in Lapland! It was about time as days are getting shorter and we only have a couple of hours of daylight left at this time of the year. With snow it's just so much brighter... and the kids love it!

A walk with the kids

A few days ago we went on a beautiful walk with the kids along the Piteälven. Most of the fallen snow two weeks ago has melted away again. It's been unusual warm with a few degrees above zero degrees Celsius, a lot of rain and wind...

First Snow this year...

The first snow came late this year. On the third weekend of October. Often it's in the end of September or beginning of October we get the first snow in Lapland.

On the day we arrived in Arvidsjaur, Lapland from our Weekend Trip to Ångermanland we were welcomed by a few cms of snow. For two days it was continuous snowfall. After the snow came the sun again and with it some beautiful winter pictures...

Weekend Trip to Ångermanland

We were doing a short trip to Ångermanland in Västernorrland last weekend to the region of Kramfors. When we got there we were back in full autumn like a couple of weeks ago in Lapland. Beautiful colours everywhere and stunning views! I let the photos speak for themselves...

We stayed in a cosy little house of Ann-Sofie and Mikael who were fantastic hosts! We even got some chanterelle from them that they just had picked during the morning. They were delicious!

We also made a short trip to the baltic sea to a place called "Rotsida" not far from Nordingrå.

We really enjoyed our short trip and got a taste of Ångermanland. We definetely want to come back for more. That's for sure!

A beautiful autumn day

This was one of those rare and absolutely beautiful autumn days in Swedish Lapland. The air was clear and fresh, nature at its best with a mix of green, yellow, orange, brown and even more colours inbetween.

From Arvidsjaur we drove first on the E45 in the direction of Arjeplog. After a few kms we turned left to a mountain called Vittjåkk. From there we followed a gravel road and parked at a lake called Stenträsket. From here we started our approx. 4hrs hike through Vittjåkk-Akkanålke fjällurskogs naturreservat.

This is the route we hiked.

Some reindeers welcoming us.

We follow the trail going an extra loop slowly up the mountain Akkanålke (750m).

Going down from here wasn't the easiest part as the trail was hard to find but eventually we found our way back on the trail and downhill.

This was a short but magical tour and the last of this kind with our dog Svempa who accompanied us ever since we moved to Sweden in 2006... the only comfort is that he lived a long and good life with a lot of travelling and adventures throughout the years...may he rest in peace.

This is how we remember him... as a happy dog full of energy!