First Snow Hike

 Mid October and we get the first snow to stay on the ground. We decide to go for a hike on a hill nearby and enjoy the wintry landscape.

Kronogård Naturreservat

On the second weekend of October I went with my friend Sylvia on a two day hiking trip through Kronogård nature reserve in the municipality of Jokkmokk just north of Kåbdalis.

In the beginning of our tour it was raining. It was a very good idea to take boots with us as our shoes would have been soaken wet within a few hrs time.

We went through "gammal skog" (old forest)...

...and swamps for a couple of hours until...

...we reached this little hut called Torrfurukojan.

A very cosy little hut with four beds, a table and a fireplace to keep you warm. We were very lucky to stay over night here and dry our wet clothes.

The next day the sky had cleared and we were greeted by beautiful sunshine.

We had a picnic at one of the countless lakes on our hike and even went for a short refreshing dip in one of the lakes.

That day we could switch to hiking shoes and decided to go on the hill Rahánoajvve at the end of our hiking trip from where we had a great view over the area.

We went on our hiking trip on a weekend and only met four people walking in pairs so we were pretty much on our own. This was much in contrast to my earlier hike in Muddus national park just a few weeks earlier.

October Day Hiking

Estimated route: ca. 20kms, 7hrs of walking 

Been a dull day weather like but that's ok when hiking as long as it doesn't pour down. Originally I had planned to walk a loop not far away from this place but then followed my intuition to hike a different trail. I like spontaneous choices and even though this one was demanding in a way that I had to find my own way through the bushes (forest) for a few kms as I wanted to skip the longer route via the road and I had to walk in the rain for a while I was happy to finish it after about seven hrs of hiking. This time I hiked alone again, well not quite, Diva went along with me. 😍

So I parked my car on a small gravel road (mostly used for hunting or forestry) and started walking.

Abraure outlet

There must have been mud... 😃

View over lake Abraure

Gangsjajaure outlet

I had my wood stove with me but it turned out to be very difficult and time consuming to make a fire as the wood was wet from all the rain that had come down earlier. But drinking a warm cup of tea is just worth all the burden.