Kategori: funäsfjällen
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The morning was rainy so I took it easy (lazy) at the cabin. The weather forecast said that it would clear up in the afternoon and sure enough it did, so I took off to Kappruskaftet. It’s fast becoming a favourite place for me and I was looking forward to exploring it in the evening…
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Today’s hike is one of the ”guldtur” hikes in Funäsfjällen. The description says it’s 19 km and I’m not sure how long it will take me – it all depends on how many photo opportunities there are on the way! Just to make sure I could take it as slow as needed, I drove to…
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My long awaited holiday is here! I’ve really been looking forward to a week in the mountains because this year we actually have some colours, unlike the massive disappointment that was 2011. The only threat I can I see is the wind because the weather forecast says that it’s going to be rather windy all…
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Last night when I checked the weather forecast, it said it would be part sunny with chance of showers. So I woke up with high expectations, was met with grey skies and during breakfast, rain. Ok then, showers started earlier than I anticipated. I packed my gear and drove to Rockvallen, knowing that it would…
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Flatruet is a long plateau in an east-west direction with Messlingen lying at the foot of it in the south-east. There are some peaks rising from Flatruet, Ruändan is where the plateau ”ends” in the east and in the middle there’s a few other peaks. Today’s target was to conquer one of those middle peaks,…
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I was running out of paint so I drove to Funäsdalen to get some more. Since it feels a bit wasteful to drive all the way there just to get paint, I then drove to Bruksvallarna to do a small hike. To Kariknallen, which has a season opening today… gotta have a waffle! It turned…
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I took the bike to the trailhead to Öjevallen about 4 km west from Messlingen. Left the bike there and hiked up to Öjevallen and found that there’s a path going towards the Torrgraven ravine so that was easy. Except, when I got to the ravine the sign said Storbäckengraven. Hmm. Last year when I…
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The Swedish have a nice expression for something that looks like shit. Det ser förjävligt ut. That’s the expression I want to use now. I painted 1.5 walls of the cabin, and they look förjävligt. The thing is, I’m not using conventional paint. I use iron sulphate powder which is mixed with water and then…
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I need to paint the cabin so the plan was to drive to Funäsdalen and get the paint and while there, use the Internet access to update the blog. And then in the afternoon take the toll road up to Svansjökläppen and hike to Vättafjället. First problem. Can’t make the frekkin’ network to work. Using…
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There’s one trail in Funäsfjällen that is advertised as the ”sunshine trip”, solskensturen. Called so because in the spring when you ski it from Ramundberget to Tänndalen, you’ll have the sun on your face all the way. It’s a long trip (23 km) and I’ve always wanted to do it but reluctant to do it…