Kategori: härjedalen
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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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Having talked about the bicycle for approach trips, I put the words into action and pedalled down to the Mittån delta where the river flows into the Messlingen lake. My pack was borderline too heavy to feel comfortable while sitting on the saddle but it’s just over 6 km so not a major issue. The…
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Vacation sweet vacation! I have two weeks off now, spending most of it at the cabin. When I arrived in Messlingen, I was almost shocked to see that summer has barely started here. There’s lots of snow on the mountains and the birch leaves are not fully grown yet. So my first impression was that…
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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…
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I had very lofty ideas about skiing to Svartmorgraven today but I got seriously distracted on the way. I mentioned the reindeer yesterday and today I get coming across them at every turn. So I ended up zigzagging the tundra in search for the best angles to show the reindeer in this tough environment. Of…
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In March, it seemed like spring is coming ahead of time. Things pretty much grinded to a halt in the past week with cold temperatures and even a little bit of new snow, which gave me hope that there would still be some skiing to be done in the mountains. I was going to go…
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I was supposed to stay in Messlingen until Sunday, but already on Friday I had a feeling that something wasn’t right. I went skiing but my heart really wasn’t in it and it felt like I was doing everything in slow motion. I was totally uninspired by everything and didn’t even bother to look for…
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Fox. Check. Ravine. Check. Full moon. Check. Clear sky. Check. Big Dipper. Check. Aurora. Check. For the longest time, I looked like it would be overcast today. But miracles do happen and the weather forecast indicated that it would be clear in the evening and sure enough, it was. The full moon was the reason…
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At school, we used to have a week’s holiday every winter. Translated from Finnish, a ”skiing holiday”. I stopped using it for skiing somewhere around my teens, but now it was finally time to resurrect that noble tradition. So I have a week’s holiday and will spend it at the cabin and go skiing every…