Etikett: härjedalen
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I love planning but only a fraction of anything I plan ever becomes a reality. This weekend was one of those rare occasions of action, but even now the plan would never have left the drawing board had I not had a friend to come along. We were determined that even the bad weather wasn’t…
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I hadn’t made any plans for my last day of this mountain trip, so when my photographer friend suggested Mittåkläppen with a plan B (=waffles in Djupdalen!), I didn’t need to think twice. The day dawned just like the two previous, cool and cloudy with little wind and maybe a small chance of rain. In…
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You know you’re in the mountains when a herd of reindeer runs past your window while you’re having breakfast! Today’s planned excursions were the Hamrafjället and Vättafjället mountains. Hamrafjället is something that no botanist should pass by, in fact the nature is so special that it’s protected as a nature reserve. Just a few metres…
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My holiday has officially begun! My plan is to spend 3 days in the mountains, come home for a re-pack and then take the ferry to Finland where I will spend the rest of the holiday.My first target was Ljungdalen. I had found a great botanical book about Härjedalen where the author gave some tips…
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I just had to go and get myself a pair of new skis (and boots). There’s a new type of ski out, they are much shorter and slightly wider than my old skis. Apparently, they provide for more maneuverability and balance than ”normal” skis and they are also easier if you want to ski skating-style.…
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I have been planning to do skiing trips to the mountains all winter, but it just hasn’t come off until now. The weather forecast wasn’t the best possible, but I wasn’t going to let even that depress me. I can deal with overcast skies but not with warm temperatures, so it was now or never!…
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Dactylorhiza incarnata cruenta English: Early Marsh Orchid Swedish: Blodnycklar Finnish: Punakämmekkä This is why I drive to the mountains to hunt flowers. To find species that we don’t get around here.. like the early marsh orchid. I have visited the mountains regularly since I moved to Sweden, but I didn’t discover the early marsh orchid…
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When I woke up, the sky looked ominous, but it wasn’t raining yet. We drove to Rockvallen because we knew that we would find some orchids there while not straying far from the car in case it would start raining. I had an absolute blast shooting different flowers, and by the time it started raining,…
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Surprisingly, it wasn’t raining this morning. I didn’t care, I just simply wasn’t inspired to photograph anything or look for flowers, just wanted to go home. As usual when I make a hasty exit from Funäsdalen, I took the scenic route via Sörvattnet and Lofsdalen. I have been eyeing the old pine roots on one…
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The law of diminishing returns… my holiday is drawing to an end, but the rainy days and photographic slump are not. We drove to Mittåkläppen with high hopes to hike up the mountain in search of exciting flowers. We had barely reached the tree line when it started raining, and then it started pouring, so…