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Summer 2025 and 2026: Hike and paddle Gröna Bandet Etapp.

Planning, thoughts, and travel updates.

Will mostly post in English, but might also be some Swedish here and there.

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· 2mo ago

Day 13, bit after Sälka to Miesákjárvi: 23 km hiking, 10 km packrafting Onwards along kungsleden, up a steeper and steeper slope and then over the high point and down the other side to just past the Alesjaure huts. There I could put my boat in and had a brisk tailwind down the lakes. Sometimes even a bit on the brisk side, but these lakes are nicely sectioned so the waves never got bad. Tented on a private beach, the bath was chilly though. #hiking #GrönaBandet

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· 2mo ago

Day 16, Abisko is the end this year

Woke up and my foot hadn't gotten better, so I decided to head home sooner rather than later. With no noticeable improvement, it'd probably be weeks before I could hike on it. Likely cause? Too many hard heel impacts as I was rushing along the uneven and hard rocky trail.

Booked a train for the afternoon and checked out one night early.

Abisko Guesthouse was nice, if a bit weird. And less than half the price of STF Abisko.

Next year I'll finally finish!

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· 2mo ago

Day 7, Stáloluokta - Låddejåhka, 24 km hiking Too windy to even hug the shore and paddle to Arasluokta, I hiked the trail the entire way to the Låddejåhka cabin. At lunch I discovered I had left my cup in Stáloluokta and decided to stay in cabins until I could buy a new one in Ritsem, my breakfast and evening meal require measuring. In the cabin I spoke a while with a swiss guy who was hiking Norge På Langs this year. He had started at Nordkapp and had about 2000 km left. #hiking

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· 2mo ago

Day 12, Hukejaure to a bit after Sälka, 25 km hiking Started out in rain gear but quickly packed that away when there was just occasional drizzle. The first part of the day was hiking among small irregular features, before coming into a more dedined narrow valley, and then the long and wide Čeakčavággi with kungsleden. Did some supplementary shopping at the Sälka hut, and then continued on for a few more km before rain started and I pitched the tent. #hiking #GrönaBandet

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· 2mo ago

Day 2, Ikes-Bierre: 17 km hiking and 2 km packrafting. The day started out easy on a marked, if in mildly inconvenient terrain where there was some zigzag due to the terrain having weird little breaks and sudden minichasms. Then it went down into the trees, and due to western winds along the lake I choose to take a 4 km detour to paddle shorter and in lee from some islands. After the lake, the trail got worse, down into bushwhacking through dense birch. Finally up, I found a nice tent spot.

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· 2mo ago

Day 4, rest day in Pieskehaure cabin, 0 km. My body was telling me that it wasn't used to these activities, and the forecast had rain on the schedule for half a day, so I stayed two nights and did not much beyond eating, reading, talking, and taking a sauna.

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· 2mo ago

Day 1, 13 km hiking, 4 km packrafting

Started at the rest stop on road 95 where I left off last year. It was very nice to start above the tree line, even if the trail dipped down into the birches around Jurun. Late in the afternoon I paddled along the beach of Ikesjaure in unnecessarily exciting waves, it was very cold to pack the raft up when I was wet. Hiked a little bit further and tented next to the Ikesjaure rest hut.

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· 2mo ago

Day 8, Låddejåhkå - Kutjaure, 18 km hiking More trekking along the Padjelanta trail. After a while there was a choice between the new and the old trail. The old trail has more elevation and greater views towards Sarek. In my case, the clouds were low, and I didn't fancy hiking extra elevation in mist. Spent the night in the Kutjaure cabin, and met my first sobo grönabandare. #hiking #GrönaBandet

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· 2mo ago

Day 10, Ritsem - Sitasjaure: 17 km hiking, 4 km packrafting The weather also objected to plan B, which was to paddle to the west end of Akkajaure and go over to Nordkalottleden and pick up the original plan there. So plan C it is: Hike up Sitasjaure-Hukejaure-Kungsleden to Abisko.

The first day is road walking, but I got a little bit of a break from that in a lake along the road. #hiking #grönabandet

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· 2mo ago

Day 6: Stáddájåhkå - Stáloluokta, 14 km hiking I felt worn from the long hike yesterday, so I just walked to Stáloluokta and stayed in the cabin there. Nice sauna tines were had! The weather and forecasts were less nice, so I decided to skip packrafting the great lakes and instead walk padjelantaleden out to Ritsem.

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· 2mo ago

Day 15, Abisko Turist to Abisko, 3 km hiking In the morning my foot still hurt a lot whenever I put load on it. I hobbled over to the breakfast and ate, meeting some grrönabandare from Hukejaure again. After rushing through packing and checkout at too early o'clock, I sat around and chatted with them for a while and a sobo guy. He was considering giving up due to a knee, and so was I. I had two planned rest days in Abisko though, so I headed over to cheaper lodging.

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· 2mo ago

Day 14, Miesákjárvi to Abisko Turist: 22 km hiking and 3 km packrafting

A pleasant morning followed ny a slow trudge up to the trail. Once on the trail I started going faster, and by the time I was in Gárddenvággi I was hurrying along with a pressing need for an outhouse.

My legs were pretty tired one I got to the Abiskojaure huts, and my left foot hurt. But I thought that'd be fine after a lunch and an hour packrafting. It wasn't. Slow hike down to Abisko, where I had a very nice dinner.

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· 2mo ago

Day 3: A bit after Bierre to Pieskehaure cabin, 4 km hiking and 14 km packrafting

A short but still annoying hike along the sparsely marked and overgrown trail, I made my way to a stream where I could put in a bit upstream from the lake.

After I got out on the lake proper after a couple of km in a bay, I discovered fierce headwinds and stopped for lunch, preparing to walk to the next corner of the lake. But the wind lessened and I could paddle on, hugging the shore.

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· 2mo ago

Day 11, Sitasjaure - Hukejaure 20 km hiking Hiked up to the next cabin, first over big features with long inclines or mostly flat, but when nearing the cabin rocky ridges got more common. Wet and slippery in the rain, I fell on a board and snapped one walking pole. Then I got overtaken by two other green ribonners, one of them had hiked all the way from Ritsem that day. Met a sobo one at the cabin, which led to lots of chatting over dinner, after a refreshing bath in the lake. #GrönaBandet

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· 2mo ago

Day 9, Kutjaure - Ritsem, 16 km hike and 10 km packrafting In the morning there was still fresh snow on the upper parts of Gisuris and the other peaks, est. to about 1300 meters above sea level. My hike was in the other direction though, up along a slope and then through a high shallow valley over to Vájsáluokta. As I was preparing my packraft, an old local came in with his motor boat and we chatted a bit about the weather, and a shortcut with a 500m lift. In STF Ritsem 20 mins before closing.

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· 2mo ago

Day 5, Pieskehaure to Stáddájåhkjå, 29 km hiking Hiking up from the cabin up to Varvvek in a lot of mosquitoes but nice wide views. After a couple of simple stream crossings the ascent into Gáilavágge started, which I remembered being very challenging to come down last time. The cround here raises in grassy shelves with a couple of meters steep ascent between each. Luckily up in dry weather was easier than down on wet grass. Then a long valley until an excellent tent spot by the stream.

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· 3mo ago

Replying to

I might have to take it slow at the start, especially if I want to take the western route, so that the trail between Ny-Sulitjelma and Sorjushytta has time for the snow to melt away. But starting early means that I have no stress at all in the beginning. Maybe I'll take the Piskehaure route and go exploring in some new areas, like taking Viejevágge north instead of the normal trail.

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· 2mo ago

Taking two rest days in Abisko, Torneträsk looks to get reasonable wind on mon+tues. Also, something is wrong with a foot. I hope it clears up with some rest, today's pain would be not possible to walk onwards on. Will work on my posting backlog!

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· 3mo ago

Looks like my starting pack weight is about 23 kg. A bit on the heavy side, but I'm only partially trusting the resupply options the first couple of weeks (Piskehaurestugan and the new kiosk in Stáloluokta) with regards to food selection. At least the weather forecasts look really good for paddling Ikesjaure, Mavasjaure, Pieskehaure, so I'll get some hours of progress without carrying anything.

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· 3mo ago

And here is my map link again, heading up to Vuoggatjålme this afternoon, starting tomorrow morning: https://vgb.vitagronabandet.se/hiker.php?id=67c1b88331ffe

vgb.vitagronabandet.se

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· 3mo ago

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@zeank@mastodon.social Tack!