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Looking to head to northern sweden and norway next year. Can anyone recommend any good maps and/or guidebooks. Looking to head to the abisko / kebnekaise area. But other suggestions welcome too : )
cheers,
Chris .
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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underdog, Hi,, are you thinking about summer or wintertime?
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Ideally I'm looking to go for the first two weeks in march, or at least late march/early april if I need to be flexible. Looking for some good wintery action.
My main concern at the moment is getting the right maps and guides for backcountry navigation and planning logistics etc.
Anyone been touring there before?
Cheers. : )
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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underdog, Im swedish, and I know this area very well, Abisko is easy acces with train, http://www.abisko.nu/vinter/englishpages/index.asp 2min walk from the trainstation, there is also a mountain with one lift, a old one, the mountain is only offpist, but with skipatrol all over the mountain, 5min walk from the hotel to the lift, its also named swedens "La Grave" http://www.abisko.nu/vinter/nuolja/nuolja_offpist.asp Abisko area had alot off backcountry skiing, and march would be excelent time to go there,,, http://www.mountainguide.se/default2.asp?Id=7&languageId=44 I hope this links will help U, feel free to contact me for more information
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How does the Abiskio are compare to Lyngen in terms of touring potential, what's the terrain like?
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The Norwegian Turkart maps are the equivalent to UK Ordnance survey, reasonably priced, and very good (and with an English translation of the key). Those for touristed/outdoor activities areas include marked ski trails (cross-country) and marked "winter routes" and other tourist facilities. They're obtainable from Stanfords, but they tend to be pricey so you may be better off buying from other UK suppliers such as http://www.themapshop.co.uk/europe/rest/norway.htm Alternatively, if you can navigate the Norwegian you can get them (free) online at http://www.godtur.no/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=2
The Swedish maps are the Fjällkarta series from Landmateriet - I've never used these, but they look pretty good http://www.lantmateriet.se/templates/LMV_Entrance.aspx?id=46 Again, they're available from Stanfords.
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jamesbrocklehurst, Its difficult to compare Lyngen with Abisko, Abisko is high europen class, BUT Lyngen is World class, but on the other side Abisko is easy to go, with the train from Stochholm, hotel is only 2 min walk from the train station,, Abisko has als high vertical drop, more than 1000m from a number of peaks, and if you want to have liftservice offpistskiing, you can get that in Abisko, but not in Lyngen, but if you can take a more difficult transport, Lyngen have better not liftservice skiing ,,
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We skied a bit of the Kungsleden a few years back. Plane to Stockholm, train to Kiruna, bus to Nikkalokta, sled behind a skidoo to Kebnekaise Fellstation. Then we skied inland to a self-catering hostel on the Kungsleden. I teamed up with a Swedish teacher and we summited Kebnekaise. I returned to the others at the Kungsleden while he went out. Then for a few days we just headed south stopping at various hostels on the way eventually getting the bus out from Akkajuare (I think) back to Kiruna and the long trip home.
It was a long way to go just for a short week's skiing but well worth the experience. Saw herds of wild reindeer and bloddy tracks of a wolverine. There are loads of huts to stay in - but you need to check which are manned and which offer food. The terrains is relatively safe and there are plenty of people about doing similar things - many on their own.
If I were to go back again I'd get the train to Abisko, come down the Kungsleden and exit via Kebnekaise Fellstation to Kiruna. The only trouble is it's quite a popular trip.
Here's a 360 pano from the summit of Keb:
Click for a BIGGER picture!
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