A travelogue from the mountains

What is possible to do during a long weekend? A couple a weeks ago I was sitting in front of some maps. The Rogen area has always been a place I wanted to visit. At the same time I am keen to visit Funasdalen because is its such a nice mountain village. Close to the area the national park of Sonfjallet is situated, so why not do it in the same trip was my question. I followed my thought and the planning begun. So early in the morning (for sure this will be a concept for this tour) on Thursday I stared the car from Stockholm towards Funasdalen. I arrived just after lunch and got my accommodation. I switch my clothing and went to Hållan for skating towards Storskarven. A very nice tour. Back to the hostel and start preparing for my next day. Early morning and today I aimed for Karingsjovallen and going towards Rogen cabin with snowshoes. With a good speed I arrived after one hour and 45 minutes ~9km. Time for a lunch and hydrate and after an hour I went to the peak of Tandsjovalen. During the hike I passed fresh wolverine tracks…The weather change a lot during the trip. When I get back to the cabin the cottage host told me he have started up the sauna. I can say I was really happy about that. Three more guest has arrived and the host gathered us for a briefing. He did it exemplary, I was really impressed. I wish every cottage host would be like that a real role model. After a dinner consisting of the obligatory reindeer filet, I had a tiramisu for after dinner sweet. At 20.30 I was in bed and slept at 20.55. And guess what, early morning again:-) Up at 05.40 and away after breakfast at 06.10. After 1 hour and 45 min I was back at the car, and stared the journey to Sonfjallet. Once there, I quickly repacked and set off for the top of the mountain. I felt the wind had change a bit and become more and more challenging. I looked at the peak and start the accent. The higher I got the more challenging the wind become. At the peak, I just took a fast look and started the descend immediately, I really did not want to be in the wind that sometimes lifted me up… After a short break in the wind shelter I went back to the cabin, get a waffle with jam and cream happy as hell. A mountain tour on ski, a visit in a nature reserve and a visit in a national park in just one weekend, I think that is a good and effective result…The plan worked and I am satisfied.

So in middle of March I can concluded that I’ve been to Skuleskogen-Åre-Funäsdalen-Rogen and Sonfjallet, a great start of the year and the firs quarter…