( the view  over the light house Högbonden)

It is spring, and a lot of upcoming adventures. But the period between spring winter and spring is a bit of ”off-season” and that means perfect for planning the upcoming mountain challenges. The spring will come faster at the coast, so here you will get a nice suggestion…

Today it will be about a trail, that is really nice. The High Coast trail. The trail is 135km long and begins at Hornöberget in the south and end up at Örnsköldsvik in the north. The trail is splitted up into nine stages. Most of it follows the coastline, but it passes through virgin forest and archipelago. You got a lot a options for getting as much out of your hike here, or what about calotte mountains, deep woods, mountain views and gravel field for mention some. At times you will find yourself 250 meters above the coastline. The advantage with this trail is that there are good opportunities for sleeping indoors and buying necessities. But I strongly recommend bringing tent and supplies to be the free hiker. If you go the whole trail, you need 9-11 days. The stages are about 15-25,5km, and it will take between 5-10 hours each day.

All the stages are very nice, but I will recommend a suggestion of a combination of stage 8 and 9. So you start from Köpmanholmen-Hålviken and hike towards Balesudden and continue to the wind shelter at Bodviken. Here you either sleep in the wind shelter or in a tent or why not in a tarp? The next day you return to the starting point. In Köpmanholmen I can recommend a visit at Forss brewery. The High Coast trail is a really Pandoras box, every stage got its own treasures. So todays suggestion is just a small piece of that…It is a lot of different sort of accommodations, but with tent you will be the free hiker.

When it comes to stoves, I really like my JetBoil. But the upcoming week I will try the Primus Lite XL Stove system II 1.0. So why, when I got the first choice? Well, this one is for use of 1-3 persons. Which can be good…The weight is just 445g 1.0 Litre and the effect is 1700w

R.L. Burnside – It’s Bad You Know (Official Audio)

See ya soon…