I’ve spent the past few summers driving and hiking around Härjedalen and Jämtland, the southern part of the Swedish mountain range (fjällen). Perhaps lesser known than Lappland, it is full of wild nature, mountain peaks, waterfalls, wild orchids, reindeer – and solitude.
I have been travelling up and down these counties, breathing the free air, doing day hikes and taking pictures. All of the following places are accessible by day hike from a car road, yet I was alone at every place. Some days I’ve walked for hours without meeting another person, and mostly had the road to myself as well. Most visitors come for winter skiing, but I say summer is the best time for visiting Härjedalen and Jämtland.
Blanktjärnarna, Vålådalen
Gaustaälven, near Leipikvattnet
Ristafallet
Bjurälven: Blinda dalen
Gaustaälven, bridge to Sipmeke
Vålådalen: view to Lunndörrsfjällen
Hällingsåfallet
Stekenjokk plateau
Hasslingåfallet
Leipikvattnet
Sipmeke
Vargtjärnflätet: view to Lunndörren
Wild orchid on the road to Björkvattnet
Stekenjokk plateau
Tännforsen
Vålådalen
Issjön, Vålådalen
Handölsforsen
Stora Blåsjön
Ankarede
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