And Now For Something Completely Different

Welcome to Lappland.

The last leg of this adventure is about to begin.

And at the Kiruna airport there are no  bicycles. But they do have special parking set aside if you arrive via other means of transportation

We left Copenhagen airport today, on the way to Kiruna in Northern Sweden. 

We arrived at the Kiruna airport in broad daylight, at 9:00pm.

We’re at the Kebne Hotel in Kiruna where we’ll leave our luggage for a week while we hike the northernmost portion of the Kungsleden. We’re 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle here, in Lappland, and the sun won’t set here tonight, nor any night soon. It’s 45 degrees outside, and windy.

Tomorrow, Sunday, we’ll leave here with our packs on a brief train ride to the mountain station at Abisko, thirty miles further north. We’ll have electricity and hot food tomorrow night, and a bed.

On Monday, we head down the Kungsleden, staying overnight in the hiking huts provided along the way. When finish, we catch a bus back here to Kiruna to spend our last night in Lappland back at the Kebne Hotel.

We won’t have internet, electricity, nor running water during the hike, so I’ll catch up with y’all and the blog on the other side.

In the meantime, here’s the itinerary:

Sunday: Train to Abisko Mountain Station

Monday: Hike to Lake Abiskojaure Cabin, 15km, 100m ascent

Tuesday: Hike to to Alesjaure Cabin, 20km, 300m ascent

Wednesday: Hike to Tjaktja Cabin, 13km,  200m ascent

Thursday: Hike to Salka Cabin, 12km, 150/300m  ascent/descent

Friday: Hike to Singi Cabin, 12km, 100m descent

Saturday: Hike to Mountain Station Kebnekaise

Sunday: Hike out and bus to Kiruna   

Lots of pictures to follow...