The Gate to Sarek National Park
Till porten av Sareks nationalpark
With huskies along the Kings Trail to the gate to Sarek National park. We travel in an area with everything from deep forest, lakes to the bare mountain views without any trees as long as you can see. If the snow conditions are good we can go in to Laponia, the last great wilderness in Europe and one of the world heritage areas. During this tour you will learn how to drive and handle your own dog team. We start and finish at Saltoluokta Mountain station which is famous for its good restaurant.
Day 1Â Saltoluokta Mountain station, the beginning of our adventure. We meet and give you information about the program for the following days. Together we have a nice dinner and check the equipment.
Day 2Â Autsvagge, the glen above the timber line. After breakfast we will make acquaintance with the dogs, all Siberian Huskies and with different personalities. We give you instructions about the equipment and how you use it. The trip will go in the high mountains above the timberline.
Day 3Â Â Along the Sitorivers glen. This day the trip goes at first easy downhill along the Sitorivers glen. After a while we will come to a winter trail leading to Aktse. Here we stop and eat lunch. Aktse is an old mountain homestead where settlers and hunters lived from time immemorial. Here we see the famous gate to Sarek, Europe’s last wilderness.
Day 4Â Â Rittakvalley, the land of the old trees. We leave our heavier equipment in Aktse and go with light sleds for a day tour over to the Rittakvalleys pine forest landscape. If the weather and snow conditions are good we go in to the Rapavalley.
Day 5Â Aktse-Njunjes, the high road. Along a long uphill we go up on the mountain and head west along the border to Sarek National Park. Without any trails we go 1000 metres over the sea level. We follow an old reindeer trail down through the birch forest to the Sitojaure cabins where we will spend the night.
Day 6Â Rinim, the winds centre. This day we go west along the long lake Sitojaure. In the west end of the lake we find Rinim. Here can interesting weather situations occur, mountain glens and winds meet from different directions.
Day 7Â Saltoluokta, the beginning and end of this journey. The dogs which have become your true friends take us through Autsvagge or up over Ultevis white tundra. We head back to Saltoluokta Mountain Station. A hot sauna, showers and a three-course dinner in the restaurant await us.
Day 8 Departure day. We have our last breakfast together and then departure from Saltoluokta.
FACTS
Dates: 28 February -7 March and 7-14 March 2010. Other dates on request.
Group size: Minimum 2 persons Maximum 6 persons.
Included in the price: Thermo overall, warm shoes, hat, gloves. Sleeping bag and equipment for the tour. Wilderness guide, one dog team per person. Fullboard from dinner day 1 untill breakfast day 8. (Typical Lapland and Swedish food). Accommodations (2 nights at Saltoluokta mountain station, 5 nights in wilderness cabins).
Not included in the price: Travel insurance, alcoholic beverages, international and domestic air fare.
Tour conditions: Demanding and sometimes hard. This tour is more like a real expedition in a wild area without marked trails. In wilderness cabin we sleep on bunk beds in mixed room with both gentlemen’s and women’s. Dry toilet is available around the cabins. The wilderness cabins are heated with wood/gas and have no electricity or running water.
Price: 19 200Sek/person (inkl. V.A.T.)Â The price is for a group of 2-6 persons during winterseason 2010. Single room supplement 250 Sek/night/person.
