Hiking in Swedish mountains. Part 2.

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Day 2, Nallo to Sälka.

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The hike I did in September continue. You can see the first leg of the hike in this post:
5 days in Swedish mountains. Part 1. On the second day we left the Nallo valley. The trail go through a higher valley over to a valley called Sälka. The leg is around 12 km to the cabin where we stayed overnight. This day we had less rain and wind so we had a more pleasant hike.

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The cabins in Nallo.

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On our way up from the Nallo cabin. We are heading to the left against Sälka.

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We followed the river up to the higher valley over to Sälka valley.

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Under the mountain in the far end of the valley was our starting point yesterday.

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A little moment where we could see the blue sky.

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As we got higher there where less vegetation and more stone.

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The river we followed...

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... start at this lake.
We passed this valley and went down to Sälka in the far end of the picture.

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Two other people in front of us. The give a perspective to the surroundings. I liked the crop of this picture where the hikers become more clear.

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Small humans.

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At he outlet of the lake I saw some remains of an animal by the river. Probably bones from a reindeer.

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The water in this lake is mostly from glaciers above the valley. When the sky is clear the lake have a green colour. The reason for this is small particles of clay and sand carried withe the water.

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Everywhere there where small rivers and streams which gathered at the bottom of the valley. Some flowed under and between the rocks.

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During the day low clouds, fog and rain passed by and covered the mountains.

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On the other side of the watershed this river goes down to Salka valley. From here the trail mostly goes downhill to the cabins.

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On the edges we got the view to Sälka valley ..

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... when little zoomed in you can se the cabins. It was nice to dry clothes and make a hot dinner after great day outdoors. The next day we followed the trail south (to the left) around 15 km to A place called Singi.

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After a good meal, coffee with little whisky I lay in my bed and watched the reindeer until I fell asleep.

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My I see some reindeers tomorrow to?
(It was quite dark when I took these pictures of the reindeer through the window. With ISO 12800, 1/100 sec and aperture f/4,0 the result was quite good)

Next part of this hike will show up suddenly :-).

Have a great day.

Best regards Harald.

Part one: 5 days in Swedish mountains. Part 1.

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Wow! The scenery looks very stark! No trees! Just like hiking on Mars!

Wow! The scenery
Looks very stark! No trees! Just
Like hiking on Mars!

                 - kaminchan


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Thank you @kaminchan. It is around 6-700 meters above sea and not much trees at this altitude here north.

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Beautiful untouched nature, I believe thank to rough weather we do not see much of human impact. That pictures reminded my Highlands. Spectacular views and I bet those places are favorite scenes for Artists :)

There are not much human activity in the are. It is around 3 days walk to nearest road. It is a beautiful area.

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Amazing photos :) Cheers :)

Thanks alot 😊

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Very beautiful and interesting place.
Great photos!