What could possibly go wrong in Sarek?

reno_rita

I want to go hiking in Sweden this summer with a few friends (forming a group of about 5-7 people) for one or two weeks. The goals we targeted were mainly Kungsleden and Sarek. While a hike on Kungsleden should be safe through STF-huts, some websites and users reported that Kungsleden can get crowded in summer. On the other hand, Sarek is described as something which only "experienced hikers" should visit, although containing extraordinary...

Originally asked by sammex on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I have hiked the entirety of the Kungsleden, did an 11 day Sarek crossing and have also been on parts of the Nordkalottleden and the Padjelantaleden - so you could say I am fairly experienced with northern Scandinavian mountain treks. Kungsleden I did Kungsleden in 2006 - 'crowded' meant for us that we maybe saw some 5 groups of people per day, sharing camp grounds around the huts with maybe some 5 parties each night. That was on the northernmost section (Abisko southwards), which is also the most popular one. In 2018 I was again hiking parts of the northernmost Kungsleden sections, we met maybe 10-20 parties per day, with some avg. of maybe 10-30 people camping at the huts. If you go...

Full answer by fgysin: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/15114 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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