holidays in Sweden, Trollforsen island and Muddus national park (part 4)

Our next hike took us to the island of Trollforsen, located in the middle of the Övre Trollselet River. There’s a parking area by the river, already occupied by several campervans. We started by crossing a suspension bridge to reach the island, walked across it, and continued north to a small shelter. The landscape was incredibly beautiful: forest, rocks, moss, reindeer, and the powerful wild river. It reminded us of scenes from movies set in the Canadian wilderness, and once again, we found ourselves dreaming of visiting that country someday. Along the way, we got a little lost, took tons of photos, and found it hard to say goodbye to the mighty river.

Najin naslednji pohod je bil po otoku Trollforsen, ki se nahaja na sredi reke Övre Trollselet. Ob reki je parkirišče, na katerem je bilo že več avtodomov. Najprej sva preko visečega mostu šla na otok, ga prečkala in nadaljevala proti severu do manjšega bivaka, pa še malo naprej. Pokrajina je neverjetno lepa, gozd, skale, mahovi, jeleni in ogromna divja reka, ki naju je malo spomnila na prizore iz filmov, ki se odvijajo v kanadski divjini in spet sva sanjala, da bi jo nekoč mogoče obiskala. Vmes sva se malo izgubila, naredila ogromno fotografij in se težko poslovila od mogočne reke.

We continued our journey along the road E45 and crossed the Arctic Circle just before reaching the town of Jokkmokk. We had been thinking about visiting Sarek National Park and so had been following the weather forecast for days. When rain and wind were predicted, we reluctantly decided to change our plans. In the end, it was probably the right choice — you can’t expect great views in rain and fog, and Lapland is beautiful and unique no matter where you go.

Pot sva nadaljevala po cesti E45 in malo pred mestom Jokkmokk prečkala severni tečajnik. Razmišljala sva o obisku nacionalnega parka Sarek in že več dni spremljala vremensko napoved. Ker je bila napoveden dež in veter, sva si na koncu s težkim srcem premislila. Ampak verjetno je bila to boljša odločitev, saj v dežju in megli ne gre pričakovati lepih razgledov in Laponska je itak v celoti lepa in drugačna.

That evening, we found ourselves by another lake, watching the sun disappear behind the hills as the air turned cold.
Spet večer ob jezeru, ko sonce izginja za hribi in postane hladno.

The next national park we visited in Lapland was Muddus. We chose the most popular hiking trail to the Muddus waterfall (Muddusfallet). I didn’t keep track of how far we walked, but we ended up spending almost the entire day on the trail. It led mostly through forest, all the way to the famous waterfall.

Naslednji nacionalni park na laponskem, ki sva ga obiskala je Muddus. Odločila sva se za najbolj znano pohodniško pot do slapa Muddusfallet. Nisem si zapisovala, koliko sva prehodila, sva porabila praktično cel dan. Pot je večinoma potekala po gozdu vse do znamenitega slapa.