My Kungsleden diary

I would begin my post with a story how SAS lost my luggage. Because of that, I had to spend one more day in Kiruna before starting my hike, and so I was forced to cover more per day during my hike to keep up with the schedule.

The guy in Kiruna Airport said that it is pretty common when SAS doesn’t deliver luggage in time, so if you’re planning your hike and going to Kiruna by plane, you should probably consider staying in Kiruna for two days in case your luggage is delayed.

The funniest thing is that I was not the only one whose luggage was not delivered in time. Two guys from Germany were on the same flight with me and one of them didn’t get his backpack as well. So it is really pretty common, beware!

Okay. So, the Kungsleden.

Next Hike: Kungsleden

So, this September I’m going to  hike the Kungsleden , The King’s Trail. one of most popular trails in Swedish Lapland. I’m planning to make a detour to visit Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden

I will go from Abisko to Nikkaluokta. Here is the crude outline of my route:

The overall route will be 126 km (including the detour to Kebnekaise), the solo part will take 6 days and 85km (from Abisko to Singi, where I’m gonna meet my boufriend (who is also doing solo hike) and from there we’ll continue together.

I will arrive to Stockholm by plane,. than take a plane to Kiruna, spend a night there and ride to Abisko where I’ll start my hike. The exit point will be at Nikkaluokta, where we’ll take bus back to Kiruna.  Are there any good pubs in Kiruna btw?

UPD:

the weather in Nikkaluokta, according to statistics of YR.NO (i highly recommend this site as the source of weather forecasts for Scandinavia, especially Norway) will be approximately 4.3C with highest of 7.4C and lowest of 1.7C. This is a bit colder than my previous hikes (I usually hike in temperatures of 10-15C). But on my experience with Finnish Lapland, autumn there could be relatively warm, if the weather is sunny. I remember beautiful 20C on my last hike in Lemmenjoki in September 2015. So i hope for the best and probably gonna take my Tshirt and shorts just in case. But keeping in mind the forecast i will bring my warm gear as well (base layer, fleece, waterproof and softshell). I’m a big fan of layering btw.

I contacted Abisko Tourist Station and they told me that they sell gas cartridges so I’ll stock it once i’ll came to Abisko, at the very beginning of the hike.