Thanks for the video! I'm Swedish and have never been to Canada, but from what I've seen our forests are very similar. I'm sure I would feel right at home there and I hope you felt the same way here. :)
Thanks for the comment! Yes, a lot of similarities between our coastal forest here in British Columbia and the forest on the High Coast! It felt very familiar, and yet different too. Hoping to get back to Sweden next year and try some different terrain, such as the Jämtland Triangle or a section of the Kungsleden! Cheers!
Hi, Great video, very well made! Too bad the weather was foggy when you were in the national park, the view is amazing. I went there last summer (also did the via ferrate which was so much fun) and we had such a clear view we could see Finland. But I must admit the view of the canyon in the mist looks very cool :). I'm planning to do the the trail next year (May/June). I know you only stayed in stugas but I was wondering: if the stuga would be full could you easily put a tent next to it? Or how easy you think it is to find a place along the track to pitch your tent? Tx!
Thanks for the kind comments! Yes, it was very atmospheric in the fog, in Skuleskogen. It would have been nice to have longer views, though! I seem to remember that many of the stugor had good spots for tents nearby, at least for one or two. I think that if they are occupied, you will be able to find space to camp. (If a huge number of people suddenly decide to hike it next year, that may not be true!) Good luck, and enjoy the trail (again)!
Thanks for this beautiful video! Do you mind sharing why you chose this direction? Did you do it, to maybe spend more time alone? Or because of transport? Jsut curious how to decide for the best direction for myself 😀
Hi Julia, and thanks for the kind comment! I don't really remember why I chose that direction. Possibly due to transportation - the night train from Stockholm arrived at just after 05:00 which seemed a good time to begin hiking! I saw very few people, at the start of September, but I think it would have been the same the other direction - very few were going the other way, either. I see that you commented on Hugo Svenstedt's video as well - I just watched his, and it brought back some great memories! I hope you enjoy the trail - a wonderful experience!
Thank you so much for your answer! Haha, yes, I try to gather some information as this is going to be my first longer hiking trip. So far I only did longer day hikes, up to 30 km. So it's actually quite an adventure for me! As I have been curious to visit Sollefteå for quite some time, I figured I might go from South to North as well and possibly visit that town at the end.
Thanks! June should have more cafe options available than I had in September. There were a few grocery stores in some of the villages along the way - particularly on the northern end of the trail. Köpmanholmen, Docksta, Ullånger, Nordingrå (just off the trail) had ICA or Coop stores. Nordingrå was the last real opportunity on the way south - there were very few services south of that. For pubs or restaurants, there were very few, mostly in the same towns as mentioned above. I ended up buying some light (3,5%) beer in the grocery stores to carry to the stugas for refreshment! Enjoy your trip, it is a beautiful place!
No, I didn’t have any problem with bugs at all, along the trail or at night! I don’t know whether that was due to being late in the season (first week of September, so not *that* late) or just not many bugs in the area. For whatever reason, nice not to have to worry about them.
Sweaty Brow Hiking Thanks for your quick reply! It looks like a fantastic week-long trip, and it would be great not to have to carry a tent. It doesn’t seem like you encountered many (any?) other hikers, though. I like solitude while hiking as much as the next guy, but the isolation during the coronavirus crisis has made me crave a little human contact now and then.
@@benjammin2859 I'm so sorry! I just noticed this comment now! I saw very few people on the trail. I shared a couple of cabins with other solo hikers, on a couple of the nights. I probably saw an average of two or three other backpackers on the trail per day. Keep in mind that I was hiking at the start of September (like now!) which is definitely after the busy season. I met a couple of people from Germany, a couple from Spain, a guy from the US, and a few Swedes. But it as pretty sparse.
Very nice trip! I'm planning to hike Hoga Kusten in 2021 or 2022 (it depends on covid!) with my dog, in september/october so I don't need a tent. Do you think that this hike is easy for a medium size dog (akita)? Thank you! Giuseppe
Thanks! It is a lovely hike! Yes, I think that the hike is very suitable for a dog like an Akita, provided of course that it is in good shape. There are really no very difficult sections. I think the toughest parts are where there are a lot of medium sized rocks in the trail, where the footing is a bit difficult. For example at the 3:05 point in my video. It would just require some slow progress for a few short sections. Good luck!
Hej! I used two devices. Most of the media was taken on my iPhone 8, while a little bit (shakier) was taken with a five year old Ricoh waterproof camera - a WG-4 GPS point and shoot. Cheers!
@@sweatybrowhiking Mycket tack! We are four people considering hiking the same trail as you did. How did you manage to carry the beer? I'd reckon they would be pretty shook up and lose a lot of carbon? Also were they in a glass container or plastic?
@@rkllj I only actually carried beer once, two bottles from the Coop in Ullånger to Erikskojan - so about 4.5 km and 275 m of elevation gain. Just stuffed the (glass) bottles into the soft goods in my pack. By the time I was ready to open them, they were not all shaken up, and the carbonation was fine. The trail was a great trip, very worthwhile! Reminded me very much of my home area, around Vancouver Canada. I was supposed to go back to Sweden and hike the northern portion of the Kungsleden in August, but unfortunately not this summer. Jävla coronatiden.
Thanks a lot for the video! Beautiful location
Thanks for the video! I'm Swedish and have never been to Canada, but from what I've seen our forests are very similar. I'm sure I would feel right at home there and I hope you felt the same way here. :)
Thanks for the comment! Yes, a lot of similarities between our coastal forest here in British Columbia and the forest on the High Coast! It felt very familiar, and yet different too. Hoping to get back to Sweden next year and try some different terrain, such as the Jämtland Triangle or a section of the Kungsleden! Cheers!
Nice video
Thank you!
Hi,
Great video, very well made! Too bad the weather was foggy when you were in the national park, the view is amazing. I went there last summer (also did the via ferrate which was so much fun) and we had such a clear view we could see Finland. But I must admit the view of the canyon in the mist looks very cool :).
I'm planning to do the the trail next year (May/June). I know you only stayed in stugas but I was wondering: if the stuga would be full could you easily put a tent next to it? Or how easy you think it is to find a place along the track to pitch your tent?
Tx!
Thanks for the kind comments! Yes, it was very atmospheric in the fog, in Skuleskogen. It would have been nice to have longer views, though!
I seem to remember that many of the stugor had good spots for tents nearby, at least for one or two. I think that if they are occupied, you will be able to find space to camp. (If a huge number of people suddenly decide to hike it next year, that may not be true!)
Good luck, and enjoy the trail (again)!
Thanks for this beautiful video! Do you mind sharing why you chose this direction? Did you do it, to maybe spend more time alone? Or because of transport? Jsut curious how to decide for the best direction for myself 😀
Hi Julia, and thanks for the kind comment! I don't really remember why I chose that direction. Possibly due to transportation - the night train from Stockholm arrived at just after 05:00 which seemed a good time to begin hiking! I saw very few people, at the start of September, but I think it would have been the same the other direction - very few were going the other way, either.
I see that you commented on Hugo Svenstedt's video as well - I just watched his, and it brought back some great memories! I hope you enjoy the trail - a wonderful experience!
Thank you so much for your answer! Haha, yes, I try to gather some information as this is going to be my first longer hiking trip. So far I only did longer day hikes, up to 30 km. So it's actually quite an adventure for me! As I have been curious to visit Sollefteå for quite some time, I figured I might go from South to North as well and possibly visit that town at the end.
Awesome. We are planning to walk north to south in june 2020... did you encounter any stores and pubs to replenish food and to enjoy a drink or meal?
Thanks! June should have more cafe options available than I had in September. There were a few grocery stores in some of the villages along the way - particularly on the northern end of the trail. Köpmanholmen, Docksta, Ullånger, Nordingrå (just off the trail) had ICA or Coop stores. Nordingrå was the last real opportunity on the way south - there were very few services south of that. For pubs or restaurants, there were very few, mostly in the same towns as mentioned above. I ended up buying some light (3,5%) beer in the grocery stores to carry to the stugas for refreshment! Enjoy your trip, it is a beautiful place!
Thanks for sharing your trip! Did you use any kind of bug netting when sleeping in the open wind shelters?
No, I didn’t have any problem with bugs at all, along the trail or at night! I don’t know whether that was due to being late in the season (first week of September, so not *that* late) or just not many bugs in the area. For whatever reason, nice not to have to worry about them.
Sweaty Brow Hiking Thanks for your quick reply! It looks like a fantastic week-long trip, and it would be great not to have to carry a tent. It doesn’t seem like you encountered many (any?) other hikers, though. I like solitude while hiking as much as the next guy, but the isolation during the coronavirus crisis has made me crave a little human contact now and then.
@@benjammin2859 I'm so sorry! I just noticed this comment now! I saw very few people on the trail. I shared a couple of cabins with other solo hikers, on a couple of the nights. I probably saw an average of two or three other backpackers on the trail per day. Keep in mind that I was hiking at the start of September (like now!) which is definitely after the busy season. I met a couple of people from Germany, a couple from Spain, a guy from the US, and a few Swedes. But it as pretty sparse.
Very nice trip! I'm planning to hike Hoga Kusten in 2021 or 2022 (it depends on covid!) with my dog, in september/october so I don't need a tent. Do you think that this hike is easy for a medium size dog (akita)? Thank you! Giuseppe
Thanks! It is a lovely hike! Yes, I think that the hike is very suitable for a dog like an Akita, provided of course that it is in good shape. There are really no very difficult sections. I think the toughest parts are where there are a lot of medium sized rocks in the trail, where the footing is a bit difficult. For example at the 3:05 point in my video. It would just require some slow progress for a few short sections. Good luck!
@@sweatybrowhiking Thank you!
Hi! What did you use to shoot this?
Hej! I used two devices. Most of the media was taken on my iPhone 8, while a little bit (shakier) was taken with a five year old Ricoh waterproof camera - a WG-4 GPS point and shoot. Cheers!
@@sweatybrowhiking Mycket tack! We are four people considering hiking the same trail as you did. How did you manage to carry the beer? I'd reckon they would be pretty shook up and lose a lot of carbon? Also were they in a glass container or plastic?
@@rkllj I only actually carried beer once, two bottles from the Coop in Ullånger to Erikskojan - so about 4.5 km and 275 m of elevation gain. Just stuffed the (glass) bottles into the soft goods in my pack. By the time I was ready to open them, they were not all shaken up, and the carbonation was fine. The trail was a great trip, very worthwhile! Reminded me very much of my home area, around Vancouver Canada. I was supposed to go back to Sweden and hike the northern portion of the Kungsleden in August, but unfortunately not this summer. Jävla coronatiden.