We wake up at eight. We see a
problem, in the west
is it raining, in the east is it sunshine. What to do? We start with
breakfast
hoping that the weather meanwhile will decide for us. Then we go to the
ticket office to arrange our return tickets back home. The ticket
office
has been moved from the small railway station to Keron, since it did
not
fullfill safety at work. The weather has not yet decided on what to do,
we have to decide ourselves. We decide that the rain will stay
away from us. We make coffee and sandwiches, and start our excursion.
We cross the road, walk beneatch the railway,
and then follow Kungsleden through the forest a few hundred meters, to
the place where there is a bridge across Abiskojåkkå. The
river
is violent today. On the other side are many tracks, of which one
follow
the brook Ridonjira from Njulla . The first part is up through the
birch forest. A small bird
join us, it walks and flies in front us. Stopping, waiting for us, and
then flies in advance again. As if it wants to make sure that we do not
get lost. We proceed in a line, the three of us, with the bird in the
front.
This continue until we reach the altitude where the birch forest give
up,
and where here is a small beautiful waterfall. Where the water start to
fall is a small plateau, from which it is a magnificient view of the
brook,
the forest, Torne Träsk, Lapporten - all of it. The bird leave us,
thank you for the help.
The sun is fighting
well against the rain in the west, it shine on and warm us. We drink of
the cold water from the brook. Refreshed do we continue. Further up do
we cross the brook, not ford, we walk on stones to the other side. Here
we must halt again. The most flowery meadow meet us. It is green,
yellow,
blue and red. All colours are mixed. A chair lift pass above our heads.
We have to force, after a long but too
short
time, ourself to continue, else we could stay here all day in the
sunshine.
But we have another task as well, and that is to find the origin of the
brook. Now it becomes steep again, and it continue to be steep up to
the end
station of the chair lift. But it is still an easy walk. It becomes
colder,
we encounter a strong contrary wind, and the clouds is making a
counterattack.
We follow the brook, after a while does it end in a small pond
inbetween
the peaks of Njulla and Slåttatjåkka. The pond is
supplied
with water from a few melting snowfields. We are now at an altitude of
1000 meters, 650 meter above our starting point. We have found the
origin.
The snow cool the air, it is chilly. We find a shelter against
the wind
behind a small hill, where we can enjoy our late lunch. Even at this
altitude
is the fauna rich, though the dimesnions are much reduced. We take it
easy,
and admire the view in front of us, before we slowly walking back to
the
chair lift. In the chair lift station is the cafe open, and we
have
our after lunch coffee. We do not feel for walking back, but let the
chair
lift transport us down in a few minutes.
In the evening, when we have the traditional glass of wine and
cheese
at the tourist station, do we among the other guests recognize a famous
swedish photographer. We hope that our pictures will make our day
justice.
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Flowering meadow
View towards Torne Träsk
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