{"id":18762,"date":"2021-06-14T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T06:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/?p=18762"},"modified":"2021-06-15T20:56:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:56:48","slug":"kungsleden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/kungsleden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kungsleden: the \"King's Road\" in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kungsleden (King's Road)<\/strong>The 460 km long Abisko - Hemavan trail is Sweden's most famous long-distance hiking trail. It crosses the Lapland, approximately half of the route lies within the Arctic Circle. It was established by Svenska Turistf\u00f6reningen in the early 20th century. Since then it has been visited by hikers from all over the world.<\/p>

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Kungsleden passes through a varied landscape across Lapland. There are dramatic changes along the way between alpine terrain and low-lying mountain birch forest. A journey along Kungsleden takes you through green mountain heaths surrounded by tarns and rugged peaks, and the route also passes through several mountain villages.<\/p>

The Kungsleden runs through five national parks (Abisko, Stora Sj\u00f6fallet, Sarek and Pieljekaise), including Sarek. Other highlights include the impressive glacial valley of Tj\u00e4ktjavagge and the famous hay meadows of Aktse, perfectly framed by the blue delta of L\u00e1jt\u00e1vrre and the sculpted face of Skierrffe. It shows an ever-changing landscape of snow-capped mountains, deep glacial valleys, open waterfalls, lakes and forests. <\/p>

Reindeer herding takes place all along the trail, so we must show respect for this activity in the mountain villages along the route. <\/p>

The trail is well signposted and there is basic infrastructure such as small bridges that will help you to easily overcome obstacles such as the frequent streams that we will encounter.<\/p>