Elgåhogna summit from Dalset - Femundsmarka National Park

If you drive from Idre towards Grövelsjön, turn left in Storsätern instead of right. After a short while you cross the border to Norway and drive towards Elgå. Just behind the lake Djupsjöen on the left of the road there is a car park on the left where you can leave your car. From there you only have to walk a good hundred metres downhill and a narrow path branches off to the right that takes you to the summit of Elgåhogna at a good 1450 metres. The view from up there is breathtaking, or even more so as our hotel manager Mikael said ''incredible''!!! And he is so right!!!! 😎 But it is 720 metres up to the summit and the last few metres require surefootedness due to the steep, rocky terrain.

A mountain hike on the Elgahogna, initially wonderful through sparse forest, then rocky and barren beyond the tree line. It's blowing a lot up there, so pack a wind jacket. The all-round view makes up for the steep climb at the end. By the way: km and altitude are correct, but not the time. Took us 3 hours up and 2 hours down.

After the flat forests of Sweden, we now went to higher plains in Norway. At the starting point we encountered some reindeer, which were slowly turning white. The beginning led us through a great forest, along trees that had already lost most of their leaves. Almost the entire time, a river ran alongside the path, which could be heard most of the time with a loud rushing sound. The further up we went, the more the loud river was replaced by strong winds. The last part of the way up led us over rocks and scree. When we got to the top, we had the phenomenal view all to ourselves. On the way back to the car, my roommate picked up the pace a bit and we overtook a few other hiking groups.