We are off from Polhemsgatan
The Train Station
Stockholm-Kiruna: 16 hours by train
In the train ...
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Kiruna: Arrival
The bus to Nikkaluokta
Nikkaluokta: The Restaurant
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Kebnekaise Lodge-Tarfala: The trail
Easy to begin with ...
... the Dag Hammarsköld trail
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Jean-Luc and Rain
The Tarfala torrent
The first Bridge, also easy
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To Tarfala, 500m (1,640 ft) higher
We found a campsite ...
... beautiful but a bit wet
Afternoon tea
Rain and Anne prepare dinner
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Ghislaine goes to bed
Next Morning
Breakfast where it is warm !
Steeper trail, more rocks
The Tarfala Torrent
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2nd bridge: Jean-Luc, Ghislaine and Rain
... not easy for Ghislaine
3rd bridge - easy
Lunch after the bridge
Anne and Jean-Luc
What are we looking at ?
The trail climbs and climbs
Snow on the rocks
Beginning of the Tarfala Valley
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Stony trail ...
... then just rocks !
The last Pass !
Nils helped Gh with her pack
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The Tarfala Research Station
... the cabins at last ...
... but the rocks persist
The Tarfala lake
Small expedition to go to the toilet !
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Inside the cabin
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Ghislaine prepares dinner
The Icefall Glacier
G and R at the cabin entrance
Lars, the cabin host