Inaki

That was a great summary of those many things I needed to know. Huge thanks go to you for your effort in writing all that. All the best for your trip, take care out there inaki

hey, thanks so much for the answer. It's incredibly helpful. The problem is all the info I've been able to find in english is like just plain facts (like "you go up, then you go down, then across a meadow and eventually you get to this hut here...") which is useful info but I miss some first hand (even if it's subjective) info on levels of difficulty, trail conditions, trail markings, potential difficulties, weather patterns... I'm experienced as a long distance hiker and I trust my skills and I'm assuming if this is an established route it shouldn't be anything I can't handle... but other than that assumption, I don't really know what am I getting into! I've never hiked in the arctic, I don't really know the terrain, the trail conditions... so any info you could give me is really, really welcome, even if it doesn't come from first hand experience. I was asking mainly about this northernmost section for the reasons I mentioned but actually the whole trail is kind of unknown to me. I guess what I want to hear is a "nah, you'll be fine..." kind of sentence About this northernmost section, and apart from that missing bit south of Saraelv, I've noticed the trail depicted on the map does *not* always follow the (brief) text description I've got from somewhere on the Internet (I don't know the validity of this one anyway)... like one goes on this side of a hill and the other on the opposite, or one gets to this lake and the other doesn't... I guess it'll be fine as long as the trail itself is clearly marked on the ground to solve the discrepancies but I don't know if that is the case. One thing I wonder which affects trip planning is the average distance for a reasonably long hiking day on this trail... all the info I've got access to in this regard seems extremely conservative (like 20 kms. or less per day) and I wonder if that's because the terrain is difficult or you need some route-finding... or simply because whoever mentioned that was being conservative or liked to take it easy. Any hint in this regard is very welcome. I'll be leaving on august, 10th and hopefully starting the hike from Kautokeino on the 13th. Be sure to say hello if you cross my path! Again, I welcome any bit of info you could give me but I know how busy things get when you're so close to departure time so take it easy, your trip preparations are foremost. That said, I welcome those translations. I'll swallow it all Thanks so much for the help, I appreciate it Regards, Inaki

Hey there, it's not completely clear to me this message is going to the english forum (a bit confusing of an interface) so if it ends up in a norwegian speaking forum, sorry in advance. I'm hiking the Nordkalottruta trail this next august/september and I'm having a difficult time finding info in a language I can understand. I don't speak any scandinavian language, neither german or dutch. I hope you can help me with some relevant hints. I've already got all the relevant maps and some info (in english) from the web and the trail is depicted in all the swedish and finnish maps and one of the norwegian maps (Turkart Indre Troms) so in those sections at least I know where to go... but I'm quite lost regarding this northernmost section from Kautokeino to Kilpisjarvi. There is a trail depicted in the norwegian topo maps that aproximately follows the (rather brief) trail descriptions I've got but not always and there are sections that are completely missing like from Saraelv south towards Finland... so I'm a bit lost regarding this section. I write here in hopes any of you has hiked this section and can give me some advise. How is the trail in general? Is is easy to follow? Is it well marked? Will I be able to hike it with just the topo maps? Any potential or sure difficulties worth mentioning? Actually, anything helps, whatever little bit of info will be useful. Thanks in advance, take care Inaki (from spain)