Höga Kustenleden | Hiking Sweden's High Coast (Final Part)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Join me in part five of my ten day solo hike along the Höga Kustenleden in the Swedish High Coast. The Höga Kustenleden (High Coast Trail) is just over 128km long and I chose to walk it from South to North ending up in the town of Örnsköldsvik. There are a variety of cabins, windshelters and campsites along the trail as well as more formal accommodation and I made the most of all of them.
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Do you know if there's an English language guidebook for this trail?
Hi Robert, yes there is a small guidebook in English on högakusten.com. There is a more in depth book about the trail and the area and also topographical maps on calazo.se. A little expensive to ship them over from Sweden but I wasn't able to find them for sale in the UK if that's where you are 👍
I just got done watching this series. You did a great job taking us along with you.
You do a great job on all of your videos and have quickly became my favorite channel on UA-cam!
Thanks so much for watching the whole series and the positive feedback, much appreciated 😁👍
I can understand your feeling of disappointment looking back on parts of the trip. I know that when I am hiking solo - which is always - I like to feel connected with the environment, with the forest. It’s a great feeling. But i can suddenly be ripped out of that peaceful mindset because of some inconsiderate person who feels that the rules don’t apply to them; like building unnecessary fire pits, pooping behind the cabin, or listening to music without ear buds.
The road walking is also not what I want out of my experience in nature. It’s what I am trying to take a break from.
That said, there were some magical areas and incredible views that I am not likely to experience firsthand, so I really appreciate you taking all of us along on this beautiful journey.
Thank you for doing all the work that a big hike like this one needs. I know it adds to the time and overall stress of something you’re meant to enjoy. It was a pleasure watching this series of videos and listening to your thoughts on various things. I look forward to more. 🙂
Thanks so much for watching John and taking the time to leave a comment, I really appreciate that 👍
Yeah I'm the same with wanting to get away from civilization and and connect with nature. This trip was a little bit of rollercoaster between the two but still some great camping spots 😁
I enjoy your well made videos. You’re out there in all kinds of weather. You inspire me to get out into nature all year round. Thanks
Thanks so much Kerry, appreciate that! 😄
Thoroughly enjoyed your trip..thanks for taking us along with you ♥️
Thanks so much Heather 😊
Thanks for a great series on the trail, great filming as well and nice to hear how you talk about the experience. Never underestimate Noodles, i to eat them a lot on trail combined with different types of meat, tuna and susages.
Sadly it's a bit common on road walking on lot of the trails, i'm sure this has to do with some of the landowners. Just to dig in deep and do the miles :).
Fun facts about #affesstuga
"This green little cabin was built by a man named Alfred Skoglund in 1979. Over the years, the cabin has been used primarily for hunting, but also for forestry work. Alfred was a faithful hunter. When he went out to work, the bags were always filled to the brim, for example he always had the thick telephone directory of the Yellow Pages with him, maybe it was the "slösurf" of the time. A couple of years ago, Sören Johansson inherited the cabin and the cabin is still used today for hunting and forest management. As the number of hikers has increased significantly year after year, Sören chose to open up the cabin to the public, not least to you persistent hikers."
Thanks so much for watching, nice to know there are still some views on these videos. Thank you for the information on the green cabin too, that's very interesting! 😀
Thanks Sam for that escape. Looks a great adventure and a well organised route. Hope to see you soon on another multi day hike.
Thanks so much for watching and following along 👍
Enjoyed your journey. Thanks for taking us along. Well done. From Perth West australia
Thank you Catherine 😁
great job, well done...perfect blend of information and views of the trail
Thanks so much for watching 😄👍🏻
🎉congrats on finnishing, thanks for sharing!
Oh wow you really did watch them all! I really appreciate that 😁
I know it’s a very late comment… but I think finding a water source was a negative too. It would have been amazing if there was drinkable water at the cabins or on the trail itself and within shorter distances too!!
I thoroughly enjoyed your Sweden trip!! 😎👍
Thanks so much for watching!
Sam - thanks for sharing your epic trip. So glad that you finally got to complete it. I thoroughly enjoyed this series and it was well edited. I have just returned from a long weekend in Aviemore trying to emulate what you had, but the trees ran out quite quickly... Still very beautiful and all you previous Forest Talks made a lot of sense we you get to see it 'in the flesh' so to speak. You have a wonderful channel and please keep the content coming.
Many thanks Ed and for your support throughout the series! Yes it's frustrating more than anything because it's nice but it could be incredible! Hope the weather was kind to you.
@@HighlandWoodsman could not had been better - blue skies and no rain. More importantly no midge!
I enjoyed the series and appreciate you sharing the trip👍
Thanks for watching Mike 😁👍
Great "mini series" fella 👏🏻
Really enjoyed every part to it.
I'd love tae do that!!
Well done pal 👍🏻 🥃
Cheers Steve, thanks for the continued support 👍
Cool video! Hope you liked it! I live in Örnsköldsvik and I think the ending is supposed to be on top of Varvsberget. If you would've continued on the stone road when you got to the mountain where the ski lifts where. It is a restaurant there and a really good view!
Take care!
Thanks so much for watching 😁 I did find a marker when I went back into the city a couple of days later but it could also be where you suggested too 😁 it was still a fun trip!
Enjoyed all 5 episodes. Well done for finishing and doing a great series on the trail.Nice to hear your feedback overview. Would have been nice to have had perhaps a little video intro of these other walkers you mentioned.
Were mosquitos midges a problem at any time ?
Thanks
Thanks again for watching! No I didn't have any problems with midge or mosquitos, just the horseflies in one area when the weather was very warm at the beginning.
I'm sad, it's already over. 🥺 Last part has been different. But of course I watched it with the same interest like the other ones before. 😊 It felt strange to me to see you suddenly in civilizationed areas 🏨 instead of a wonderful relaxing forest scenery. 🏞️ Towns always make me feel a bit stressful. So how does that feel to you? It makes me laugh, that you filled up yourself with mountains of junk food and had lazy and wasted moments in a comfortable hotel room straight after your hike was done. 😂 It always surprises me, how we humans are addicted to such ordinary and kinda luxury things. So you seem to be a quite normal person. 😄😜
But, dear Sam, thanks so much for taking me/us with you. 🙏🏼 I enjoyed this hike really very much. 💚 And I think I will watch it again when I feel the need to escape from ordinary life here. Thanks also for giving summary at the end and last but not least for inspiring me in doing something like this too. 💫💭 Of course I'll give you a like here 👍🏼and I also give you an imaginary hug 🤗 for the whole hiking trip along the "Höga Kustenleden" in Sweden. 🇸🇪
Hi Nadine,
Thanks again for all your support through this series and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I don't have any problems with being in cities and busy areas. I don't get stressed or anxious or anything like that but I just don't enjoy it or people!
I can be quite a normal person sometimes haha!
You should do it! Life is too short, choose a route and start planning now!
Top quality vid as always 👍🏻 so… all in all you are impressed but wouldn’t do this particularly trip again. The world is our oyster, so yeah I get that. But would you think any differently about it if Darach were with you? You must have missed him tho despite everything.
😮 woolly maggots 🐑 yeah from a distance 😂
Don’t take this the wrong way btw but you do remind me of Conor MacGregor somehow, must be the red beard. Huge fan too btw 👊🏻
Stay safe, stay free ❤️
Thanks for watching 😁👍
You're not the first person to mention the MacGregor thing!
I would have loved to have had Darach with me but it also would have meant an extra 3kg of food 😂
I can assure you that you would be surprised to see how cheap houses are where you said it looked like a wealthy neighborhood. I live a few hundred meters from the trail.
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try the kungsleden in sweden but look at the dates when doing it. boats have limited time.
That's a trail I would love to try one day 😄
Hi, I really liked your videos! Are there any sections with only little roadwalking?
Thanks for watching 😁 Yes the section in the National Park has road walking. There are also two sections North of the National Park that only have a little bit of road walking 😁
Hi love the videos , do you have any info on the bus and train you took at the beginning, also where did you manage to buy gas from. TIA
Hi John I got the train from Stockholm Arlanda to Härnösand it took about five hours. I booked it through the SJ app. There was a Q8 fuel station about 200 metres away from the bus / train station where I picked up gas. I then got a bus from Härnösand to Hörnoberget and the start of the trail. The bus was about 30 mins. You can see times and buy tickets on the Din Tur app. Hope that helps 👍
Q8 fuel station was in Härnösand*
That is really helpful thank you, we are looking to hike it early Sept, did you fly Norwegian Air?
@@johnmac8065 yes I'm pretty sure I did 👍