- Sarek National Park
Sarek National Park (official name in Swedish: Sareks nationalpark) is a
national park inJokkmokk Municipality , in the province Lapland in northernSweden . Sarek borders the national parksStora Sjöfallet andPadjelanta . The national park is popular with hikers and mountaineers, but not suitable for beginners.The national park is roughly circular with an average diameter of about 50 kilometers. The park has no marked trails, no accommodations, and only two bridges. Furthermore, the area is among the most rainy in Sweden, which makes hiking dependent on weather conditions. It is also not uncommon to encounter
stream s that are hard and dangerous to wade across without proper experience.The
Rapa River delta is considered one of Europe's prettiest, and the summit of mount Skierffe offers an overlook of this ice covered trough valley.Most notably, the national park houses a number of high mountains of over 2,000 meters. Due to the long walk up, they are seldom climbed.
At 1,800 meters above sea-level lies the Pårte observatory, built in the early 1900s, because of the efforts of a man named Axel Hamberg. The construction material had to be carried up on back.
There are around 100 glaciers in Sarek National Park. Together with a few other national parks in Sweden, Sarek National Park is the oldest national park in Europe (1909-1910).
External links
* [http://www.naturvardsverket.se/en/In-English/Menu/Enjoying-nature/National-parks-and-other-places-worth-visiting/National-Parks-in-Sweden/Sarek-National-Park/ Sarek National Park] from the
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
* [http://www.bewaehrungsprobe.de/sarek/ Trekking Sarek National Park]
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