I’ve spent the past few summers driving and hiking around Härjedalen and Jämtland, the southern part of the Swedish mountain range (fjällen). Perhaps lesser known than Lappland, it is full of wild nature, mountain peaks, waterfalls, wild orchids, reindeer – and solitude.

I have been travelling up and down these counties, breathing the free air, doing day hikes and taking pictures. All of the following places are accessible by day hike from a car road, yet I was alone at every place. Some days I’ve walked for hours without meeting another person, and mostly had the road to myself as well. Most visitors come for winter skiing, but I say summer is the best time for visiting Härjedalen and Jämtland.

Blanktjärnarna, Vålådalen

Gaustaälven, near Leipikvattnet

Ristafallet

Bjurälven: Blinda dalen

Gaustaälven, bridge to Sipmeke

Vålådalen: view to Lunndörrsfjällen

Hällingsåfallet

Stekenjokk plateau

Hasslingåfallet

Leipikvattnet

Sipmeke

Vargtjärnflätet: view to Lunndörren

Wild orchid on the road to Björkvattnet

Stekenjokk plateau

Tännforsen

Vålådalen

Issjön, Vålådalen

Handölsforsen

Stora Blåsjön

Ankarede

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