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On our last day, we would go on a little longer trip. To Vålbrändan on the back side of Sälen. We knew that few people go there, but the mountain close forest is very beautiful.
The weather would not be as nice as the day before but it was our last day, so it was now or never this winter.
We prepared the lunch bag, packed some warm clothes in case of bad weather and set off.

We started from Gamlegården, where we were stationed, to Storfjällsgraven. It goes uphill, but there is always a nice track there.
From Storfjällsgraven the track gets worse, but there were tracks in any case. We rounded Mellanfjället to Hemfjällstugan and went to Mellanfjällsstugan. A nice track and it also went downhill.
From Mellanfjällsstugan (km 9) to Lindalens fäbod (21.5 km) there were actually no tracks at all. The sun came out but our wax did not work properly. So we had to fight our way forward even though it went downhill. It was strenuous, but incredibly fine nature. After
8.5 km after Mellanfjällsstugan we finally came to Vålbrändan. There we had lunch in the sun.
We were lucky. Just when we finished eating, it got cloudy. And we had to continue to fight our way through the forest without a trace past Kvillkojan to Lindalen's summer pasture, ie another 4 km without a trace. There we rewarded ourselves richly with two Coca-Colas. On the last part to Tandådalen, about 5 km, there was a good track.
From Tandådalen we took the bus home to Gamlegården.
A beautiful, but quite difficult excursion.
The next day it was wonderful to sit all day in the car on the way to Stockholm.

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