Hiking Katterjåkk – Ritsem
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 69.63 mi
- Elevation gain
- 11,716 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 10,646 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,992 ft
- TrailRank
- 47
- Min elevation
- 1,164 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 days one hour 48 minutes
- Coordinates
- 7978
- Uploaded
- July 29, 2013
- Recorded
- July 2013
near Lapplandia, Norrbottens Län (Ruoŧŧa)
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Itinerary description
From Katterjåkk south along Stuor Kärpel. Ford Váfflojåhka, then go up and down again to Sjangeli, an old cupper mine worth seeing. Down to Unna Allaskas and cross into Norway. Here I cut of a few km by fording Rádjejokha and walking on the southern shore of Čunojávri. Up to Cáihnavággi and over the pass to Gautelis (a lot of boulders here). On over the trail to the border at Ivarstein. Here the trail is poorly marked and wrongly mapped, I took my own way until the bridge. Follow the small trail to Hukejaure, a cabin slightly off the trail but worth seeing. From Hukejaure to Sitasjaure is easy, from Sitasjaure to Ritsem is a road, I hitchhiked the last 10 km or so.
Waypoints
Mountain hut
0 ft
Unna Allakas
Mountain hut
Wilderness hut
0 ft
Stuor Kärpel
Shelter
Mountain hut
0 ft
Sitasjaure
Mountain hut
Campsite
3,035 ft
Camp 27–28 July
Camp 27–28 July
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Wardens in Sitas sometimes have bikes that they rent out so you can cycle the dirt road to Ritsem. I was glad we took the offered bikes, the 30 km of dirt road would have been boring to walk.
The portion between Cáihnavággi and over the pass to Gautelis had one very unerving neve with a nasty crack leading directly into to the dark water below. Moderate difficulty but calls for attention.
(hikked end of july 2012)