Winter Wilderness Adventure in Sweden

It’s all about equipment and knowledge. You’ll use Hilleberg Staika free-standing tents, Exped’s inflatable Downmats and Fjällräven Polar down sleeping bags. These are all made for much colder temperatures than you will experience on this trip. One trick you’ll use for warming up right as you go to sleep is a water bottle filled with hot water wrapped in a sock in your sleeping bag.

When it’s cold out, it's best to minimise time spent without warm gloves on (you’ll be provided knitted large “Lovika” wool mittens to go on top of your own gloves for extra warmth at camp). You’ll keep cooking to a minimum for this reason. But that certainly doesn’t mean that you won’t eat delicious food! Our wilderness chef has prepared an array of hearty soups and stews for you to reheat.

You may have heard of a yurt, a circular tent traditionally used by nomadic people on the steppes of Central Asia. You’ll use a modern style Hilleberg yurt you can all hang out in and cook dinner in during the evenings, protected from the elements.

See what you need to bring and optional extras for how to dress for winter activities.

It is very much a maybe on this trip, as you’ll spend your time working on your Nordic skiing skills. However, if the weather is too severe for skiing one day, we may head off to Lake Orsa to try Nordic skating.

Flying across frozen lakes on touring skates is one of the best feelings winter has to offer, yet so few outside of Scandinavia ever get the chance to experience it. There is a reason – Nordic skating requires 'perfect' conditions. The ice has to be thick enough, but it cannot be covered with snow. It also takes a bit of practice to be able to move fast.

The ice on Lake Orsa will definitely be very thick, but it may be snow-covered. However, the local skating club ploughs a long wide track on the ice. It’s not the same as glistening clear ice, but the surroundings are very beautiful in their own right. It’s a perfect opportunity to learn, so this will be an introduction to Nordic skating. We may also be lucky and find that the snow on the lake has melted away, as the lake is at a much lower elevation than our locations for skiing, so it’s certainly possible.

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