The Jämtlands triangle is a hiking trail in the Jämtlandsfjällen in the center of Sweden. It runs between the three mountain stations Storulvån, Sylarna and Blåhammaren.
My good friend Christian and I did the route in the spring of 2024. We hiked from the 18th to the 21st of June. The temperature varied from 3 at night to 18 degrees during the day. The wind speed was between 4 and 16 meters per second.
The route can easily be completed in 3 days. We spent 4 days on the trip and did some fishing in lakes and rivers along the way. We caught no fish but saw quite a few smaller fish in some of the lakes.
It was a nice trip and the scenery was beautiful. The weather varied from sunshine to all-day rain and wind. Sometimes we wore base-layer jerseys and at other times we wore insulating layers under full rain gear and gloves. We slept in tents and did not use the mountain stations on the route.
I brought about the same equipment that I would bring on a solo trip to the Kungsleden later this summer, to test if it would work on a multi-day trip. Fortunately, the equipment worked perfectly.
I brought my new X-Mid 1 Pro tent from Durston Gear and slept in my Vesper 20F/-6C Quilt from Therm-a-Rest on my NeoAir XTherm NXT Sleeping Pad, also from Therm-a-Rest. This equipment was sufficient in the lowest night temperatures we had of 3-4 degrees. However, there was quite a bit of draft when our camp was exposed to winds of 10-15 meters per second. In colder/windier conditions I would probably prefer a sleeping bag and/or a less airy tent. It could, for example, be my X-Mid 1 Solid tent from Durston, which is probably more suitable for the Scandinavian mountains, in the early – and late seasons.
Both Christian and I walked in trail running shoes. I walked in my Altra Lone Peaks. They got wet in rain and when we crossed rivers and were therefore damp most of the time. My feet felt fine and I didn’t freeze as long as I moved. If I took a little longer break, however, I started to freeze a little. We had both brought waterproof socks in case we got tired of having wet feet. I used them mostly in camp and at a single river crossing.
