Vedungsfjällen Nature Reserve

One of Sweden's most unknown mountains! It easy to walk in the reserve which has a rich history of church walks and pilgrims who passed along the Rombo Trail.

Despite its anonymity, there are several fascinating phenomena here with the typical character of low mountains with gently rounded peaks. Vedungsfjällen is located in the border area between Dalarna and Jämtland counties. The area is an isolated eastern foothill of the Dala mountains. The yellow-green reindeer lichen grows here and in some places it has been hard worked, as this was the wild reindeer's last outpost 150 years ago. If you hike further out in the mountains, you will come to the sparse heath forests and the drier rice marshes that fill the valleys. Here you can experience palsmyr, a strange frost phenomenon that is more common in the Siberian tundra. They are metre-high tufts of towers, the core of which is made of ice - on the tundra they never have time to thaw - maybe they will have time to do this. Still, they are growing. East of Fröbergsvallen there is a beautiful waterfall, Yxningåfallen, well worth a visit. Follow the path up Svartåsen you will come to both the river and the falls. The river flows out from a ravine and at about 300 meters the river drops 50 meters and forms several small beautiful waterfalls. There are great opportunities for bird watching.