Luki and Siki on Ultra-Heavy style expedition

Another summer = another week with my freind(s) exploring some nice wild area in Norway&Sweden. This time only Louka was able to come. We decided to use my inflatable  canoe Palava and explore a few lakes around Rogen (especially Litle Vonsjøen and Bredåsjön). Louka arrived without his bag that stayed in Prague... but we decided not to waste any time, drove back to Oslo, I provided him with some clothes and with only few hours delay we headed towards Sweden (Käringsjön). 

This is an overview of the whole trip (yellow triangles = our camps). In total we paddled 46 km, carried the canoe 9x (in total 20 km of carrying - we had to walk 3x each carrying) and hiked around about 15 km. All this in 8 days. We spent most time in Sweden. 

First day was extra long - we had to drive a few hours, did some shopping, paddled on Käringsjön and Hån lakes, carried the canoe and all our overweight stuff over swamp to Rogen, paddled across Rogen and found this lovely beach and our first camp. 

The water was calm during the first two days and all the rain showers stayed far away from us.

The aim for the second day was to reach our favourite Litle Vonsjøen lake. In winter we got some nice arctic char there and we wanted to test our luck in sommer as well. This picture is from Våndåhåarna,  a lake between Rogen and Little Vonsjøen. Here we got 2 big perch and Louka was diving into the clear water to get some spinners he saw on the bottom. 

Crossing from Våndåhåårna to Litle Vønsjøen was relatively OK. There is a path and it is about 700 m long. However, it goes through a boulder field and it was good idea to deflate our canoe and put it in the bag. Here we are already on the shore of Litle Vønsjøen, waiting under our tarp until the rain shower stops. 

No wind on Litle Vønsjøen while searching for a place to set a camp. 

We found one (not the best one, as the ground was not flat at all), set the camp and went fishing. 

On such water it is easy to spot the circles from hunting arctic char. And it is vital to know where they are if you want to catch some. We manged to chatch two nice ones, perfect dinner!

Next day we moved to a much better camp, continued fishing, explored the area around and tried to consume as much of our supplies as possible before the most challenging carrying. 

Going back to Sweden, from Litle Vønsjøen to Bredåsjön. 2 km distance, no path. It was not very easy and we spent 4 hours to carry all. Louka found chaga mushroom there, that we tested later. 

We were tired and the plan was to find a camp as soon as possible. After 2 km of paddling on Bredäsjön we reached an amazing bay with this fantastic campsite. 

It was really good place to stay and relax. We were starting to be tired, after doing 16 hours fishing/paddling/carrying shifts every day...

Here Louka is explaing that there are no fish in Bredåsjön. But a few minutes after I got a  monster grayling and Louka his personal best trout... just in front of our camp...

Time to move further... we crossed the lake and camped on its north-east shore, where the path back to Rogen starts. 

Bredåtjärnen - a small nice lake on the way to Rogen. We got 2 nice trout there. 

Bredån river is connecting Rogen and Bredåsjön. 

Back on Rogen. We grilled the trout in the shelter on Bredån entrance to Rogen, talked to a man who was staying there and continued further across Rogen.

The weather changed, wind and rain. We stayed the last two nights in a bay near Rogenstugan, fishing and hiking around. A big pike ate my spinner. This picture is from a nearby river. 

Walking up to a nearby lake

and checking a system of old hunting traps.

Last day - carrying the canoe from Rogen was suddenly easy.

Long drive to Oslo...

We fished a lot and ate fish almost every day. We got all the species we could (perch, grayling, pike, trout, arctic char). Louka got his biggest trout ever (55 cm), I got the similiar size grayling. We lost only one spinner, that was eaten by a big pike...  Fishing in late evening was the best, but nobody knows. 

Great trip as usuall... and time to plan another one:)

More pictures from Louka can be seen here.