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Älmtasjön to Kristianopel

Blekingeleden · Stage 14

Walking time measured on the mapped line (TrailSplits time model, moving time; within 22 % on four in five test legs). Outside Switzerland our walking times often run short of the times route operators publish; treat them as optimistic. Climb measured on the mapped line, on terrain heights.

24.5 kmStage distance
186 mAscent, measured
5 h 53Walking time, measured
14Stage number

East to Kristianopel: 26.3 km by the stage page, which ends in the village. Our line stops 2.5 km short, where the road into Kristianopel leaves the trail (24.5 km); walk into the village for the night.

Best season: All year. Blekingeleden is a lowland trail and can be walked all year, Region Blekinge says. The hunting season runs from mid-August to the end of January and is busiest in October, with the moose hunt: walk with care, and sleep at the trail's shelters or camp close to the stage ends. In high season the shelters can be full. Before you go

Älmtasjön to Kristianopel

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Älmtasjön to Kristianopel

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Where this stage starts and ends

Facts read from the operators' own pages and OpenStreetMap on 13 October 2026. A page can change after we read it, so confirm with your accommodation before you rely on a date or a bed.

Stage start

Älmtasjön

Camping spot · Region Blekinge (Blekingeleden)

Season
2026 2026 dates not published An open shelter with no season: Region Blekinge says the trail can be walked all year. blekingeleden.com, read 13 October 2026
Places
Number of places not published · No meals A shelter, toilet and fireplace at the south end of Älmtasjön.
Booking
No booking A Blekingeleden shelter: free, first come, it cannot be booked. It can be full in high season; you can always pitch a tent beside it.

Stage end · overnight

Kristianopel

Town

The trail passes about 1.5 km west of Kristianopel. The official stage ends in the village, about 2.5 km by Möllehall and the K 763: walk in for the night and back out in the morning. The village has a food shop and Kristianopel Gästgifveri.

A town or village: find accommodation yourself. TrailSplits has not checked what is open.

Kristianopel Gästgifveri · Hotel

Season 2026: 2026 dates not published

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What the operators say about this leg

Region Blekinge, stage 14: 26.3 km; it publishes no walking time for any stage. blekingeleden.com, read 13 October 2026

Make it your trip

Carry a tent; book the few beds

The shelters on Blekingeleden are free, first come, and cannot be booked. In high season they can be full; you can always pitch a tent beside one, and Region Blekinge suggests carrying a tarp. Six of the fourteen stage ends have no confirmed shelter or bed, among them Alljungen, at the end of the 34.1 km stage 11. The campsites at Halens camping, Långasjönäs and Järnavik and the hotel, hostel and guest house in Ronneby and Kristianopel take bookings with each of them. In the hunting season, from mid-August to the end of January, sleep at the trail's shelters or camp close to the stage ends.

Sölvesborg to Bröms

Region Blekinge's fifteen stages, a night at the end of each: a tent for the six stage ends with no confirmed stay.

Plan this journey

Sölvesborg to Ronneby

The west and the coast in nine stages, from one railway station to another.

Plan this journey

Ronneby to Bröms

The east in six stages, with the long day to Alljungen.

Plan this journey

Weather this week

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Weather by month

Typical weather on this stage, around 6–92 m. Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.

Monthly climate averages and daylight
Month
WeatherPoorPoorMixedGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodMixedMixed
Day / night2°/-2°3°/-2°5°/-1°10°/1°15°/6°19°/10°21°/12°21°/12°16°/9°11°/5°7°/2°3°/-1°
Rain, mm504435283855656257656662
Snow at high pointPossiblePossiblePossibleFrost–––––––Possible
Daylight7 h 309 h 3211 h 4314 h 0816 h 1817 h 3817 h 0815 h 1312 h 5210 h 328 h 176 h 57

Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.

Before you go

Prepare for Blekingeleden

Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.

Replacement buses on the railway, 11 to 23 October

Blekingetrafiken has buses in place of some Öresundståg trains in October 2026. From 11 to 15 October the last train from Malmö towards Karlskrona (21:27) is replaced by a bus on part of the line. From 16 to 18 October there are no trains between Sölvesborg and Kristianstad: buses run instead. From 18 to 22 October the last train from Malmö is a bus between Ronneby and Karlskrona, and from 19 to 23 October the first train from Karlskrona (04:48) is a bus leaving at 04:30.

Blekingetrafiken: traffic information

Hunting season

Hunting in Blekinge runs from mid-August to the end of January, busiest in October with the moose hunt. You can still walk: take care not to disturb hunters or their dogs, and sleep at the trail's shelters or camp close to the stage ends. Three stage pages carried current notices on 13 October 2026: on stages 3, 4 and 8; each stage below says what to do.

Blekingeleden: questions and answers

The long stage to Alljungen

Stage 11, Skärsviken to Alljungen, is 34.1 km by the stage page, the longest on the trail (30.8 km on our line). The page names no shelter or bed on the way or at Alljungen, so no stay is confirmed there: start early, carry a tent, and plan the night at Alljungen before you set off. Stage 14 to Kristianopel is the next longest, 26.3 km.

Blekingeleden: stage 11

Shelters, water and food

The shelters are free and cannot be booked; a Blekingeleden camp place has a shelter, fireplace, toilet and bins, and only some have water. Region Blekinge says most stages have a tap; boil lake water. Food shops are only in Sölvesborg, Näsum, Olofström, Asarum (by Långasjönäs), Ronneby, Fågelmara and Kristianopel.

Blekingeleden: questions and answers

On-demand rides where no bus runs

Where no bus runs, Blekingetrafiken's Öppen närtrafik takes you from a set address to the nearest stop with regular buses or trains. Book at least three hours ahead, 24 hours with a pet, and up to two weeks before. It serves addresses at least 1 km from a stop, or near a stop with fewer than two departures each way between 09:00 and 17:00.

Blekingetrafiken: Öppen närtrafik

Trail news

Region Blekinge posts changes to the trail on its news page: the newest item on 13 October 2026, a new bridge over the Lyckebyån at Mästaremåla on stage 12, is from January 2025.

Blekingeleden: news

Getting there

Connect your journey

Travel around Älmtasjön to Kristianopel.

Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.

To the start in Sölvesborg

Öresundståg trains on the line between Malmö and Karlskrona, and Blekingetrafiken's buses, stop at Sölvesborg; the trail starts by the station. From 16 to 18 October 2026 buses replace the trains between Kristianstad and Sölvesborg.

Blekingetrafiken: journey planner

On the way

Buses run to Olofström (the end of stage 3), and Ronneby (stage 9) is on the railway. Several other stage ends have a bus nearby. Where none runs, book Blekingetrafiken's Öppen närtrafik at least three hours ahead.

Blekingetrafiken: Öppen närtrafik

Home from Bröms

The trail ends at Bröms, north of Kristianopel. Region Blekinge names no bus line at either place: check the journey planner, or book Öppen närtrafik, before you set off. Karlskrona has trains.

Blekingetrafiken: journey planner

Take your trip with you

Offline maps

Prepare each stage while you still have a connection: the signal can be weak in the inland forests.

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  3. Try it before leaving coverage. Switch offline, close and reopen the app, then use My Hikes to start navigation. Repeat for every part you will need.

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Route & sources

Route map & sources

Region Blekinge, which owns the trail, publishes Blekingeleden as fifteen stages (etapper) from Sölvesborg to Bröms: 277.4 km by its stage pages, which give each stage's length and a difficulty colour (green, easy, or blue, medium). It publishes no stage times, only each stage's km, given with ours on every stage. Its headline figure is "27 mil" on some pages and "26 mil" on others; the stage lengths are the firmer number. The line here is the route on OpenStreetMap (the Blekingeleden superroute and its fifteen stage routes, from the planet of 11 October 2026): 270.6 km, cut at the fifteen stage ends. It leaves out the 2.5 km road into Kristianopel, where the official stage 14 ends and stage 15 starts: our stage 14 stops where that road leaves the trail, and the walk into the village and back belongs to the night there. Stage 11 is 30.8 km on our line against 34.1 km by its page, and stage 6 17.1 against 19.5 km. Our climb is measured on terrain heights, so short steep rises are smoothed out.

Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 13 October 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.

Region Blekinge: Blekingeleden

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