Stage start
Änonjálmme
Trailhead
The boat landing on the south shore of Akkajaure, with no road: M/S Storlule comes over from Ritsem in summer only. STF's Akka cabin is on the trail about 1.5 km on.
Änonjálmme to Gisuris
Padjelantaleden · Stage 1
Walking time as STF (the Swedish Tourist Association) states it for this stage; measured on the mapped line: 4 h 18. Climb measured on the mapped line, on terrain heights. STF (the Swedish Tourist Association)
14.9 kmStage distance
273 mAscent, measured
3–5 hOfficial time
1Stage number
The trail starts at a boat landing: M/S Storlule crosses Akkajaure from Ritsem to Änonjálmme in summer only (26 June to 6 September in 2026), and STF calls the boat mandatory. From the landing, past STF Akka after 1.5 km, to the Gisuris camp: 2 + 14 km and 3 to 5 hours, STF says; 14.9 km on our line.
Best season: Late June to early September. The trail is walked from late June to early September. In 2026 the cabin camps were hosted from 28 June to 6 September, STF's cabins and the boat from Ritsem ran from 26 June to 6 September, and the summer bridges were in from 25 June to the last week of September. Mid-May to late June and October to November are the thaw and the freeze-up, when travel is hard. For 2027 STF's cabins open from 2 July to 5 or 12 September; the camps and the boat have not published their dates. STF's cabins also open from late February to April. Before you go
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Flat (<5%)
Green: Änonjálmme to Gisuris. Grey: full trail. Elevation follows this mapped track.
Änonjálmme to Gisuris
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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 the hut before you rely on a date or a bed.
Stage end · overnight
Gisuris
Mountain refuge · Badjelánnda Laponia Turism (owned by the Sámi villages)
- Season
- 2026 28 June 2026 to 6 September 2026 Hosted in three periods: 28 June to 19 July, 19 July to 9 August, 9 August to 6 September. The price table gives the summer as 29 June to 8 September. Outside the season: Outside the hosted season one six-bed cabin stays open, unstaffed, with an emergency phone. padjelanta.com, read 13 October 20262027 2027 dates not published padjelanta.com, read 13 October 2026
- Places
- 34 places in total · Self-catering One cabin of five four-bed rooms and a two-bed room, and two six-bed cabins. Self-catering. A small kiosk sells basic food in the hosted season, cash only. No electricity or wifi.
- Booking
- No booking No advance booking: everyone who arrives gets a bed, Badjelánnda Laponia Turism says. Pay the cabin host on arrival by card or cash, or pay ahead by bank transfer and carry the receipt; no invoices from 2026. Lodging tickets are also sold at the tourist office in Jokkmokk and at STF Kvikkjokk. STF members get no discount.
- Contact
- Official site
What the operators say about this leg
- Änonjálmme to Gisuris: 3–5 h. Measured on the mapped line: 4 h 18. swedishtouristassociation.com, read 13 October 2026
Make it your trip
No booking in the camps, a boat at each end
The six cabin camps of Badjelánnda Laponia Turism, owned by the Sámi villages, take no bookings: everyone who arrives gets a bed. Pay the cabin host on arrival by card or cash, or pay ahead by bank transfer (2026: 500 SEK an adult, 550 SEK at Stáloluokta with the sauna). STF's cabins (Akka, Såmmarlappa, Tarrekaise, Njunjes) and its Kvikkjokk mountain station are booked online with STF. Book the boat at Kvikkjokk ahead; the boat from Ritsem sells tickets online or on board. Carry your food: the camps' kiosks sell basic food for cash and can run out late in the season, and STF lists a shop only at Såmmarlappa and Kvikkjokk.
Änonjálmme to Kvikkjokk
STF's ten stages, a night in each cabin or camp, with a boat at each end.
Plan this journeyÄnonjálmme to Stáloluokta
Four stages through the camps, then out by the summer helicopter from Stáloluokta, booked ahead.
Plan this journeyStáloluokta to Kvikkjokk
In by the summer helicopter to Stáloluokta, then six stages to Kvikkjokk.
Plan this journeyWeather this week
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Weather by month
Typical weather on this stage, around 448–594 m. Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.
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| Weather | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Good | Mixed | Poor | Poor |
| Day / night | -5°/-12° | -6°/-13° | -3°/-10° | 2°/-5° | 6°/0° | 13°/5° | 17°/9° | 15°/8° | 10°/4° | 3°/-1° | -1°/-7° | -3°/-10° |
| Rain, mm | 62 | 44 | 41 | 27 | 39 | 52 | 70 | 58 | 58 | 41 | 39 | 54 |
| Snow at high point | Likely | Likely | Likely | Likely | Likely | – | – | – | – | Possible | Likely | Likely |
| Daylight | 3 h 23 | 7 h 50 | 11 h 30 | 15 h 31 | 19 h 55 | 24 h | 24 h | 17 h 29 | 13 h 23 | 9 h 35 | 5 h 23 | 0 h 14 |
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 the Padjelantaleden
Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.
A boat at each end, in summer only
The walk starts and ends at a boat landing, and STF calls both boats mandatory. M/S Storlule crosses Akkajaure from Ritsem to Änonjálmme and Vaisaluokta (2026: 26 June to 6 September; the evening boat stopped on 17 August for low water and short days; it may be cancelled in rough weather). At Kvikkjokk two operators cross the Tarraätno delta; book ahead.
STF: boats in the mountainsSummer bridges
The bridges over the Bållávrjåhkå (stage 5) and the Varvvek are summer bridges: they go in around the last week of June and come out in mid to late September, depending on snow and water. In 2026 they were in from 25 June and were gone by 1 October. Before and after, those rivers have no bridge. Laponia posts the dates.
Laponia: current informationThe national park's rules
Padjelanta (Badjelánnda) is part of the Laponia World Heritage site. Dogs are allowed, on a lead, only from 1 January to 30 April, even though some STF cabin pages list rooms for pets. Cycling is banned, and drones and organised events need the county board's permit. Fishing is banned except in certain waters along the trail, with a licence; naturum Laponia sells them.
Laponia: the rulesReindeer
Reindeer herding goes on across Laponia. If you meet a herd, sit down and wait or go round it; take extra care at the spring calving and the summer calf-marking, and do not camp beside a reindeer corral.
Laponia: the rulesFar from help
Mobile signal reaches only Ritsem, Änonjálmme, Vaisaluokta and Kvikkjokk. The camps have no electricity or wifi; the cabin each camp keeps open all year has an emergency phone connected to the police. Stáloluokta's kiosk closed for 2026 on 10 August: late in the season carry all your food.
Badjelánnda Laponia Turism: questions and answersGetting there
Connect your journey
Travel around Änonjálmme to Gisuris.
Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.
To the start: the bus to Ritsem, the boat to Änonjálmme
Road to Ritsem, a commercial bus, runs from Gällivare (train and airport) to Ritsem from 22 June to 20 September 2026, one or two trips a day; book through SJ, Vy or Norrtåg. The morning bus (09:15 from Gällivare, 18 July to 5 September) meets the boat: M/S Storlule leaves Ritsem at 13:20 and lands at Änonjálmme at 14:00 (26 June to 6 September 2026). The afternoon bus reaches Ritsem at 18:40, for the evening boat while it runs. Fiskflyg's helicopter from Ritsem to the Akka cabins, daily at 13:00, takes walk-ins.
Road to Ritsem: summer timetableOr from Vaisaluokta
STF's other start leaves the boat at Vaisaluokta and walks 18 km to its Kutjaure cabin, then 19 km to Låddejåhkå, missing Gisuris. That way is not on our line.
STF: the Padjelanta trailHalfway: the helicopter at Stáloluokta
In summer Fiskflyg flies a scheduled helicopter between Kvikkjokk, Stáloluokta and Ritsem, in the early afternoon; book it ahead. Its 2026 timetable gave no first and last dates.
Fiskflyg: Kvikkjokk to StáloluoktaHome from Kvikkjokk
The trail ends at a landing on the Tarraätno delta: book the boat across to Kvikkjokk ahead, with Båttrafik i Kvikkjokk (scheduled trips 18 June to 13 September 2026, on request from May to October) or Kvikkjokk-Turism. From Kvikkjokk, Länstrafiken Norrbotten's bus 94 runs direct to the train at Murjek in summer; at other times bus 47 runs to Jokkmokk, on weekdays only.
Båttrafik i KvikkjokkTake your trip with you
Offline maps
Prepare every stage before you leave Ritsem or Kvikkjokk: there is mobile signal only at Ritsem, Änonjálmme, Vaisaluokta and Kvikkjokk.
Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.
- Open this trail in the app. Install TrailSplits, then open this trail there. On iPhone, downloads in a browser may not be available in the installed app.
- Choose your route or stages. Choose Prepare offline above. Wait for the route and maps to finish downloading.
- 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.
Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.
Route & sources
Route map & sources
Svenska Turistföreningen (STF) publishes the Padjelantaleden as ten stages, from the boat landing at Änonjálmme, by its Akka cabin, to its mountain station in Kvikkjokk, with an official stage time for each, shown beside ours on every stage. Its stages add up to 140 km, the last 3 km by boat across the Tarraätno delta; its quick facts give 160 km. The line here is the route on OpenStreetMap (superroute 897726 and its seven sections, from the planet of 11 October 2026): 133 km from the Änonjálmme landing to the boat landing for Kvikkjokk, cut at STF's ten cabins, without the boat. Every stage is within 1.5 km of STF's figure. STF's times are longer than our estimate on most stages: plan by STF's. Our climb is measured on terrain heights, so short steep steps 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.
Svenska Turistföreningen: the Padjelanta trailMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation