Stor-Getarberget

Discover a spruce forest with a natural structure and the rare geological formation known as rösberg. The forest in the reserve looks like an old spruce forest should when it has not been affected by modern forestry: it is sparse and features trees of various sizes and ages.

In the western part of the reserve, you can see what an ancient spruce forest truly looks like without the influence of logging. Here, you can experience how open and sparse an old forest can be and observe the amount of dead wood that forms when the forest is allowed to develop freely over a long period. On the old spruces, you can find boundary lichen and knotted blue lichen, both of which depend on continuity forests—areas that have been forested for a long time without interruption.

In the eastern part of the reserve lies Stor-Getarberget, the highest peak in the area at 670 meters above sea level. The mountain has an intriguing geological history. During the last ice-free period around 75,000 years ago, large areas of frost-shattered rock, known as rösberg, were formed around the summit of the mountain.