Länsstyrelsen Norrbottens län
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Vitberget
- Nature reserve
- County: Norrbottens län
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Description
If you want to see the highest summit in Norrbotten province, you have come to the right place! It is Vitberget, 594 metres a s l. Here you find an undisturbed forest which offers a diversity of settings of considerable importance to many different forest species. In the reserve there is among other things the very rare lichen Methuselah's Beard usnea longissima, recorded in only a few other places in the county. The area is 7.8 square kilometres in size.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Municipality: Jokkmokk/Älvsbyn
Year formed: 1997, expanded in 2009
Size: 7.8 square kilometers
Administrator: County Administrative Board
Form of protection: Nature reserve, Natura 2000
Communications
Vitberget lies about 16 kilometres northwest of Vidsel, on the boundary between the municipalities of Jokkmokk and Älvsbyn. Starting in Älvsbyn, you follow road 374 to Njalla, about 52 km from Älvsbyn. Turn right to the north-east in Njalla and continue about 3.5 km. There is a small, in places scarcely visible, trail into the nature reserve and up to the summit.
Directions
Vitberget is located about 16 kilometers northwest of Vidsel, on the border between the municipalities of Jokkmokk and Älvsbyn. If you start in Älvsbyn, follow road 374 to Njalla, about 52 km from Älvsbyn. Turn right, northeast in Njalla and continue for about 3.5 km. There is a small parking lot with an information sign and from there a poorly marked path leads into the reserve. To the top it is about two kilometers to walk. The cabin at the top belongs to Vidsel snowmobile club.
Regulations
All regulations can be found in the reserve decision. It is allowed to:
- camping
- hike
- make a fire, remember to bring your own wood!
- pick berries and edible mushrooms
- drive snowmobiles on snow-covered ground
- fish and hunt in accordance with the laws in force
It is not allowed to harm plant and animal life. Remember the right of public access and protect nature!
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