Överkalix
From the top of Malungsberget you get a wonderful view of the Kalix River. Here, the rocky outcrops spread out between ancient pines and vast shingle fields. Malungsberget is located next to the E10 and is easy to walk once you have made your way up the slo…
The scenic Laxforsberget mountain is a fantastic area of virgin forest that has wilderness character and offers the visitor of tool in a landscape with scarred virgin forests comprising primary pines and exciting deciduous forests. The area is 8.6 square ki…
Here you can walk up on exposed bedrock in old-growth virgin forest. From any of the mountain's you can look out over the beautiful river landscape. For the inquisitive there is a primary forest to discover where rare insect, lichen and birds have their hab…
Turpas is a beautiful, easily hiked pine forest with trees aged up to 250 years. Nearer Turpasjokk stream, there are also spruce and birch. Along the narrow but verdant brookside wetlands, lots of dead trees lie on the ground. A trail runs through the reser…
Up on the mountain summit, among windswept trees lies bedrock that is exposed and dramatically fractured. At the interpretive boards there is trail which leads up to the mountain summit. The trail is about 3 kilometres long. On the way you may encounter som…
Paskatieva is a small undisturbed forest with of the plant and animal species that belong to the virgin forest. Here you find pine forest, spruce forest rich in herbaceous species, fertile fenland with spruce, birch and grey alder, as well as mires and smal…
Vaimisberget is a small till-capped hill which is very scenic and from the flat rock areas there is a wonderful view over the river valley. The area is 0.5 square kilometres in size. There is a ban on snowmobiling and you may only light a fire in a designat…
On Kattisberget mountain, old growth pine forest grows on the boulderstrewn scree slopes and exposed bedrock. Up on the summit there is a wonderful view over the surrounding landscape. The area is 3 square kilometres in size.
The nature reserve takes its name from the stream that runs through the area from north to south. In the other direction lie hilly sand ridges separated by peat bog, giving the area a striped appearance. The area is 3.8 square kilometres in size.
The forests on Rudjärvberget mountain are verdant mixed coniferous forests, where there are also plenty of aspen and birch. Here and there in the forest there are giant, ancient pines that have survived several forest fires. The area is 1 square kilometre i…
Here we see a large mountain ridge with two small summits. The view over the Ängesån valley is breath-taking and it is relatively easy to climb up the mountain from both the north and the south. The area is 2.6 square kilometres in size.
The nature reserve Hällberget comprises three mountains between extended mire areas. There is plenty of primary spruce forest, occasionally slender forest on rocky ground, sometimes tall with ornate plants such as Alpine Blue Sow-thistle and Wood crane's-bi…
Here you find both dry and moist forests. There is also a small lake called Honkanenjärvi. Some parts are very easy to walk in and some parts are rocky with a lot of dead wood on the ground The area of this nature reserve is 1,5 square kilometres.
The reserve comprises two summits. Up on the summit of Stora Märkberget you can enjoy a wonderful view of the landscape. In the area there are also rocky sections with exposed bedrock, and a small ravine with many herbaceous plants. The entire nature reserv…
The nature reserve extends over the fairly flat northwest slope of Stor-Granberget mountain. Here we find pristine-like spruce forests, mires and waterlogged forests. Several small streams flow through the reserve. The area is 2.6 square kilometres in size.
