Älvsbyn
The nature reserve is easily accessible and largely comprises open pine moor, which makes for a pleasant hike. At a couple of places there are cultural finds in the form of leftover piles of tar-bearing fatwood stumps. The area is 0.5 square kilometres in s…
In the impressive forest near the bottom of the south slope of Långträskberget there are many massive pines and spruce trees. Many of the trees are draped with Witch's Hair. In the eastern part there is a mire. Nearby there are primary willows with the beau…
On the summit of Storberget mountain, an old and gnarled pine forest aged up to 400 years grows in a mosaic of exposed bedrock and little mires. The panorama across the surrounding landscape is vast. The area is 1.6 square kilometres in size.
Visttjärnliden comprises old-growth mixed coniferous forest and waterlogged forest, which are important habitats for many endangered forest species. Species that thrive here include the brash Siberian Jay and the Three Toed Woodpecker. The area is 1.4 squar…
Rackberget lies near Älvsbyn and offers a fine view over the Pite river valley. Here you can admire unusual, sun-craving plants and you can walk on clean washed exposed bedrock. Through the reserve a trail runs, and up on the mountain there are both firepla…
This forest reserve comprises the steep northwest slope of Enstakaberget. It stretches down from Lake Västertjärnen between the two small mountains Västra and Östra Tallberget. The unspoiled forest offers rare organisms such as the pink polypore fomitopsis…
The reserve on the popular fishing lake has beautiful landscape with a fjord-like inlet. Here you can walk in a dense pine forest or look out over the lake from the top of any of the three mountains in the area. The reserve covers 1.8 square kilometres. Fro…
Parts of Arvidsträskberget mountain are densely covered in boulders, above all in the eastern part where there is also a ravine. To the south there is an extended slope mostly covered by pine forest. The area is 1 square kilometre.
Welcome to beautiful, majestic Storforsen Rapids! The nature reserve is one of the most visited in Norrbotten County. Here you can experience close up one of the biggest rapids in the Nordic countries. The area is 1.2 square kilometres in size. Snowmobiling…
In Gårdliden there is a mixture of pine forest, spruce forest, lakes and mires. Lidtjärnen is a good fishing water. The area is 1.2 square kilometres in size.
The whole of Kantaberget mountain burned about 150 years ago. Some older pines survived the fire but most trees which stand here now have grown after the fire. There are a few places with forest where the pines have grown densely and not yet begun to thin o…
The nature reserve includes the very rocky south slope of Stora Globerget mountain and parts of the mire Globergsmyran. In the western part a mighty scree slope towers above the landscape. Most of the trees in the pine forest have grown after a fire 150 yea…
Most of Vilhatten lay under the sea surface after the most recent ice age. Traces of the wave action can be seen to this day in the form of exposed bedrock and shingle fields. The forests vary between old-growth pine forests, younger deciduous forests and t…
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 s…
Storberget-Laver mountain has an exciting and somewhat challenging topography, with small summits and precipices coordinating with old-growth pine forests, mystic spruce forest draped with hanging lichen and verdant deciduous forests. The area is 0.8 square…
