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The Swedish beaver tracker
"He has led more than a thousand visitors to the timid beaver in the past ten years. Join the safari in the heart of Bergslagen with Mikael Nilsson – probably Sweden’s best beaver tracker."
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Kayak, paddle, spray cover & life jacket. Price: 5000 SEK Read about the single kayak Oasis Expedition >>
Canoe, 2 paddles & 2 life jackets. Price: 5000 SEK |
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Opening hours
The Adventure Center is open daily 08:00 AM - 08:00 PM until the ice forms on the rivers and lakes in the beginning of November
Accommodation in the Nature Reserve
Window view from the Wilderness Lodge
Cottage for rent
Other canoe trails in Sweden
Detailed canoe trail descriptions with maps. From the paddling legend Nittälven, to the other 20 canoe trails in Bergslagen
Nittälven - Fantastic spring paddling in flowing water with easy rapids
Nittälven curls through the wilderness. Photo: Roger Lundberg
The river Nittälven curls through a deep and beautiful pine forest. The forest is located on top of a bank of a sandbank. At some places, the river has broken through and continued straight forward instead of taking its old, meandering path. The remains are small oxbow lakes
The flipside of the coin, however, is that the river is impassable when the water level is normal. The whole length of Nittälven is only passable in spring or after long periods of heavy rain, when the water level is very high. The recommended time to paddle is from the beginning of April to around the 10th of May. Paddling along the whole length of Nittälven should not be planned after the 10th of May after a year with the normal amount of snow
At normal and low water level, the lower part of Nittälven can still be paddled, with start 1 km south of Kolbron; from there Nittälven is always passable, and the paddling down to Ljusnaren makes a nice one-day paddling trip. To extend the paddling to two days, it is recommended to paddle down to the untouched lake, Salbosjön. Another alternative is to paddle from Ljusnaren up to Havsjömossen on Day One, and back to Ljusnaren on Day Two. A good place to finish the trip and park your car is at Djäken's swimming place, at the east side of the lake, Ljusnaren. Call or e-mail for current water level information
Nittälven - The paddling legend of April |
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Landscape description: Wilderness A good canoe trail description with map is included in the hire of equipment Kopparberg: Free transport of hired equipment for hires over 3600 SEK/transport day |
Canoe trail description and maps
Other maps: 11 ENO, 11 FNV
The other canoe trails in Bergslagen
We have described Bergslagen's two wilderness paddling trails. The Malingsbo-Kloten Nature Reserve and Nittälven. Other canoe trails in Bergslagen are different in the respect that they sometimes pass civilization - farms, villages and sometimes even settlements. The Malingsbo-Kloten Nature Reserve and Nittälven are, in many respects, the two recommended rivers, but other canoe trails also offer good paddling
Nordic Discovery rents out canoes and kayaks and provides a very good transport service along Bergslagen's canoe trails. All canoe trails are along considerably easy rivers which don’t require previous knowledge or athletic paddlers. Along some trails, however, there can be some obstacles due to some fallen trees. The Malingsbo-Kloten Nature Reserve, Strömsholms Kanal and Hjälmare Kanal represent calm water paddling. These three rivers also offer the easiest paddling. There are no obstacles in the respect of fallen trees. The other rivers offer light, thrilling portions of rapids. At high water level, Nittälven offers the most thrilling and fun rapids. At high water level, the best rapids along Nittälven are the portages marked on the canoe trail description
Nordic Discovery offers a very good transport service along the canoe trails in Västmanland and the south of Dalarna. We wish you a warm welcome to Bergslagen, which has a lot to offer the keen paddler
Canoe & kayak service to Bergslagen's 20 canoe trails
1) The Malingsbo-Kloten Nature Reserve >>
2) Middle Hedströmmen >>
3) Lower Hedströmmen >>
4) Gunnilboån >>
5) Nittälven >>
6) Garhytteån/Northern Arbogaån >>
7) Bottenån/Borsån/Southern Arbogaån >>
8) Arbogaån/Southern Arbogaån >>
9) Hjälmare Kanal >>
10) Mälaren >>
11) Strömsholms Kanal >>
12) Rastälven >>
13) Järleån >>
Sverkestaån
Jernleden
Mångsälven
Svartälven
Malingen-Ludvika
Svartån in Västmanland
Dalälven (Borlänge-Avesta)
Long paddling options in Bergslagen
175 km: Paddle from Nittälven's sources all the way to the lake, Hjälmaren (Canoe trails 5-9). 175 km of exciting paddling, which should be paddled over 2.5 weeks. The river Nittälven continues all the way down to the lake, Mälaren, but changes name several times
300 km: Paddle from Nittälven's sources all the way to the lake, Mälaren (Canoe trails 5-8). Paddle through Mälaren (10) and paddle the Strömsholms kanal (11) upstream. 300 km of exciting paddling, which should be paddled over 4 weeks