Summer Activities

Visiting Vemdalen in the summer offers a range of opportunities to enjoy nature by foot, bike, canoe or boat and opportunities for golfing, fishing, horseback riding, berry picking, and enjoying local food.

Gastronomy

Set off on a culinary adventure to delight all your senses. There is a never ceasing opportunity to actually combine outdoor activities in nature with cooking and brewing.  Visit the latest in gastronomic tourism.  Pick up local cheese at Sarvsjofallmejeri, Ovikenost or Tivars.  Cool off with a local beer while having a delicous snack with friends.  To learn more about taking your own culinary adventure click here.

Berry and Mushroom Picking

In late summer and early fall there are typically plenty of berries throughout the region. You can find blueberries, lingonberries and cloudberries, but also wild raspberries to be picked.  A large variety of mushrooms can also be found , such as soups, leccinum, brittlegills, marshes, risks, thorn fungi, polyphyletic fungi, and chanterelles,

Folk Museums

Journey back in time to a place where time was spent working the land and enjoying the simple pleasures of life.  Have some local jam and waffles.  Follow a trail throughout the region to visit these amazing living museums.

Muskox Center

Visit Muskox in a natural environment. The oxen have plenty of space and food. You can observe them from the high platform in a show-corral moreover you have the chance to observe these fascinating prehistoric animals listening to enthusiastic and knowledgeable guides inform you about the muskoxen. Guided tours start at Härjebrygg, Bygatan 37 in Tännäs.  For more information click here.

Meteorite Center

Explore one of the oldest parts of our earth. Visit part of the Lockne Crater just a little over an hour drive away. There are not many craters older than 200 million years and only few of them are known to be under the water. That´s what makes the Lockne crater so unique and well known by geologists throughout the world.  Make a plan to travel to the past, start your adventure here.

Arts and Crafts

There are many opportunities to visit, experience and take home some of the best one of a kind products from local artisans. See a comprehensive list here. Take your time and make a pilgrimage to see a master craftsman of wood and interior design by visiting Wikners.   Stay and have lunch, visit the workshop or stroll through the art gallery.

Hiking

Explore the vast wilderness throughout the region. You can have your pick among the easy nature paths and marked trails to actively farmed huts, roaming waterfalls, bubbling brooks and a range of resting places in scenic setting inviting a picnic. You can bring along a floral guide and learn the names of the plants and flowers that grow along the path. A pair of small lightweight binoculars may also come in handy. You will find fine spots for a barbecue, spectacular views and adventures galore.

Why not take the family along and search for the five waterfalls or aim for climbing one of the ten summits? Enjoy overnight camping in a tent or treat yourselves to delicious dinner; the choice is yours! Mountain hiking in Vemdalen means quality of life.

Guided tours  are available for visiting five area waterfalls and for visiting Sonfjallets National Park, one of Europe’s oldest with a rich wildlife including a large population of bear, moose, mountain cats and a variety of birds. The park also has well preserved geological formations from the ice age. From the ice age also remains a huge collection of boulders often arranged by nature into patterns known as boulder rings.

Fishing

Cast your line and enjoy the rivers and lakes teaming with fish. In the streams, tarns and lakes in the area you can catch grayling, province fish of Härjedalen, brown trout, arctic char, pike and perch.  Around midsummer is a particularly good time to catch grayling and Arctic char, September is also good for grayling. Need fishing tips? Click here.

Canoeing, Kayaking, and Boating

The River Veman is the blueish glittering artery that runs through the entire area to Vemhån and on wards to Lake Svegsjön. It provides for a long and wonderful leisurely canoeing adventure. Canoes and all other gear you may need can be rented in Vemdalen Village where you can also book a pickup service after concluding your tour – even when you opt for the multi-day paddling all the way down to Sveg. One fine day trip is from the campground down to Lake Håsjön in Vemhån.

The River Veman is a completely free and unregulated waterway and the character of the trip depends on the season. Early in the summer the current and the water volume are quite inflated,  but later on the waterway becomes soother. With less water it may be necessary to lift the canoe and carry it past some shallow and rocky sections.

Should you want to explore more open water and find your own private beaches you can rent kayaks and canoes  in Klövsjö or rowing boats for a pleasant tour in waterways and lakes with an accompanying guide as an option for tours between half a day, a full day or two days with overnight stay.  Click here to get more information.

Cycling

Hop on your bike and discover nature on a more personal level. The entire area is criss-crossed by meandering trails and gravel roads just waiting to be explored.  Some of the routes lead you straight out into the wilderness; along rivers and brooks, through forests, to glittering lakes and tarns. Other trails run past villages and huts. Have a stop on the riverbanks and look for beavers or select trails running through our areas that are rich in wildlife. For some of the routes we recommend that you bring fishing gear; here are many lakes that is rich in fish and are easy to reach by bike.  For a review of some of the options click here and for a map of some of the bike trails click here.

Horseback riding

Explore the magic mountain world in Vemdalen from the back of a horse. You can book horseback rides lasting for half a day up to multi-day days, you can try Western style riding and attempt cowboy life à la Härjedalen. If you like horseback riding but have not tried doing it in the mountains there are great experiences waiting for you in the fells and wilderness of Vemdalen.  For more information click here.

Hunting 

During the fall there are opportunities for hunting of bear and moose and a variety of other game including rips. For information on hunting permits for government owned land click here.  There are also companies offering hunting opportunities on privately owned land.  Guides and expertise can be found with local firms, click here to visit one.

Golf

Experience the wilderness in a more civilized way. There are several great golfing opportunities throughout the area. The 18-hole course in Hede by the river Ljusnan has a magnificent view of Sonfjället. The course is characterized by large greens, first-rate fairways and interesting water hazards at most of the holes. Each hole has four grass-tees from 4100 to 5900 meters.

The Klövsjö 18 hole course spreads over an old shieling and is full of surprises and challenges with narrow fairways and sudden level differences. Some of the course’s greens are actually built in three different levels. Just as unique as this hilly golf courses design is, is the setting with the views of the mountains and the country’s most beautiful mountain village, Klövsjö. The 18-hole course is also complemented by the nine-hole “Fäbodbanan”. On this course it is pay & play that applies. Fäbodbanan is a dream for the youngest and for beginners in the gorgeous world of golf.