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Ljördalen – Sälen, 65 km

NOTE! Right now, the border with Norway is closed. This means that we must start at the Norwegian border. With that, ONE day of paddling goes away. What you can do if you want 2 nights is to start in the afternoon, paddle 1 hour and camp, then paddle all day day 2, camp and then paddle all day day 3.

One of Sweden’s most beautiful tours. The tour starts in Norwegian Ljördalen and runs along the lovely Görälven with the magnificent Fulufjället alongside. 

Who can ride this tour? – The tour requires careful packing, no major previous experience is needed as on the faster flowing sections you can tow or carry the canoes over land.
How long will it take? – 3 days
When can you paddle? – It is normally possible to do the trip throughout the season subject to too low or extremely high water flow.
Price: 2200 SEK per canoe. Including transport of you and canoe to the tour’s starting point. Life jackets, paddles, drybags / barrels and map.

You will also get plenty of good advice from our qualified guides before we let you go.
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Mörkret – Sälen, 71 km
The trail, Fuluälven or Fulan, extends initially along Fulufjällets nature reserve with plenty of wilderness, alternately calm, flowing waters and rapids.

The route down to Västerdalälven beginning contains mixed calm, flowing waters and rapids with a couple unnavigable portions where lifting is necessary. These stretches are so short that a trolley is not required.

Lift 1 at Strupforsen, not navigable. Before the bridge turn up on the left (east side), lift over the bridge down the other side. Approximately 100 m lift. Calm water before uptake. 
Lift 2 about 3 km below Sörsjön at Edsforsen, not navigable. The river meanders off an old power station, now disused and grated. Paddle to the left of the dam against dam cover (cover is about 2 m wide with iron bars). Calm Water. Lift the dam cover and paddle out into the old trench which formed the outlet from the power plant. Calm water this the outlet. Approximately 30 m lift.

The entire route requires careful planning with packing in waterproof bags / barrels and restrained cargo in the the canoe. The route is very rocky in places with low water in late June.

Who can ride this tour? – The route is recommended for paddlers with previous experience of paddling in streams and rapids.
How long will it take? – 4 days
When can you paddle? -The stretch is sometimes very rocky with low water in late June. The route is navigable during the latter part of May to the end of June (possibly longer at high tide).
Price: 2500 SEK per canoe. Including transport of you and canoe to the tour’s starting point. Life jackets, paddles, drybags / barrels and map.
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Sälen – Malung, 70 km

A nice calm route with only a few sections of less fast-flowing water along which the canoes can be towed from the land. The major obstacle along the route is Tandå power station past which the canoes have to be transported by trailer for approximately 700 m over land.

Who can ride this tour? –No previous experience is needed on this tour.
How long will it take? – 4 days
When can you paddle? -The trip usually goes to paddle the whole season with resarvation extremely high water flows.
Price: 2500 SEK per canoe. Including transport of you and canoe to the tour’s starting point. Life jackets, paddles, drybags / barrels and map.

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