Location
Sweden
Distance
482.6 km
Vertical Gain
3,000 m
Description
GPS Track
Kungleden-Forsberg.gpx6.96 MB
FKTs
Male
Female
Jonas Buud | 4d 7h 12m 0s | |||
Magnus Sellberg | 4d 23h 47m 26s | |||
Sondre Amdahl | 6d 2h 51m 0s | |||
Jonathan Isaksson | 6d 21h 22m 0s | |||
Niklas Holmström | 8d 23h 45m 0s |
Louis-Philippe Loncke | Multi-sport | 18d 9h 0m 0s |
Emelie Forsberg | 4d 21h 45m 28s |
This route on the old FKT site
Comments
It´s time for a new FKT on Kungsleden in 2020 as a Self-Supported attempt. We (Chris an Heiko from Germany) will try to set a new FKT beginning on 23rd of June this year from Abisko to Hemavan in under 6 days. Carrying all our stuff by ourselfes, sleeping in our tents and also eating our own food... Follow us ob Instagram @project.kungsleden.2020 and leave your comments... Thank you very much... :-)
Coronatimes is a good excuse to try Kungsleden unsupported. Any FKT’s out there? Starting from Hemavan tonight.
ig: @IceAxeSon
Well done Jonathan.
How did you do with all them boat rides on Kungsleden and aint there a bus-ride between Saltoloukta and Ritsem?
Sounds like external support?
Kungsleden seems hard to do unsupported...
Thanks for pointing this out. Reading Jonathan's report it is evident that his trip should be characterized as "self supported" due to taking ferry boats, a motor boat ride, and the bus. To do this unsupported one would have to use only the row boats, or swimming I guess, and walk the bus section. So, unsupported on the Kungsleden seems unlikely. I have changed Jonathan's trip to self supported. It was not the FKT, but we will leave it here for the excellent information and photos.
I'm planning an unsupported crossing this August. 7 crossings with a packraft. Always sleep in the tent and of course never resupply.
I'm adding 2 sidetrips: Kebnekaise + Skierfe. My record is 52 days unresupplied (lost 16kg) during the first winter crossing of tasmania. Here the only issue is the wind as packrafting a large lake can become dangerous. I'll have enough food to wait but I have plans to go off track and make the crossings shorter.
Fully unsupported with packraft & food & equipment, always slept in my tent. Waiting for FKT validation. I did also Skierfe and Kebnekaise North underway.
Data here: https://www.louis-philippe-loncke.com/2021/08/kungsleden-unsupported-wo…